Constantine M. Linnik's Training & Experience

Education

Ph.D., Biophysics (Cell Biology), 1999, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Legal Education

J.D., cum laude, with distinction in Intellectual Property Concentration, 2004Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA

Experience

Jan 2000 - June 2007 Patent Counsel
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, Cambridge, MA

July 2007 – Apr 2009 Patent Counsel
Cooley LLP, Boston, MA

Apr 2009 – Nov 2011 Senior Corporate Counsel
Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA

Nov 2011 – Apr 2018 Partner
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston, MA

Apr 2018 – Jan 2019 General Counsel
Genevant Sciences, Inc., Boston, MA

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Awards

  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2017-2018
  • Lexology Client Choice Award, 2017
  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2013-2014

Bar Admissions

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (2001)
  • Massachusetts State Bar (2004); U.S. District Court for The District of Massachusetts (2005)
  • District of Columbia Bar (2005); U.S. Court of Appeals for The Federal Circuit (2005)
  • United States Supreme Court (2016)

Publications

  • Double whammy for Roche as manufacturing patent losses loom, Reuters, Health News (Oct 2017)
  • The Five Must-Ask Questions In IP Due Diligence, Inside Counsel (Sep 2017)
  • IP Due Diligence: The Five Questions You Must Ask in Corporate Transactions (Legal Insights, Feb 2017)
  • USPTO Roundtable on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, Stanford, CA (Dec 2016)
  • IP Issues in the Cell-Free DNA Testing Space, Invited Speaker, Annual Advances in Prenatal Molecular Diagnostics, Cambridge, MA (Nov 2016)