Lisa A. Haile concentrates on patent protection with special technical experience in molecular biology, immunology, plant biotechnology, including transgenic plants, cell biology, diagnostics, therapeutics, theranostics, virology, drug delivery systems, host-vector systems, high throughput screening, and bioinformatics. Particular experience with patentability, non-infringement, and validity opinions, licensing strategies, FDA counseling, due diligence work in connection with venture capital, private, and public financing, mergers and acquisitions in the life sciences industry, and strategic counseling for comprehensive life sciences patent portfolio management.

Dr. Haile is a member of DLA Piper's firmwide Policy Committee.

Recent Matters
Patentability, infringement, and validity determinations, IP due diligence, licensing, development of IP policies, and strategic counseling in the following areas: plants, antisense molecules, peptides, proteins, DNA, antibodies, vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics, theranostics, RNAi, and bioinformatics.

Experience
US and International patent preparation and prosecution relating to novel genetically altered organisms, including plants; antisense molecules; peptides; proteins; DNA; antibodies; vaccines; diagnostics; and therapeutics, as well as patentability, infringement and validity determinations, licensing and strategic counseling.

Admissions

• California
• US Patent & Trademark Office

Memberships

• San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1997-1999)
• San Diego, California and American Bar Associations
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Intellectual Property Owners Association

Civic and Charitable

• San Diego Super Lawyer (2007-08)
• Listed in The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers 2008
• California Daily Journal List of California's Top 25 IP Portfolio Managers (2008)
• San Diego Daily Transcipt, San Diego County's Top Attorneys (2007-08)
• BIOCOM Science and Technology Committee, Capital Markets Committee, IP Committee
• Named to The American Lawyer's list of the "Top 45 Attorneys Under 45" (January 2003)
• UCSD Athena Pinnacle Award, Service (2003)
• San Diego Business Journal, Women Who Mean Business Award (2005)
• BIOCOM, AWIS, Licensing Executives Society (LES), UCSD Connect, Athena, and American Liver Foundation
• Board Member, Athena (Vice President 2005-06; President 2006-07)
• Board Member, American Liver Foundation (Vice President 2005-06; President 2006-08)
• Board Member, BIOCOM
• Business Advisory Board Member, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson
• Adjunct Professor, Patent Law, California Western School of Law