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Education and Honors
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J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2001
M.L.A., biology, Harvard University, 1999
B.S., biology, University of Michigan, 1993
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Admissions and Affiliations
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Practice Areas
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Concentration Worldwide intellectual property counseling and strategic planning, patent procurement, due diligence, opinion work and ANDA litigation
Summary Sandra Lee has a broad range of experience in domestic and foreign patent procurement, opinion and counseling matters in the pharmaceutical, chemical and consumer product areas. Ms. Lee's practice includes the preparation of new patent applications, amendment practice, prior art search and analysis, validity/infringement opinion work, due diligence investigations and inventorship disputes. Ms. Lee also counsels her clients in Orange book and Hatch Waxman related issues and has experience with ANDA litigation.
Prior to her legal career, Ms. Lee was in biomedical research in the Department of Anesthesia at the Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston.
Representative Engagements
- Start-up biopharmaceutical companies – patent portfolio development and freedom to-operate-opinions
- Major pharmaceutical companies – freedom-to-operate opinions; patent and contract due diligence review for proposed mergers/joint ventures; patent procurement and intellectual property strategy development; ANDA litigation
- Value-added specialty products manufacturer – strategic development of patent portfolio; freedom-to-operate opinions
Publications, Speeches and Presentations
- "Combination Drug Patents in the Post-KSR World,” Patent Strategy & Management, October 2009 (Yong Chen, co-author)
- “Recent Developments in ANDA Settlements - Getting Past the Antitrust Hurdle,” AIPLA Antitrust News, May 2009 (Paul Ragusa, co-author)
- "ANDA Litigation Discovery: What the Patent Owner Should Seek," Patent Strategy & Management, June 2008 (Paul Ragusa, co-author)
- "Recent Patent Cases Affecting the Pharmaceutical Industry," Baker Botts IP Report, April 2007
- "Strategies for Attacking and Defending Pharmaceutical Patents: A Modern Take on 'The Art of War,'" Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, December 2005 (David Tellekson and Elizabeth Richardson, co-authors)
- "Patenting Life Forms," Biotechnology Law 2003: Biotechnology Patent & Business Strategies (S. Peter Ludwig and Samuel Woodley, co-authors)
- "Preparing Legal Opinions for Biotechnology Patents," Biotechnology Law 2002: Biotechnology Patent & Business Strategies (S. Peter Ludwig and John Todaro, co-authors)
- "Festo and the U.S. Supreme Court: Be Careful What You Wish For," Nature Biotechnology, 2002(Adda Gogoris, co-author)
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