Constance (Connie) Lee focuses on complex patent litigation before federal district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) related to the chemical and pharmaceutical fields. Her practice includes inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Connie’s litigation experience includes pre-litigation counseling, fact and expert discovery, developing infringement and invalidity strategies, claim construction, motions practice, and taking and defending depositions. In addition to traditional patent litigation, Connie also has experience litigating under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), as well as Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) cases.
Prior to working at Finnegan, Connie worked at Procter & Gamble as a senior engineer, developing packaging for popular brands of household goods such as laundry detergent, oral care, cosmetics, and other products. Her industry experience includes upstream packaging development, including materials assessment and compatibility with a focus on polymers, blow molding and injection molding technologies, device development, and decoration technologies. Connies undergraduate research focused on nanomaterials. She also conducted research on high temperature aluminum alloys.