Jennifer L. Ford

Jennifer Ford is counsel in the firm's Technology & Life Sciences group. She represents biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, and other life science companies in a wide range of intellectual property, transactional, and commercial matters, including: strategic collaboration arrangements, research and development agreements, academic and commercial licenses, clinical trial collaboration and supply agreements, commercial manufacturing, supply, and distribution arrangements, promotion, marketing and commercialization arrangements, and M&A transactions.

Jennifer’s prior experience litigating at the firm on behalf of life sciences and technology companies in intellectual property-related disputes informs her counsel, especially with respect to the structuring and negotiation of settlement and license agreements related to Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA patent litigation. Jennifer also represents investors in performing intellectual property due diligence for private and public financings and mergers and acquisitions of life science companies.

Jennifer is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the Boston Patent Law Association, and the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Co-Author, “The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls,” Regulation Winter 2011/2012