Nike seeks an experienced patent lawyer to serve as its Assistant General Counsel – Patents & Trade Secrets, reporting directly to Nike’s Chief Patent Counsel. In this role, you will be responsible for providing strategic patent and legal advice to Nike’s business and innovation teams on a global scale. You will collaborate with professionals managing Nike’s patent portfolios and support Nike’s IP litigation and transactions teams on patent issues as needed.
Core Responsibilities
- Advising senior management, technical and business stakeholders on patent matters
- Setting and implementing a patent strategy for Nike’s latest innovations
• Interacting with patent offices throughout the world in order to accelerate the issuance of Nike’s patented innovations - Managing outside patent counsel both domestically and globally
- Developing, coordinating and reviewing patent research and analysis projects, including prior art searches, competitive intelligence, landscapes, patentability analyses, portfolio analyses, infringement/non-infringement analyses, validity/invalidity analyses
- Coordinating and managing patent committees
- Setting and implementing patent policies
- Developing and implementing internal systems and processes for managing Nike’s IP
- Leading in-house patent professionals in managing patent harvesting and prosecution
- Spearheading internal education initiatives and trainings related to patents
- Managing freedom to operate projects
- Conducting patent purchase due diligence and collaborating on patent acquisition transactions
- Conducting trade secret audits, implementing trade secret protection measures, training innovation and business groups about trade secret best practices, providing trade secret advice and counseling
- International travel as needed
- Providing such other IP support as needed
Qualifications
- A Juris Doctorate degree
- USPTO membership
- A technical degree recognized by the USPTO
- Proven leader with 10+ years of experience in patent and IP matters
- Experience managing teams of IP professionals
- Registered and in good standing with at least one State Bar
- Experience in a corporate legal environment, on a global scale, preferred
- Excellent oral communication and presentation skills required
- Superior organization and project management skills
- Strong communication skills with innovators, technologists and senior business leaders
- Strong interpersonal skills; a team player able to establish and build partnerships at all levels of the innovation and legal community
- Must have the ability to multi-task, manage multiple priorities, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
- Needs to be a hands on “doer” with the ability to work independently
- The ability to work across multiple time zones with Nike employees and partners in the U.S., Europe, and Asia
Contact
To apply, please visit this website: http://jobs.nike.com/portland/legal/jobid10538192-assistant-general-counsel-patents-.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Portland, Oregon