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Jane E. Remillard

Jane E. Remillard

Partner

One Financial Center
Suite 3500
Boston, MA 02111
jane.remillard@nelsonmullins.com

Jane leads the Life Sciences Intellectual Property Team and has over 30 years of experience providing worldwide patent counseling in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Jane’s practice focuses on developing and implementing effective IP strategies, building strong patent portfolios, and facilitating commercialization of products, particularly antibody-based therapeutics, through all phases of development.

Jane leads the Life Sciences Intellectual Property Team and has over 30 years of experience providing worldwide patent counseling in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Jane’s practice focuses on developing and implementing effective IP strategies, building strong patent portfolios, and facilitating commercialization of products, particularly antibody-based therapeutics, through all phases of development.

Jane E. Remillard

Jane leads the Life Sciences Intellectual Property Team and has over 30 years of experience providing worldwide patent counseling in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Jane’s practice focuses on developing and implementing effective IP strategies, building strong patent portfolios, and facilitating commercialization of products, particularly antibody-based therapeutics, through all phases of development.

Experience

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Jane's experience includes:

  • Providing strategic patent counseling including patent preparation, prosecution, freedom to operate evaluations, re-examinations, re-issues, inter partes reviews, and oppositions in a broad variety of technologies and discovery platforms, including immunotherapeutics, recombinant proteins, peptides, biomarkers, diagnostics, vaccines, stem cells, gene therapy and cell based assays.
  • Developing and implementing effective IP strategies, including building strong patent portfolios to protect products from discovery through next generation.
  • Conducting due diligence evaluations for collaborations, acquisitions, licensing, and financing transactions.
  • Representing clients in private and public offerings, both in the United States and abroad.
  • Advising clients in assessing the strength of intellectual property assets held by prospective candidates for investment.
  • Preparing, prosecuting, and opining on patents in the fields of immunology, oncology, virology, neurology, and cell biology for clients ranging from start-up biotechnology companies to established pharmaceutical corporations.

Education

  • Boston University School of Law, JD (1993)
  • Princeton University, BA, Molecular Biology (1989)

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Practice Areas

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  • Connecticut Law Tribune - New England Legal Awards, IP Attorney of the Year Finalist (2024)
  • Chambers USA: Intellectual Property – Massachusetts (2014–2024)
  • Massachusetts Go To Intellectual Property Attorneys, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (2021)
  • Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year, LMG Life Sciences (2021)
  • Managing Intellectual Property magazine, Patent Star (2020–2023), Top 250 Women in IP (2022–2023)
  • Profiles in Diversity Journal, Women Worth Watching in STEM® (2020)
  • LMG Life Sciences, Star in Intellectual Property for Patent Strategy & Management (2019–2023); shortlisted for Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year Award (2021 and 2022); Winner of Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year Award (2021)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Patent Law (2015–2025)
    • Lawyer of the Year in Boston for Patent Law (2022)
  • New England Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property (2006–2007, 2009–2024)
    • Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts (2014)
    • Top 50 Women Massachusetts (2011–2013)
    • Top 100 Massachusetts (2011)
  • Honoree of the Annual Boston University Law Women in Law Conference (2009)
  • Intellectual Property Owners Association
    • Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Issues Committee
  • Massachusetts Bar
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Boston Patent Law Association
  • Women’s Bar Association