Are you looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, innovative company? Come make history with Amazon’s legal department.
If you have a passion for innovative technology and want to help grow the patent portfolio of the world’s largest online retail business, this is the place for you. As a member of the patent group for Digital Kindle Business Segment, you will directly interact with the business and technology teams to introduce and protect new and innovative technology. Responsibilities include direct client counseling, third party IP investigations and actively working with outside counsel to manage filing, prosecuting and maintaining our growing US and foreign patent portfolio. Other responsibilities will include conducting product clearance searches to assess and understand the business risks involved in bringing a product to market. The ideal candidate will become embedded with the builders of our newest technologies, while helping shape the products/services as they come to market.
Every day across the world we develop the ideas, the services and the products that make life easier for tens of millions of customers, and make good things happen faster. From providing Earth’s Biggest Selection of products to developing ground breaking software and devices that change entire industries. Amazon is a place of invention and progressive thinking.
Basic Qualifications
- 4+years of legal experience (with at least two years at a law firm) as patent attorney
- Juris Doctor and membership in good standing in at least one state bar is required
- Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Preferred Qualifications
- Understanding of a wide variety of technology areas including: consumer device hardware, displays, consumer device software, and backend systems for supporting consumer devices
- Ability to identify effective methods of protecting intellectual property created from software, hardware and internet related products and services
- Effective oral and written communication skills in communicating business and intellectual property issues with and between developers, engineers and business leaders
- Ability to be responsible for intellectual property related activities for at least one business segment, including training, idea harvesting, patent application preparation and prosecution and addressing third party issues in a fast paced, frugal environment
- Have personally prepared and prosecuted at least 50 original patent applications
- Have conducted product clearance searches
- Admitted to the Washington State Bar Association preferred
- Ability to demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations
- Ability to work independently while being able to contribute successfully to cross-functional teams
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through and meet deadlines
- Strong analytical and computer skills
- Common sense, great judgment, and a good sense of humor
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Contact
For more information and to apply online, visit the listing's page on our website: http://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/289367/corporate-counsel-patents.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Seattle, Washington