Dawn H. Dawson
Professional Profile
As a partner in the Intellectual Property Department in the Chicago office, Dawn H. Dawson has worked on complex commercial cases involving patent, trade secret, antitrust, trademark, copyright and related matters. Prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis, Ms. Dawson was the Technology Transfer Administrator at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital where she drafted and negotiated contracts for the protection and commercialization of intellectual property developed there. Ms. Dawson had previously worked in St. Jude's Immunology Department where she assisted in a project to develop a polyvalent vaccine to the HIV virus. Dawn authored the article, Supreme Court Reaffirms the Broad Scope of Patentable Subject Matter, which appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of the K&E intellectual property publication, Biotech Update.Memberships & Affiliations
American Bar Association
Chicago Bar AssociationPublications
Dawn H. Dawson, Note, The Final Frontier: Right of Publicity in Fictional Characters, U. ILL. L. REV. 685 (2001)Hurwitz, J.L., Soike, K.F., Sangster, M.Y., Portner, A., Sealy, R.E., Dawson, D.H., and Coleclough, C.: Intranasal Sendai Virus Vaccine Protects African Green Monkeys From Infection with Human Parainfluenza Virus-Type One. Vaccine 1997;15:533-540
Rencher, S.D., Slobod, K., Dawson, D.H., Lockey, T.D., and Hurwitz, J.L.: Does the Key to a Successful HIV Type 1 Vaccine Lie Among the Envelope Sequences of Infected Individuals? AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1995;9:1131-1133
Prior Experience
Technology Transfer Administrator, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Research Technician, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
