Dr. Yu “Louie” Lu focuses his practice on strategic patent portfolio development and management for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies, as well as leading academic institutions. Louie has extensive experience in preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications in fields including chemistry, renewable energy, genetics, cell biology, immunology, RNA interference, drug delivery, stem cell, pharmaceuticals, and medical device.
Louie also advises clients on matters relating to technology transfer and licensing, product clearance including patent landscape analysis and freedom-to-operate, non-infringement and/or invalidity opinions, patentability analysis, and due diligence investigations.
Prior to starting his legal career at a global law firm as a patent agent and then a patent attorney, Louie was a Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, after completing his PhD training in the Cell & Developmental Biology Program at Harvard University in 1999. Louie’s research has led to the publication of multiple scientific articles in journals such as Genes & Development, Nature Medicine, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., Mol. Cell. Biol., and Oncogene. He received his BSc in Genetics and Genetic Engineering from Fudan University (Shanghai, China), and graduated No. 1 in his undergraduate class. Louie was awarded the Excellent Undergraduate Student Award by the Shanghai Municipal Government in 1990.
