Special Counsel, Mintz
John A. Harre, is a corporate and licensing attorney at Mintz who focuses his practice on the life sciences. He assists clients in the negotiation and drafting of licensing agreements and strategic collaborations and advises them on business matters involving intellectual property issues, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, and litigation. He primarily works with clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices industries, drawing on 25 years of experience that spans in-house and consulting roles and private practice at several law firms. Prior to rejoining Mintz, John founded an intellectual property and transactional consultancy to advise life sciences companies, served as Vice President of Intellectual Property at Intarcia Therapeutics Inc. and preceding that served as Vice President of Intellectual Property and General Counsel at Archemix Corp. Prior to serving in-house John practiced patent counseling and enforcement at national law firms Sidley Austin, Fish & Richardson and Mintz Levin where he was a Partner in the Life Sciences intellectual property group. John graduated from the University of Missouri - St. Louis with a B.S. in Biology, received his M.S. in Biotechnology from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and his law degree from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center). John is a member of the bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Texas and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. John is a co-chair of the Legal Working Group of the Mass Biotechnology Council and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law.