Elaine Tassinari, Founder

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George Washington University Law School,  Washington, D.C. 

LL.M.  in Intellectual Property Law

New England School of Law,  Boston, MA  

J.D. in Intellectual Property Law 

Thesis: Patenting the Stem Cell

Boston University School of Medicine, 

Clinical Research in Biomedicine

 post graduate Certificate

Presentations and Papers: 

•  Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor drugs and pathway

•  Multiple Sclerosis pathology

•  Ovarian Stem Cell harvest

•  Lung and Prostate Cancer Screenings 

•  Microscope Pen for Cancer Identification 

• Critiques on Pre-Clinical and Clinical Studies

•  Monoclonal Anti-interleukin 23 to reverse active colitis

• Virus and Hormone Therapies to replace chemotherapy

• IND for Antibody Mediated Organ Rejection in Transplants

Merrimack College in Andover, MA , B.A. Biology and English

Expertise in: • Molecular Biology • Flow Cytometry • Antibody Manufacture • ELISA • Oncology • Affinity Chromatography • PCR • Gel Electrophoresis • Western Blot • Immunoflourescence • Immunology • Immunohistochemistry • Cell Culture 

Ms. Tassinari has served on a number of pro bono and board positions and received recognition for her work in International Human Rights Law.

Court Admissions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C.

Along with experience in patent law and commercial contracts from both Washington, DC and Boston, MA, Ms. Tassinari  also served as a Judicial  Attorney Extern to the Honorable Judge Rader at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit where she drafted bench briefs on patent appeals.  Additionally, Ms. Tassinari brings experience as a Summer Law Clerk and Fall Associate in a Washington, D.C. boutique patent firm in the biomedical inventions and medical devices litigation group.

In Boston, Ms. Tassinari has worked for start up firms in patent litigation in U.S. District Court and for major hospitals and medical schools in structuring  and negotiating clinical research agreements and the attendant business agreements. 

In addition to legal experience, Ms. Tassinari began her career as a scientist at an oncology and immunology research biotechnology firm producing monoclonal antibodies for cancer research and clinical use abroad.

Ms. Tassinari is well versed in laboratory procedure, techniques, and devices. She is experienced with FDA regulations and compliance. 

Specialties:  Commercial Contracts, Start-up formation and general counsel services, intellectual property, patents and trademarks, and licensing and negotiation.

Ms. Tassinari has years of multinational large scale litigation  experience in the areas of government investigations and patent litigation. 

Her technology area is life sciences and she has worked on inventions and diversity proceedings for diabetes inventions, proteins, bone marrow transplants, electrical devices, medical devices, and other mechanical and life sciences inventions.

Ms. Tassinari is a member of the Massachusetts bar and has represented clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Trademark matters. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 

Ms. Tassinari judges competitions for start-up, new ventures and patents and inventions for Tufts University $100K New Ventures Competition and the Boston Patent Law Association's, “Invented Here,” competition, for various law school competitions, and for International Law competitions for the Jessup Cup, International Law Moot Court Competition. She has been an invited lecturer  at area law schools, in industry and universities where she guest lectures on intellectual property law,