Attorney Profile

Peter W. Dini

Peter Dini

Lahive & Cockfield, LLP
One Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02109-2127
Contact Contact Peter W. Dini
T: 617-227-7400
F: 617-742-4214

Visit: www.lahive.com
Practice areas: Intellectual Property (100%)
Industry Groups: Biotechnology, Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals

Profile

Dr. Dini specializes in patent counseling and strategic planning, including patent prosecution, freedom to operate evaluations, opinion work, and due diligence analyses involving a variety of biotechnologies.  He has extensive knowledge in the areas of cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, genomics, protein chemistry, gene therapy, immunology, RNAi, vaccines, and therapeutic antibodies, and represents a broad range of clients, from start-up biotechnology companies to established biopharmaceutical corporations. Peter's doctoral research examined the role of oncogenes in leukemia and his post-doctoral research, conducted at Stanford University and at Harvard Medical School, examined genetic mechanisms in hematopoiesis using embryonic stem cells.

Selected to:

Massachusetts Rising Stars 2009
Massachusetts Rising Stars 2008

About Peter Dini

Admitted: 2003, Massachusetts

Professional Webpage: www.lahive.com/people/Peter-Dini.html

Special Licenses/Certifications: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Bar/Professional Activity: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Boston Patent Law Association, Massachusetts Bar Association
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: "On Antibodies...From Market Developments to Patent Protection," for a group of European patent attorneys in Switzerland, February 2009, Speaker, "On Antibodies...From Market Developments to Patent Protection", 2009, Panelist, "Biological Sequences: Do’s and Don’ts For Freedom-To-Operate and Patentability Searches", Boston Patent Law Association , 2009, "How Secure is your IP?" at TiE Ottawa, Canada, June 24, 2008, Speaker, "How Secure is your IP?", TiE Ottawa, Canada, 2008, Author of research articles in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Journal of Virology.
Transactions: Conducting an IP due diligence review of a biotech start-up for a syndicate of venture capital firms involved in a multi-million dollar financing.Representing a venture capital firm in evaluating the IP of a Swiss-based drug discovery company prior to a multi-million dollar financing round.Serving as U.S. patent counsel to a Swiss-based drug discovery company.Representing a privately-held biotechnology company in preparing its IP portfolio prior to its multi-million dollar acquisition by one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical companies.Conducting, for a Japan-headquartered pharmaceutical company, an IP due diligence review of an antibody discovery company in preparation for its multi-million dollar acquisition.
Educational Background: State University of New York at Albany, B.S., 1985. State University of New York at Stony Brook, M.A., 1988; Ph.D., 1993.
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