Summary
Jay’s practice focuses on corporate intellectual property and patent protection. He helps companies develop innovative strategies and tactics for harnessing, managing, and enforcing their IP. Jay’s experience includes patent and trademark prosecution, Hatch-Waxman litigation, competitive IP analyses, portfolio management, trade secret program development, and IP transactions.
Jay has extensive in-house and firm experience counseling multinational companies, universities, research institutions, and startups across technology areas such as life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and materials science. Particular areas of focus include imaging and diagnostics, inorganic and organic chemistry,
immunoassays, pharmaceuticals (large and small molecule), analytical instruments, and medical devices.
Jay received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Cornell University. Before entering private practice, he worked in-house at a number of companies, including Acer Therapeutics (now Zevra Therapeutics), a start-up focused on developing pharmaceuticals to treat serious rare diseases, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, and Corning Incorporated.
Jay is licensed to practice in Minnesota and the District of Columbia.
Education
- Georgetown Law Center
J.D.
- Cornell University
Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- North Dakota State University
B.S., Chemistry
Admissions
- State - Minnesota
- Federal - United States Patent and Trademark Office
- State - District of Columbia