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Jonathan A. Harris

Partner / Boston

Overview

Jonathan Harris is a business-minded life sciences patent attorney and MBA. He has 25 years of experience in every facet of patent practice. Jonathan has drafted patent licenses and collaboration agreements, served as first chair trial counsel in patent actions worth billions of dollars, led IP diligence teams, and prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications.

For client testimonials and notable experience, click here.

Jonathan’s experience in pharmaceuticals is particularly extensive. He has negotiated and drafted strategic alliances, manufacture/supply agreements, and clinical trial agreements. He has served as lead trial counsel in over a dozen Paragraph IV matters on behalf of some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. He has overseen prosecution of Orange Book listed patents. Jonathan works regularly with emergent life science companies to help position their patent estates to raise capital and prepare for successful exit.

Experience

Experience

Notable Experience and Client Impact

Life Science Agreements

  • Patent licenses, collaborations, and commercial agreements: bioMerieux(clinical trial agreements); CoRISMA(medical device) in collaboration with China Grand; Insud Pharma (commercial agreements); Notable (cancer therapeutic) in worldwide collaboration with OncoHeroes; VeraDermics (derm therapeutics) in multiple collaborations and manufacturing agreements
  • University licenses: Cellinfinity(cancer therapeutic) with Ivy League university; Insud Pharma (diagnostic biomarkers)with Canadian university; LeptoX with Ivy League University; VeraDermics with Ivy League university

Patent Litigation

  • Analyze patent portfolios in preparation for Paragraph IV Notice Letters and litigation
  • Served as first chair trial counsel in numerous Paragraph IV patent actions: Cialis® ($2.3 billion annual sales); Lyrica® ($5.1 billion annual sales); Oxycontin® ($1.8 billion annual sales), Reclast®/Zometa® ($1.5 billion annual sales), and Ritalin®/Focalin® ($450 million annual sales)

IP Due Diligence

  • Oversee IP diligence on small and large molecule therapeutics: Abraxane® ($1B annual sales), Eliquis® ($8B annual sales), Suboxone® ($1.1B annual sales), Tysabri® ($1.9B annual sales), and clinical trial assets in Phase I, II and III.   

Patent Preparation, Prosecution, Counseling

  • Prepare and prosecute over 200 patent applications. Retained to oversee independent law firm’s prosecution of Orange Book listable patents. Assess patentability, conduct freedom to operate, and prepare patent opinions.
  • Collaborating Docs

    Nutter advised Collaborating Docs in connection with a majority investment by TT Capital Partners (“TTCP”). Collaborating Docs matches nurse practitioners (“NPs”) with supervising physicians to facilitate high-quality collaborations, a requirement for NPs to practice independently in 33 states.

News & Insights

Honors

Honors

  • Legal 500, Boston City Elite, 2026
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2026
  • IAM Patent 1000, 2021

Education & Admissions

Education

University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., cum laude
University of Connecticut School of Business, MBA, cum laude
Duke University, B.S., Biology

Admissions

  • Connecticut
  • Massachusetts
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

What Clients Say

  • “Adept at translating complex technical subjects into English.”
  • “Excellent patent analyst with an encyclopedic knowledge of Federal Circuit case law.”
  • “Great in the courtroom. Articulate and quick on his feet.”

Noteworthy

  • Legal 500, Boston City Elite, 2026
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2026
  • IAM Patent 1000, 2021
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