maximilienne giannelli, PhD

Strategic intellectual property counseling

Maximilienne (“Max”) Giannelli focuses her practice on advising clients on intellectual property issues in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological areas.

Max has nearly 20 years of experience assisting clients with due diligence investigations and patenting strategy and has provided numerous opinions on issues-related patent validity/invalidity and infringement/non-infringement. She has litigated high-stakes intellectual property matters before US district courts and the US International Trade Commission and argued on behalf of a patent owner at the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board and US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She also has experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications. 

Prior to joining McNeill PLLC, Max was an attorney at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP. She was also a law clerk to the Honorable Kimberly A. Moore at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 

Select Publications

“5 Key Takeaways from Texas Appraisal Trade Secret Saga,” Law360, July 24, 2020 (coauthor).

“Everything’s Bigger in Texas: The HouseCanary Trade Secret Saga,” The Licensing Journal, June 2019 (coauthor).

“Shedding Light on Inter Partes Review Proceedings in the Solar Industry,” Bloomberg Law, February 11, 2019 (coauthor).

“Puzzling Out the Patent-Eligibility of Natural Products,” Natural Products Insider, November 9, 2018 (coauthor).

“Practice Tips for the Trade Secret Holder: Preparing a Complaint under the Defend Trade Secrets Act,” Inside Counsel, June 14, 2017 (coauthor).

“The Dangers of Consent Orders at the U.S. International Trade Commission,” Westlaw Journal Intellectual Property, March 2, 2016 (coauthor). 

“Asserting Method Patents at the ITC After Suprema—Same As It Ever Was?,” IP Litigator November/December 2015 (coauthor).

“The Rise of Chemical Practice at the ITC: 10 Considerations,” Law360, June 12, 2014 (coauthor).

“Injunctions in the Post-Apple World,” Intellectual Asset Management, July/August 2013 (coauthor).