Diane Dobrea

About Diane Dobrea

I am a focused and driven legal counselor with a distinctively business oriented focus. I approach each assignment with the aim of achieving an outcome that drives business success. I work seamlessly with business leaders, entrepreneurs, engineers, and inventors. With extensive experience as a counselor to large and small companies, universities and research hospitals, I have a distinctive understanding of the varied perspectives in transactional matters. And I have broad and deep experience with business priorities in in the contexts of research, development, and commercialization. While steadfastly adhering to ethical and legal standards, my style is fluid and my attitude is collaborative, fostering a win-win outcome for my client and their business partners.Specialties: USPTO Patent Bar Registered.Patent: Biotechnology, Medical Device, Consumer ProductsTrademarkCopyrightTrade SecretTransactions related to Intellectual Property, Healthcare (including clinical, applied and basic research), and general Corporate.

Experience

1. Member, Intellectual Property Attorney

   McNees Wallace & Nurick

   Sep 2015 — Present

   Legal and intellectual property strategic counsel.

Education

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law

  JD, Law

  1991 — 1994

• Case Western Reserve University

  BA, Biochemistry

  1982 — 1986

• Hayfield Secondary School

  High School

  1978 — 1982

• Case Western Reserve University

  MS, Biochemistry

  1986 — 1990

Skills

• Medical Devices
• Clinical Research
• Portfolio Optimization
• Enforcement Actions
• Strategic Counsel
• Nanomaterials
• Trade Secrets
• Franchise Agreements
• Joint Ventures
• Technology Transfer
• Patent Prosecution
• Open Innovation
• Consumer Products
• Intellectual Property
• Cosmeceuticals
• Sbir
• Licensing
• Irb
• Corporations
• Trademarks
• Intellectual Asset Management
• Nutraceuticals
• Patents
• Portfolio Management
• Freedom to Operate
• Patentability
• Biotechnology
• Copyright Law