Bristol-Myers Squibbis seeking an IP Counsel to work in Lawrenceville, N.J. The attorney in this position will be responsible for addressing global biotechnology patent issues for R&D, business development, and other functions within BMS. The work includes patent application preparation and prosecution, client counseling, and rendering legal opinions in relation to patentability, validity, and freedom to operate. Other responsibilities include Intellectual Property due diligence reviews, Intellectual Property transactional work, and patent matters relating to ongoing BMS alliances with third parties. The attorney is expected to collaborate with other in-house and outside attorneys to accomplish the objectives of the BMS Intellectual Property Department. The attorney will also be required to work closely with senior IP leadership in counseling clients, review Intellectual Property issues, formulate strategies, and effectively communicate with R&D, business development, and other BMS clients.
The ideal candidate must have 5 or more years of patent attorney experience (including USPTO registration) in biotechnology or a mix of biotechnology and chemical practice, as well as strong academic credentials including a background in molecular biology or biochemistry. The candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be a self starter, energetic, analytical, and have the ability to work well alone as well as part of a team. The successful candidate must also have excellent judgment and the ability to recognize legal issues and effectively communicate such issues to patent, legal, and general management.
Contact: For more details and to formally apply to requisition #1104810, please visit our website, www.bms.com/careers.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Large Corporation Job Location: Lawrenceville, N.J.
Shuffle Master, Inc., a gaming supply company specializing in popular cutting-edge gaming entertainment, is seeking an Intellectual Property Counsel to join our team. We are a dynamic, growing organization with a substantial Intellectual Property portfolio. This position located in Las Vegas and relocation assistance is possible.
Wonder what you will be doing? • Prepare invention disclosures. • Evaluate invention disclosures. • Perform opinion work related to novelty, patent clearance studies and infringement to include the preparation and prosecution of patent applications. • Coordinate international patent clearance study work.
What do we need you to bring to the table? • Minimum of five years of IP experience. • Must be comfortable with all of the following patent subject matter and significant experience with at least two: -Process -Mechanical -Software -Light Electrical Systems • Must be comfortable with frequent interaction with technical teams, business people and senior management. • Law degree from an ABA approved law school required, undergraduate degree in Engineering preferred. • Prefer career start in law firm, with long-term experience in at least one firm or company. • Must be conversant with U.S.P.T.O. procedures. Prefer experience in managing International patent portfolio and drafting substantive instructions to foreign associates. • Team management experience a plus.
What will we bring to the table? • Very competitive benefits package. • Fast-paced, progressive work environment. • Opportunities to impact company strategies and goals. • Personal development plans to help ensure your success.
References, transcripts and writing samples should be available upon our request. Benefits at Shuffle Master, Inc. include a group health, dental and vision plan, long term disability and life insurance, paid vacations and paid holidays.
Contact: So, what are you waiting for? Apply today!
Shuffle Master, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Principals only please. Temporary or permanent placement recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Small Corporation Job Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Apple seeks to hire a patent portfolio manager to assist in developing and maintaining the company’s patent portfolio. The successful candidate will work with the business to identify patentable inventions; participate in internal invention disclosure review processes; provide guidance regarding the patentability of inventions under review; prepare and prosecute high quality, strategic patent assets; assign and manage work performed by outside law firms; review applications prepared by outside counsel; provide technical and legal commentary to ensure overall application quality; work with the IP team to develop and implement patent strategy; and work with engineering and other business organizations to understand business priorities and challenges and incorporate those into strategy. This position may also participate in tasks supporting acquisition due diligence, IP licensing, litigation and standards activities.
The successful candidate is a registered patent attorney with a minimum of 5 years experience in patent preparation, prosecution and management. A degree in physics, EE, or CS required. Must communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. Computer industry experience is desirable.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Large Corporation Job Location: Cupertino, California
Apple, ranking #35 on the 2011 Fortune 500 list, is an industry leader in technology innovation, delivering exciting products such as Macs, OSX, iLife, iWork, professional software, iPods, iTunes, iPhone, iPad 2 and App Store. Apple has over 5000 patents worldwide. The Patent Board recently recognized the quality of this patent portfolio, ranking Apple’s portfolio as #6 on its Information Technology Scorecard (July 2011).
Harman Internationalis seeking a patent attorney with strong patent prosecution experience. The ideal candidate will be skilled at drafting and prosecuting patent applications (both US and foreign originating), identifying patentable subject matter, harvesting invention disclosures, collaborating with both engineering and business unit executive management to develop and execute patent prosecution strategies, working well in a team-oriented environment, coordinating with foreign counsel and supervising external patent counsel and internal patent personnel. Experience with IP licensing, litigation and patentability and freedom to operate studies/activities is a plus.
Essential Responsibilities: • Interfacing regularly with engineers to identify patentable subject matter. • Drafting and prosecuting patent applications for a global patent portfolio (significant portion of the role). • Collaboration with engineering and business unit executive management. • Supervising patent counsel, patent attorneys and paralegals. • Ability to assist with developing US and overseas patent strategy. • Working with the IP leadership team to determine appropriate freedom to operate/patentability strategies.
Basic Qualifications: • One needs at least 8 years experience with patent prosecution. • Member of a state bar. • Admitted to practice before the USPTO. • Technical background in electrical engineering, physics, computer science, or mechanical engineering. Technical knowledge of audio components and acoustics a plus. • Substantial experience in domestic and foreign patent prosecution. • Excellent English written and oral communications skills. • Willingness and ability to engage in extensive traveling (Harman has engineering centers throughout the world). • Ability to multi-task and collaborate (in writing and verbally) across all levels of the organization.
Desired Characteristics: • Large IP law firm experience preferred; in-house experience is a plus. • IP licensing. • Developing and overseeing IP litigation and pre-litigation strategies. • Experience supporting patent litigation.
Eligibility Requirements: • Willingness to travel 35%+ of the time. • Willingness to work in an office in Farmington Hills, Michigan. • Willingness to submit to a background screen and a drug test.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Large Corporation Job Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan
Harman International Industries, Incorporated (Harman International) is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of high-fidelity audio products and electronic systems. The Company has developed, both internally and through a series of acquisitions, a range of product offerings. It operates in three segments: Lifestyle, Infotainment and Professional. The Lifestyle segment designs, manufactures and markets audio systems for vehicle applications primarily to be installed as original equipment by automotive manufacturers as well as audio, video and electronic systems for home, mobile and multimedia applications. The Infotainment segment manufactures and markets infotainment systems for vehicles applications primarily to be installed as original equipment by automotive manufacturers. The Professional segment designs, manufactures and markets loudspeakers and electronic systems used by audio professionals in concert halls, stadiums, airports, houses of worship and theme attractions.
Trading Technologies is currently seeking a driven and talented Patent Lawyer for the Intellectual Property (IP) team in Chicago, Illinois. The Patent Lawyer will have an integral role in the development and management of Trading Technologies expanding global patent portfolio in the trading software industry. The successful candidate will be self-motivated and comfortable with teamwork.
Responsibilities: • Help to continue to strategically build a patent portfolio. • Work closely with our Engineering, R&D and Product Management departments. • Generate new disclosures. • Prosecute patent applications. • Work with outside counsel on prosecution matters. • Work on patent acquisition projects. • Monitor and evaluate industry patents. • Assist with litigation/licensing as needed. • Provide other general legal advice.
Requirements: • At least a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science. • Admission to a state bar and the Patent Bar. • 3-5 years of demonstrated prosecution experience as a Patent Lawyer, preferably with extensive computer software experience. • Experience prosecuting patent applications filed in the business method art units is a plus. • Experience dealing with IP issues and working with law firms outside the U.S. • In-house as wells as outside counsel experience is a plus. • Experienced, creative, confident, well organized, and a self-starter. • Excellent communication skills.
TT is committed to providing an environment where highly talented, challenge-hungry people thrive. We invest heavily in employee satisfaction. Competitive salaries, stock options, company-matched retirement plans, low-cost comprehensive health benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts, 22 days of paid time off plus holidays, pre-tax commuting benefits, health club subsidies, company-sponsored social outings, game room lounges, an ultra-casual work environment, and free breakfast and beverages are just some of the benefits of working at TT.
TT is looking for candidates that put forth a serious effort for a serious reward!
Additional Info: Employer Type: Small Corporation Job Location: Chicago, Illinois
Are you interested in exploring your passion and developing your knack in an industry that demands technological innovation? Trading Technologies (http://www.tradingtechnologies.com) develops high-performance trading software for derivatives professionals, including the world’s premier investment banks, proprietary traders, brokers, Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), hedge funds and other trading institutions. The company’s X_TRADER® software and related services provide direct access to dozens of the major international derivatives exchanges. TTNET™, TT’s fully managed hosting solution, delivers maximum system stability and fast trade execution via hubs located close to the major exchanges in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and Tokyo. Headquartered in Chicago with 11 offices globally, TT has received "best in class" awards from numerous independent third parties including FOW, Buy-Side Technology, The Technical Analyst and Chicago magazines as well as the Illinois Information Technology Association (ITA).
Fairchild Semiconductor seeks an intellectual property attorney with a EE degree and understanding of semiconductor technology, incluing discrete technologies and/or IC circuitry to work in either South Portland, Maine or San Jose, Calif.
Responsibilities: • Working with the global director of IP to help formulate and implement worldwide patent strategy. • Partnering with business unit at the segment and product line levels to integrate patent strategy; help identify patents the company can or should seek based on business and intellectual property strategies • Aid technical staff in developing new products and patent opportunities support and assist with management of intellectual property litigation as needed. • Assist in licensing of products and technology and other business support identify infringement and evaluate opportunities to enforce patent rights. • IP-related due diligence in connection with acquisitions and other corporate transactions assist in developing and nurturing the organizational partnership between legal and business units, including innovation promotion and training programs. • Working alongside in-house IP team, business lawyers and outside IP and non-IP specialists as needed, this position is responsible for providing general strategic patent and general IP advice to the supported organizations, and helping to formulate an optimal IP strategy in the context of the supported organizations’ overall strategy, threats and opportunities faced today and in the future. • The candidate will work closely with and report to the global director of IP.
Qualifications: Position duties fall into three major categories: (1) patent strategy and prosecution; (2) patent enforcement and IP litigation; and (3) patent/IP licensing and related business transactions. Experience in these areas is preferred.
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), strong interpersonal abilities and the ability to work in a matrix management environment are essential. The successful candidate would be respected as a business team player as well as trusted counselor and legal advisor to the business units the attorney will partner with.
Other helpful but not required attributes would include: • Experience as an engineer working with discrete and/or analog circuits experience as in-house counsel or patent agent/engineer working to develop patent and IP capture programs. • Direct experience in patent litigation and/or patent dispute resolution significant experience as a lawyer outside of the area of patent prosecution. • Demonstrated ability as a lawyer in dealing with a variety of technologies demonstrated ability to work independently and manage projects. • Pre-law work experience and overall maturity will be valued.
Education: The successful candidate will have the following qualifications: • Bachelor’s or higher degree in electrical engineering or closely related discipline. • Demonstrated competence with semiconductor technologies including discrete semiconductor technologies as well as analog and/or digital integrated circuitry. • Law degree, with a minimum of 3 years experience as a lawyer. • Admission to the practice of law and/or admission/license to practice patent law as applicable.
DTS, a digital technology company dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience, is seeking a patent searcher to work in its Los Gatos, California, offices. The person will be an employee of the Legal department providing IP, technical and legal searching services to the Company worldwide. The person shall act as a liaison between legal and Engineering, to elicit intellectual property disclosures, extract details and generate documentation of intellectual property, including Patent, trade secret and copyrighted assets. The person shall help in early stage intellectual property due diligence analyzing third party intellectual property assets associated with potential license or acquisition, provide proactive IP analysis to the various technical teams related to future R&D efforts, assist in IP infringement/enforcement analysis and litigation support, and monitor technology and IP activities of the Company’s competition.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities: • Search patent data bases and analyze relevant reference as to potential infringement and/or validity of patent or invention of interest • Search technical or other data bases and non-patent materials and analyze relevant reference as to potential infringement and/or validity of patent or invention of interest. • Work with Company technical staff to understand future R&D direction and analyze and provide guidance related to IP issues/roadblocks. • Work with Engineers to develop invention disclosures, document inventions and prepare patent applications. • Monitor Company’s competition related to technology developments and issued IP and provide prompt summaries of such events. • Evaluates the validity, scope and value of a target company’s IP assets for possible acquisition or license. • Supports IP counsel related to pre-patent filing review, invention viability assessment, patent validity and infringement analysis, preparation of patent applications and prosecution of same. • Provides other general technical and legal searching services. • Prepare written analysis or the various analysis and searches. • Evaluate intellectual property in relation to present and proposed standards and technology ecosystems. • Strong ability to use technical and legal databases for IP and technical analysis. • Strong technical competence in the electrical, computer engineering, computer science and software area, preferably in the digital signal processing area. • Ability to work with engineers to develop invention disclosures and documentation • A strong ability to communicate technical material in clear and precise written English is an absolute necessity. • Strong technical reading and writing skills. • Ability to quickly assess technical literature. • Prior patent searching experience (3+ yrs). • Ability to function well in cross-disciplinary team environment
Required Education and Experience: • 3+ years searching and/or patent prosecution experience. • Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience. • Strong technical skills in the electrical, computer engineering, computer science and software area, preferably in the digital signal processing area. • Document preparation, reading and review. • Excellent communication skills, customer oriented. • Strong organizational & writing skills. • Proficient in WESTLAW, DELPHION, DIALOG, USPTO databases/systems, Derwent & Impodoc, etc. Familiarity with MineSoft and PatBase software a strong plus. • Detail and quality oriented. • Motivated and self-starter, ability to work with little supervision. • Current knowledge of general patent law and USPTO procedures a plus. • Requires a bachelor degree or higher degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics or computer science, preferably with experience in digital signal processing. • 3+ years searching experience. • Patent agent USPTO registration preferred. • Chinese, Japanese reading skills a plus • Must have strong mathematical skills sufficient to understand the company’s products and services and materials searched. • Strong reasoning skills required • Strong computer skills and ability to use legal and database resource tools such as WESTLAW, LEXIS, DELPHION, DIALOG, USPTO databases/systems, Derwent & Impodoc, etc. Familiarity with MineSoft and PatBase software a strong plus. • Some competence with spreadsheet and word processing software. • Ability to read matlab, C, C++ code at rudimentary level.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Small Corporation Job Location: Los Gatos, California
DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTSI) is a digital technology company dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience. DTS decoders are in virtually every major brand of multi-channel surround processor, and there are hundreds of millions of DTS-licensed consumer electronics products available worldwide. A pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS technology is in home theatre, car audio, PC and game console products, as well as DVD-Video, Blu-ray Disc and Surround Music software. Founded in 1993, DTS' corporate headquarters are located in Calabasas, California with its licensing operations headquartered in Limerick, Ireland. DTS also has offices in Northern California, Washington, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. DTS is a registered trademark of DTS, Inc.
Cleveland Golf / Srixon is seeking a senior patent engineer to work in its Huntington Beach, California offices.
Summary: • Use mechanical-engineering skills as well as knowledge of patent laws and regulations to in furtherance of the Company’s objective of creating commercially successful golf products • Assist in the design or redesign of future products taking into consideration engineering and patent-related constraints • Help develop the Company’s intellectual property portfolio by assisting patent preparation and prosecution activities • Identify infringement of Company patents
Essential Functions: • Routinely attend engineering-design meetings and interface with product-design and development engineers to identify and resolve patent-related issues • Oversee or perform novelty, patentability, validity, and product clearance searches • Analyze patent-search results vis-à-vis corresponding products to assess freedom to produce and/or patentability • Assist in the preparation of utility and design patent applications
Special Skills Required: • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering • At least four years of Patent Engineering experience directly related to golf equipment • Familiarity with laboratory procedures and associated instruments for testing golf equipment • Familiarity with US, Japanese, and International patent-classification systems • Advanced searching ability using the JPO Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL), USPTO PatFT & AppFT, as well as EPO Esp@cenet, Delphion and NERAC databases. • At least two years of Mechanical Design experience using solid modeling applications and reverse-engineering techniques • Previous experience as a Patent Examiner in the art of Mechanical Engineering • Successful completion of the USPTO Patent Agent Registration Examination
Equipment Used: • Computer • Basic office and filing equipment • Instruments for testing golf equipment (e.g., COR and MOI machines) • Precision-measurement instruments
Qualcomm is looking for a US Patent Attorney or a registered India Patent Attorney/ Agent to support Qualcomm's facilities in Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai. The ideal candidate will also have several years practice across all aspects of patent law, and have experience in interfacing with Government agencies and official bodies in relation to policy, legislation and standards. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to deliver effective and sound legal and leadership judgment in the day-to-day execution of the duties and responsibilities that attach to the position.
Responsibilities: • Contributing to internal patent review boards on the selection of inventions conceived in India for patent protection in India and around the world. • Supervising and reviewing the preparation of patent applications by outside patent counsel in India for first filing and prosecution at the Patent Office in India and/or the USPTO and subsequent filing and prosecution internationally via the PCT system. • Providing advice to internal clients on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, on legal issues in general and in relation to domestic and international patent law, and on Qualcomms internal patent processes and procedures, including client education on the same. • Reviewing, from an IP perspective, contracts, company policy documents and documents for public release, and assisting in patent analysis and due diligence investigations. • Working with the companys Government Affairs, IP Strategy, and legal teams in the development and execution of the companys intellectual property strategy and policy advocacy programs, including interfacing with relevant branches of the Indian government and academic institutions to promote international best practices in India in relation to intellectual property including patents, designs, trademarks and copyrights, in relation to competition/anti-trust legislation and in relation to standards.
Candidates will be a Registered India Patent Agent, licensed to practice Indian law, or a US Patent Attorney and have at least 5 years intellectual property experience in a law firm or an in-house department. Candidates are expected to be self-motivated, able to work independently and demonstrate skills in interviewing engineers, preparing patent specifications and prosecuting patent applications in both domestic and foreign settings.
ON Semiconductor is seeking a Patent Administration/IP Attorney to direct the corporate generation of patents and other intellectual property; translate ideas (disclosures) into assets (patents, etc.), and in particular will be responsible for:
• Developing and implementing evolving strategy and direction for companywide patent filings/acquisitions to reflect new market and product ‘landscape’ of the company, • Coordinating and participating in worldwide patent committees (providing training for inventors) as well as moving the management of ON’s invention disclosure and filing process to a full electronic system, • Overseeing internal docketing and IP prosecution function, and managing external attorney relationships and coordinating the case workload, as well as prosecuting selected inventions through USPTO, • Conducting searches relating to patentability, validity, freedom-to-operate and infringement, • Supporting patent landscape studies to identify trends and relationships in various technology fields, deliver competitive intelligence and identify potential research, patenting and licensing opportunities. Position reports to the VP & Chief IP Counsel and is located in Phoenix, Arizona with other members of the IP section of the Corporate Law Department. • Electrical engineering or physics degree and a strong technical background, preferably in the semiconductor industry, required. • Related semiconductor industry engineering experience is a plus. • Proven ability to demonstrate flexibility and be able to handle a variety of intellectual property law matters and be able to communicate effectively with engineers/inventors on a technical level. • Excellent verbal and written skills, a strong team player and a ‘self-starter’, along with a confident work ethic are key components to success.
Education and Years of Experience: J.D. degree from an A.B.A. accredited law school. Candidate must be a member of a state bar and must also be admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with 5-7 years of experience as a patent attorney and a strong background in patent prosecution. Candidate must also have an electrical engineering or physics degree with some years of experience in the technical field.
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation seeks an Associate General Counsel (Intellectual Property/Business focused). "Guidance, Solutions, Integrity" describes the Legal Team's approach to providing responsive legal guidance supporting the implementation of the foundation's strategies. The Legal Team offers creative solutions that accomplish programmatic objectives, develops and implements efficient legal processes to streamline the foundation’s grant making and contracting practices, and applies preventive legal strategies and compliance policies to minimize risks and safeguard the foundation’s reputation.
Responsibilities and Qualifications: • Structure and negotiate transactions related primarily to life sciences issues, including program related investments (equity, debt, guarantees, etc.), collaborative research agreements, strategic alliances, licensing and other partnering arrangements to promote the research, development, commercialization and supply of products.
• Review and prepare transactional documents, grant agreements, requests for proposals and contracts, providing guidance in developing and implementing intellectual property strategies to accomplish the foundation’s goal of global access (making access to technology available at a reasonable cost in the developing world and promoting broad dissemination of information).
• Provide guidance in the due diligence process to assess business structures and existence of necessary intellectual property rights of potential grantees.
• Provide strategic advice on issues related to collaborations and public/private partnerships, including how best to manage intellectual property to advance the foundation’s goals.
• Train and educate program personnel regarding laws and best practices applicable to business transactions and intellectual property.
• Keep current on new and emerging laws and policy developments impacting tax-exempt organizations generally, and in particular, private foundations.
• Provide support in other legal matters or foundation policies and issues as needed.
Requires Juris Doctor with a minimum of 10 years experience in the practice of law with expertise in business transactions and efforts to establish large and diverse collaborative relationships and public/private partnerships involving complex intellectual property issues.
An undergraduate degree in or other demonstrated familiarity with life sciences or a related field; and experience representing or advising pharmaceutical and bio-technology companies on business transactional and related intellectual property issues strongly preferred.
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check. It is the policy of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons. Additional Info: Employer Type: Non-Profit Job Location: Seattle, Washington
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation seeks two attorneys with an IP focus.* "Guidance, Solutions, Integrity" describes the Legal Team's approach to providing responsive legal guidance supporting the implementation of the foundation's strategies. The Legal Team offers creative solutions that accomplish programmatic objectives, develops and implements efficient legal processes to streamline the foundation’s grant making and contracting practices, and applies preventive legal strategies and compliance policies to minimize risks and safeguard the foundation’s reputation.
Responsibilities and Qualifications: • Work as part of the Legal Team to provide advice and counsel on a broad range of legal issues critical to the foundation’s mission, including grantmaking in the foundation’s Global Health and/or Global Development programs.
• Review and participate in preparing grant agreements, review proposals, concept notes and contracts, and identify intellectual property issues related to proposed projects.
• Assist in providing guidance in developing and implementing intellectual property guidelines serving the foundation’s goal of global access (making project technology available at no or a reasonable cost in the developing world and promoting broad dissemination of information).
• Evaluate and assist in the negotiation of collaborative research agreements, commercialization and supply arrangements, intellectual property licensing arrangements, and transfer of technology rights.
• Provide guidance in the due diligence process to assess business structures and intellectual property rights of potential grantees.
• Train and educate foundation personnel regarding laws and best practices applicable to private foundations generally as well as IP and other issues that are unique to its Global Health and Global Development programs.
• Keep current on new and emerging laws and policy developments impacting tax-exempt organizations generally and in particular, private foundations.
• Provide support in other grant matters or foundation policies and issues as needed, providing counsel and creative problem solving on a broad range of issues.
Requires Juris Doctor with a minimum of 3 years experience in the practice of law with expertise in intellectual property and business negotiations (including collaborative agreements and licensing arrangements), and experience providing legal advice to clients on intellectual property issues. An undergraduate degree in fields generally related to the foundation’s Global Health and Global Development programs is desirable.
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check. It is the policy of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons. Additional Info: Employer Type: Non-Profit Job Location: Seattle, Washington
*Note that the foundation will be hiring two positions, one for the Global Health and one for the Global Development team.
Sigma-Aldrich, Inc. is expanding the patent law department and seeking 2 additional patent attorneys, one with degree and experience in Materials Science / Chemistry and one with a Molecular Biology PhD. Patent attorney will be involved in proactive counseling of inventors and business units with respect to patent filing and strategies, domestic and foreign patent filing and prosecution, freedom to operate reviews, drafing and negotiation of licenses and other technologically focused contracts, trademark counseling and prosecution, as well as general IP counseling.
Proteostasis Therapeutics is seeking a Patent Attorney with 5+ years experience in patent prosecution. This individual will work with a variety of cross-functional teams to build and maintain a strong intellectual property portfolio in support of the company’s drug discovery and development efforts. The role will also involve exposure to a broad range of non-patent legal issues arising from our extensive support for a range of academic collaborations and pharmaceutical partnerships. The successful applicant will have a MS or PhD degree in a chemical or biological discipline.
Responsibilities: • Manage patent assets, including identifying patentable inventions through interactions with project teams, drafting patent applications and responses to PTO correspondence, and determining inventorship • Conduct periodic patent and scientific literature searches in all technology areas of the company • Identify, perform and/or manage patentability and freedom to operate searches, studies and opinions • Review potential disclosures prior to submission for publication • Assist with due diligence reviews for licensing efforts • Negotiate CDA’s, MTA’s, and sponsored research agreements with academic institutions • Supervise outside counsel; organize and conduct quarterly patent committee meetings • Educate staff concerning key intellectual property issues
Additional Info: Employer Type: Small Corporation Job Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. is the first company dedicated to the discovery of new therapeutics based upon understanding the body’s natural Proteostasis Network. Advances in our ability to characterize and pharmacologically control the Proteostasis Network create new opportunities for ameliorating diseases in a wide number of therapeutic areas. Regulation of the Proteostasis Network is a new approach to drug discovery that will provide the kind of foundational understanding that we have witnessed with other breakthrough treatment paradigms, such as with kinases and G-protein coupled receptors.
Pachira provides patent owners with licensing programs that generate maximum financial return with minimum risk for its clients involved with semiconductor and electronics engineering for which there is U.S. patent protection.
As a member of our Licensing team, our Principal Technology Advisor will be responsible for the technical support for our client’s patents when developing technology infringement cases. Working closely with our team, this role will continue to provide technical support for any of our clients’ follow-on licensing or litigation programs.
The Challenge • Review clients’ portfolio of patents and assemble the technical arguments for building infringement cases • Working closely with the Licensing team, prepare analysis documentation and assist with the presentation to our clients • Manage relationship with external engineering resources; tracking spend relative to assigned budget • Prepare and present technical arguments with litigation partners and assist with the ongoing technical support as required • Track and report on the licensing team’s performance metrics
Your Expertise • Minimum 10 years experience in an engineering environment, with a Masters or Bachelor degree in Engineering • Knowledge and experience with a variety of technology areas, including: software, systems, semiconductor or micro-electronics • Patent Agent or demonstrated experience working with patent litigations and/or licensing • Proven ability to work with minimum supervision to achieve results
You have strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills coupled with the ability to work in a dynamic team environment. You have a keen interest in many technology areas with a desire to research and learn.
Kraft Foods is seeking to make an appointment of a Patent Counsel to be based in East Hanover NJ to support its Snacks business. Some of the brands this position will support include: Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers, and Planters nuts.
This position will report directly to the US-based Chief Counsel, Patents, Snacks and Confectionery and join as a key member of an established, dynamic and high-profile Legal and Compliance Department numbering some 180 professionals worldwide. Working closely with both Kraft's management and technical personnel the counsel will play a key role in:
• Leading U.S., regional, and global freedom-to-operate and other related projects and management of external counsel regarding same. • Providing counseling to colleagues in R&D, commercial legal, marketing, innovation and other groups regarding patent matters. • Identifying and evaluating new inventions. • Managing patent prosecution and patent portfolio for Kraft Snacks category, including management of external patent prosecution counsel. • Negotiating and preparing licenses and other agreements. • Providing support for patent related litigation and conflicts. • Conducting competitor monitoring and competitive analysis.
Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree and JD degree required • Minimum of 5 years of legal experience • Must be a licensed U.S. patent attorney • Must processes relevant technical background (e.g., chemistry, food science or chemical engineering) and relevant experience • Prefer prior experience in both a law firm and as in-house patent counsel • Must be willing to travel up to 10%
Kraft Foods is an equal opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We actively seek to maintain a diverse work force, and Kraft therefore recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or Vietnam veteran status.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Large Corporation Job Location: East Hanover, New Jersey
Kraft Foods is the world's second largest food and beverage company. Do you have a passion for food? Want to make a delicious difference? Kraft Foods is a company that challenges and inspires you to achieve your best, rewards you with professional career development and personal satisfaction, and values who you are. We understand that actions speak louder than words, so at Kraft Foods: • We inspire trust • We act like owners • We keep it simple • We are open and inclusive • We tell it like it is • We lead from the head and the heart • We discuss. We decide. We deliver.
We make today delicious in over 145 countries where we sell our products. And, our employees can be seen in action in more than 70 countries. At Kraft Foods, we relish innovative thinking and fresh ideas -- we invite you to consider having a seat at the table.
CooperVision, Inc. is a business unit of the NYSE listed company, The Cooper Companies, Inc., that manufactures and markets a broad range of contact lenses for the worldwide vision correction market. This position is based in Pleasanton, CA. We are looking for a skilled patent agent to help support our intellectual property functions. You will work closely with our IP team supporting R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing and Corporate activities.
Responsibilities: • Maintaining a substantial and active prosecution docket of U.S. and foreign patent applications, including some hands on drafting, and managing outside counsel in patent preparation and prosecution. • Collaborating with CooperVision’s departments in expanding and strengthening the IP portfolio, including identification of patentable inventions. • Providing strategic patent advice to internal clients reflecting team objectives, and identify patent opportunities and risks. • Diligence work, including freedom-to-operate, infringement and validity analyses, and licensing support. • Operating within IP team to improve operational and strategic IP issues. • Developing in-depth expertise in contact lens and ophthalmic areas and provide counsel on patent law issues to scientists conducting research in those areas.
Required Skills: • Strong knowledge of and experience with US and foreign patent laws. European Opposition experience a plus but not required. • Technical expertise and/or patent prosecution experience in the areas of manufacturing systems including robotic and computer systems, and medical device manufacturing are strongly preferred. • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with members of different business groups and functions at all levels. • Ability to work in a fast paced environment, adapt to rapidly changing priorities, manage heavy workflow, set priorities and deliver results. • Ability to promote positive cooperation and clear communication within IP team and with internal clients. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Must be able to engage in domestic and international travel as needed.
Educational Background/Qualifications/Experience: • Must be a Registered U.S. Patent Agent (ie. licensed to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office.) • Degree in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering preferred. • Minimum 8 years experience, including US and foreign patent prosecution, with both experience in a law firm and in-house for a public company preferred. • Experience working with a medical device company or ophthalmic related field preferred.
Contact: To apply to this position, please email Mary Kaverman at mkaverman@cooperco.com.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Large Corporation Job Location: Pleasanton, California
CooperVision brings a refreshing perspective on vision care with a commitment to crafting quality lenses for contact lens wearers and providing focused practitioner support.
CooperVision has a refreshing perspective that sets us apart. We appreciate no two eyes, no two patients and no two days are ever the same. We understand our lenses are one of many valuable ingredients in peoples' daily lives. We know every wearer is unique, so we craft world-class lenses for both mainstream and challenging vision corrections, and we look for ways to make it easier for people to find the lenses that best fit their life.
Our perspective also enables us to be a better partner. We listen. We understand the dynamics of our industry. We keep it simple. And we act with speed, flexibility, and nimbleness, always looking for new and better ways to support our customers and keep them up-to-date.
In the end, we are committed to helping customers run and grow a successful business, and to keeping practitioners and wearers happy with our lenses and confident in CooperVision... today, tomorrow and beyond.
Join our team and become a part of a world class organization that is the second largest contact lens manufacturer in the United States and the third largest in the world. A global powerhouse, we tout a network of facilities that expands our reach to 70 countries.
We offer some of the most respected brands and most advanced lenses in the industry, including our recently launched silicone hydrogels Biofinity® & Avaira® which offer the best vision possible in a soft contact lens. Our Proclear Compatibles® lenses deliver unmatched all day comfort. And our Frequency® 55 Multifocal lenses use a revolutionary two-lens system to help correct presbyopia.
Due to continued growth, PANDUIT has an immediate need for a Registered Patent Attorney with an electrical background at its Tinley Park, IL location. Responsibilities include all facets of intellectual property protection with initial emphasis on new product approval and U.S. and foreign patent prosecution.
What You’ll Need: • Draft and edit patent applications and responses to office actions primarily in the electrical, optical, and computer software arts • Review product designs; conduct patent searching and review references for new product approval and patentability analyses • Occasional review and editing of agreements related to intellectual property • Work with foreign associates to guide prosecution of foreign patent applications
Plus: • BS degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or Physics is required; JD required • Must be a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) • A minimum of 2 years of experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications is required; this experience must include electrical subject matter; experience with optical and software subject matter is a plus • Current or eventual admission to the Illinois Bar • A strong academic background with excellent interpersonal and writing skills; capability of understanding and clearly explaining engineers’ technical descriptions of product designs • Willingness and ability to take initiative on a number of legal matters of varying complexity • Law firm experience is a plus
Total Rewards: • World Class Experience – Employment with the industry’s leading provider of network and electrical products for broad applications, system solutions and vertical markets, all within the context of a Unified Physical Infrastructure. • Career Development – Encouragement to seek opportunities for continued career development through on-site training programs, tuition reimbursement for college pursuits and a wide range of off-site events like workshops, seminars, conferences and professional certification courses/exams. • Enhanced Work Life – A professional, yet comfortable working environment that allows employees to balance their work and personal lives: employee assistance (resources and information on a variety of topics like health, travel, personal finance, leisure activities, etc.), wellness programs, flex-time schedules, recreational facilities/programs and an employee credit union. • Total Rewards – A competitive compensation package that includes no-cost life insurance, medical and dental coverage and short/long term disability.
Connect with Panduit today and enjoy excellent healthcare benefits, 401(k), profit sharing, paid vacations and holidays, and advancement opportunities.
Contact: Interested applicants should contact Fred Thompson at fvt@panduit.com.
Additional Info: Employer Type: Small Corporation Job Location: Tinley Park, Illinois
Are you self-motivated? Ambitious? Driven to work for a market leader? Looking for a position with a global company distinguished by its significant investments in research and development, innovative technology solutions, award-winning customer service, commitment to environmental excellence and future vision? If this seems to describe you to a tee, PANDUIT is hoping to give you the chance of a lifetime.
PANDUIT is a world-class leader in providing flexible, end-to-end solutions for the physical infrastructure that drive operational and financial advantages, allowing enterprises to mitigate risk while heightening business agility.
The Qualcomm Library is seeking an outstanding candidate for a Patent Research Librarian. This position provides strategic level research with a primary focus on patent analysis, competitor and technical landscapes, competitive intelligence, and market potential, in addition to business, engineering, and general research support.
The position has three areas of focus including: • Participating in high level cross-department project teams to proactively deliver information, strategy, and value-add research deliverables. • Research delivery and training in the use of information tools and techniques. Specialized content creation and maintenance in specific topic areas of critical need to the organization, particularly for web delivery. • Working with content vendors and understanding information databases and products in support of seamless research delivery
Skills/Experience: • Strong familiarity with patent searching and analysis, particularly in relation to competitive intelligence. Additional expertise in post processing and analysis of voluminous amounts of data is a plus. Experience with TDA or VantgaePoint desirable. • Working knowledge of patent processing system, both US and international. • Ability to effectively leverage Derwent data as part of overall patent analysis • Demonstrated expert capability in searching Dialog and LexisNexis, as well as other leading business research tools. • Expertise in command line searching of technical databases such as IEEE Xplore, Ei Compendex, Inspec, ACM Digital Library, Scopus and others. • Demonstrated knowledge of market research and company sources and ability to integrate that data into overall research analysis. • Social media analysis and sentiment tracking experience a plus. • Ability to complete research process from inception to conclusion, synthesizing data and information from multiple sources, providing clear results analysis for high level research clients via a variety of delivery platforms.
This position requires a strong researcher who is self-directed, has a creative approach to research, and is well organized and able to prioritize accordingly. Being comfortable in a fast paced environment and responding enthusiastically to challenges is critical.
Must have strong project management skills and the ability to work effectively on a team and communicate well with both colleagues and internal customers at all levels of the organization. An outgoing and proactive approach to communication and problem solving is essential. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a necessity.
Educational Requirements: MLS from an ALA accredited library program and a minimum of three years patent research experience with progressively responsible positions.
Wilen Group, LC is a privately owned holding company heavily involved in Internet, digital printing and direct mail seeking to hire an experienced patent attorney to establish our in-house legal department. Duties would include US and International patent litigation for our 20+ in process Patent Applications, as well as contract, license, disclosure and general corporate responsibilities.
Applicants must have excellent communication skills, an engineering background, a Juris Doctor Degree and United States Patent and Trademark Office (registration is required) experience.
is seeking an IP Counsel to work in Lawrenceville, N.J. The attorney in this position will be responsible for addressing global biotechnology patent issues for R&D, business development, and other functions within BMS. The work includes patent application preparation and prosecution, client counseling, and rendering legal opinions in relation to patentability, validity, and freedom to operate. Other responsibilities include Intellectual Property due diligence reviews, Intellectual Property transactional work, and patent matters relating to ongoing BMS alliances with third parties. The attorney is expected to collaborate with other in-house and outside attorneys to accomplish the objectives of the BMS Intellectual Property Department. The attorney will also be required to work closely with senior IP leadership in counseling clients, review Intellectual Property issues, formulate strategies, and effectively communicate with R&D, business development, and other BMS clients. 
