Cruise Automation, who creates autonomous driving technology to build a safer and more efficient world, is seeking a Patent Portfolio Manager. Administer Cruise’s patent program, including promotions, incentives, recognition, and training.
Senior Patent Engineer, Networking – Small Corporation – San Francisco, Calif.
RPX Corporation is seeking a Senior Patent Engineer for Networking. The Patent Analysis department synthesizes complex technologies and legal patent issues into actionable intelligence for RPX executives and clients. Patent Analysis research supports initiatives in defensive portfolio acquisitions, prior art validity actions, and advisory services. The positions in Patent Analysis require a deep and broad knowledge of specific technology sectors.
As a Senior Patent Engineer, you will analyze patent claims and related materials in view of legal, technological, and business environments to understand the technical merit and patent quality of individual patent portfolios. Your main responsibility is to distill a body of analysis and research into a concise, clear, and actionable assessment to both technical and non-technical audiences. This position reports to the Manager of Patent Analysis.
About this Role
- Assess numerous engineering and legal factors to extract patent value proposition
- Draw on detailed knowledge of relevant technologies, companies, and industries
- Explain complex technical issues to nontechnical audiences
- Isolate critical technical components of patents, products, and services
- Learn and apply legal concepts related to patents including prosecution and litigation
- Research timeliness of patents in support of validity challenges and prior art reports
- Support analysis conclusions with research driven logic and confidence
- Collaborate across the organization in-person and with virtual, global teams
- Establish and build relationships internally and externally
About You
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science; Master's degree or Doctor of Philosophy viewed favorably
Experience: Minimum of 3 years’ experience in technical or engineering role in the networking industry; Experience with client engagements in explaining technical subject matter; Networking certifications or additional Networking training/experience viewed favorably; Patent Attorney or Agent viewed favorably; Involvement in patent issues including prosecution, litigation, and valuation viewed favorably
Skills and Abilities
- Experience with independently handling deadlines and conflicting priorities to deliver quality results
- Demonstrates a shown history of success, ownership, and accountability
- Service-minded and passionate about results with an ability to develop positive relationships
- Adaptable to the many changing requirements and needs of a dynamic company
- A person with dedication and work ethic that thrives in a team-centric culture with excellent social, networking, and influencing skills
- Motivated and focused with a willingness to pursue additional projects
- Able to demonstrate good judgment
- Highly focused, organized, and pay attention to details
- Represents RPX in a manner consistent with its culture and values
Technical Skills
- Strong familiarity/expertise with multiple of the following technology domains:
- Network Virtualization (SDN, NFV, overlays, multi-tenancy environments, etc.)
- SAN/NAS protocols (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCoE, NFS) and disk arrays/tape libraries
- Hands-on experience with configuration and management of network infrastructure (routers, Ethernet switches, firewalls, etc.)
- Networking standards and protocols, including IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.11, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, SIP, RSVP, etc.
- Unified communications and VoIP infrastructure
- Security platforms (firewalls, intrusion detection systems, network access controllers) and protocols (SSL, IPsec, 802.1X)
- Network management and test platforms using SNMP, MIBs, packet sniffing, etc.
- Network processor ASICs and packet processing techniques (differentiated services, flow control, queue management, drop mechanisms)
- Application delivery controllers and server load balancing mechanisms
- Broadband connectivity technologies including HFC/DOCSIS, ADSL/VDSL, PON
- Optical transport/switching technologies and platforms including OTN, WDM, ROADMs, switches
- Cellular and WiFi technologies
- Mesh / ad-hoc networking concepts
- “last mile” and edge access systems
- IoT (and implications on network infrastructure)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
RPX is an equal opportunity employer.
Contact
To apply, please visit this website: https://app.jobvite.com/j?aj=
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Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: San Francisco, California
Research Associate, Patent Litigation and Marketplace Intelligence – Small Corporation – San Francisco, Calif.
RPX Corporation is seeking a motivated individual to add to the success of its Patent Litigation and Marketplace Intelligence team. In this role, the Research Associate will conduct legal and more general research sufficient to describe and explain patent acquisitions, court filings, and litigation events through various forms of written work product. You will participate in the development and production of daily updates, weekly newsletters, and longer-term trend analyses.
About This Role
- Conducts legal and more general research that illustrates and explains patent acquisitions, court filings and litigation events through various forms of written work product
- Contributes to the development and production of daily updates, weekly newsletters, and longer-term trend analyses
- Tracks daily ongoing developments of key patent-related litigation activity in state, federal, and ITC courts
- Works with more senior team members to constantly refine and improve writing style
- Stays abreast of developing patent risk/litigation/market activity to further inform content
About You
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a research/writing-intensive discipline such as English, journalism, etc. Juris Doctorate or experience in the field of law (legal writer, litigation assistant, paralegal) is preferred.
Experience: Minimum 2 years’ professional writing experience for a business or consumer audience. Familiarity with court dockets and ability to interpret court filings and orders.
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to describe litigation parties, events, rulings through written work output and at various levels of sophistication and granularity
- Ability to investigate and use learned industry knowledge to drive broader strategic objectives
- Comfortable working under an editor and receptive to constructive feedback
- Service-minded with ability to develop and build relationships with key partners internally and externally, with a focus on results
- Willingness to adapt to the many changing requirements/needs of a dynamic, evolving company
- A sound work ethic and ability to work in a team-centered culture
- Capable to work with virtual, global teams
- Excellent social, networking, and influencing skills
- Motivated, enthusiastic, and dedicated with a willingness to take on additional
- Shown history of success, ownership, and accountability
- Confident personality supported by disciplined, logical thinking and fact-based, documented conclusions and opinions
- Ability to demonstrate good judgment and execute against deliverables under deadlines and multiple priorities
- Highly focused, organized, and meticulous with details
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Represents RPX in a manner consistent with its culture and values
Technical Skills
- Proficiency using WordPress, SQL, and/or Salesforce
- Strong proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Preferred Competencies
- Legal experience specific to patent law/litigation viewed favorably
- Knowledge of financial reporting practices of publicly traded companies viewed favorably
- Experience crafting, maintaining, and implementing style guides viewed favorably
RPX is an equal opportunity employer.
Contact
To apply, please visit this website: https://app.jobvite.com/j?aj=oyru8fwl&s=Patently-O.
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Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: San Francisco, California
Senior Patent Engineer, Semiconductor Technology – Small Corporation – San Francisco, Calif.
RPX Corporation is seeking a Senior Patent Engineer, Semiconductor Technology.
Position Summary
The Patent Analysis department synthesizes complex technologies and legal patent issues into actionable intelligence for RPX executives and clients. Patent Analysis research supports initiatives in defensive portfolio acquisitions, prior art validity actions, and advisory services. The positions in Patent Analysis require a deep and broad knowledge of specific technology sectors.
As a Senior Patent Engineer, you will analyze patent claims and related materials in view of legal, technological, and business environments to understand the technical merit and patent quality of individual patent portfolios. Your main responsibility is to distill a body of analysis and research into a concise, clear, and actionable assessment to both technical and non-technical audiences. This position reports in to the Director of Patent Analysis.
About This Role
- Assess numerous engineering and legal factors to extract patent value proposition
- Draw on detailed knowledge of relevant technologies, companies, and industries
- Explain complex technical issues to nontechnical audiences
- Isolate critical technical components of patents, products, and services
- Learn and apply legal concepts related to patents including prosecution and litigation
- Research timeliness of patents in support of validity challenges and prior art reports
- Support analysis conclusions with research driven logic and confidence
- Collaborate across the organization in-person and with virtual, global teams
- Establish and build relationships internally and externally
About You
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering; Master's degree or Doctor of Philosophy viewed favorably
Experience: Experience with client engagements in explaining highly technical subject matter; Involvement in patent issues including prosecution, litigation, and valuation viewed favorably; Patent Attorney or Agent viewed favorably
Skills and Abilities
- Experience with independently handling deadlines and conflicting priorities to deliver quality results
- Demonstrates a shown history of success, ownership, and accountability
- Service-minded and passionate about results with an ability to develop positive relationships
- Adaptable to the many changing requirements and needs of a dynamic company
- A person with dedication and work ethic that thrives in a team-centric culture with excellent social, networking, and influencing skills
- Motivated and focused with a willingness to pursue additional projects
- Able to demonstrate good judgment
- Highly focused, organized, and pay attention to details
- Represents RPX in a manner consistent with its culture and values
Technical Skills
- Broad expertise in semiconductor architecture, design, and implementation of areas such as:
- Processors (e.g., standalone, embedded, multi-core, SoC)
- Memory (e.g., DRAM, Flash)
- Analog (e.g., ADC/DAC, PLL) and clock management
- Interfaces (e.g., PCIe, high speed serial connectivity, bus architectures)
- Power management ICs
- FPGA systems
- Semiconductor manufacturing (e.g., fabrication process, packaging, assembly, and test)
- Standards and architectures (e.g., JEDEC, x86, ARM)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
RPX is an equal opportunity employer.
Contact
To apply, please visit this website: https://app.jobvite.com/j?aj=oprW4fwA&s=Patently-O.
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Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: San Francisco, California
Associate Counsel, Intellectual Property – Large Corporation – Cleveland, Ohio (Metro Area)
PolyOne, a $3+ billon world-class, global provider of polymer solutions with materials used in everyday products ranging from sports equipment to medical devices to electronics and more, is seeking an Associate Counsel, Intellectual Property. Under the guidance of the General Counsel and reporting to the Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property, this person will provide a full range of intellectual property legal support for portions of PolyOne’s businesses globally. As part of the company’s small in-house IP legal team, this position will play an integral role in building and managing a global IP portfolio aligned with commercial and technical objectives, identifying and advising on IP-related risks and other issues associated with development and sale of new products and other business activities, and promoting awareness of and compliance with IP-related policies and best practices throughout the global organization.
This position will be based at PolyOne’s global headquarters located in Avon Lake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Relocation assistance for this position is negotiable.
Essential Functions
- Prepares, files, and prosecutes patent and trademark applications in the United States and coordinates with foreign counsel to file and prosecute the same outside the United States
- Drafts, negotiates, and advises on IP-related agreements and agreements containing IP provisions, including confidentiality agreements, development agreements, services agreements, license agreements, supply agreements, etc.
- Counsels internal clients regarding a full range of IP issues, including patentability, product clearance / freedom-to-practice, protection and use of trade secrets and confidential information, trademark protection and clearance, copyright protection and use, etc.
- Conducts patent and trademark searches, analyzes the search results, and effectively communicates relevant advice or information to internal clients
- Supports IP-related aspects of M&A activities as assigned
- Supports aspects of IP-related litigation, IP-based oppositions, and other disputes as assigned
- Develops and delivers IP-related training to internal clients as assigned
- Acquires in-depth knowledge of PolyOne’s products and technologies and gains familiarity with relevant products and technologies of PolyOne’s customers, suppliers, and competitors
- Works collaboratively with existing IP team, other attorneys and staff within the Legal department, and individuals throughout the global organization from functions including Technology, Marketing, Product Management, Sales, Sourcing, Global Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tax, Finance, etc.
- Performs special projects/duties as assigned
Qualifications
To succeed in this position, an individual must be able to perform each job duty satisfactorily and productively. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to address gaps in experience for an otherwise qualified candidate who is willing to learn. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
In addition to the PolyOne Competencies required for all jobs, the following qualifications are required for this job.
Required Education & Special Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor degree from ABA accredited Law School
- Bachelor and/or advanced degree(s) in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Science, or similar fields
- Licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio (or another state and qualified for corporate counsel registration in Ohio)
- Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Required Length & Type of Experience:
- 5+ years of intellectual property legal experience, including a balance of patent preparation and prosecution for chemical technologies, IP-related agreements and transactions, and IP-related counseling and opinions
- Demonstrated knowledge of or familiarity with all aspects of intellectual property law with a focus in and substantial experience with patents, trade secrets, and confidential information; at least some experience with trademarks is preferred
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with the Patent Cooperation Treaty and familiarity with patent practice and procedure in Europe (EPO) and China (SIPO)
- Experience with polymer technologies is preferred
- Experience with a global, publicly-traded organization is preferred
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Strong legal, business, and technical acumen
- Detail-oriented, motivated, confident, and approachable
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to interface and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
- Excellent business judgment, problem solving, negotiation, follow-through, and time management (including docket management) skills
- Excellent analytical skills, including an ability to review technical information and data to identify patentable subject matter
- Exceptional document drafting skills (candidate should be prepared upon request to provide a writing sample including at least one published patent application and at least one publicly available office action response that were principally authored by the candidate)
- Ability to provide timely and pragmatic legal advice that guides the business to successful outcomes
- Ability to quickly learn and comprehend complex technical subject matter
- Ability to function autonomously while possessing sufficient judgment to understand when to seek assistance from or provide updates to management and/or stakeholders
- Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and operate efficiently and effectively to manage time pressures and meet deadlines
- Ability to take on progressively greater responsibilities
- Awareness of cultural differences between the United States and other countries; familiarity with a language other than English is a plus
Competencies
- Each position at PolyOne focuses on 12 competencies in the areas of Personal and Strategic Skills as well Thought Rigor and demonstrating an Action Bias. Each position ties to specific competencies and levels of proficiency which help individuals excel at their current role as well as chart their growth path with the company through our Career Planning process.
Scope
This position is global in scope.
Physical/Environmental Demands
The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical and environmental demands required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
- Requires standing and sitting for prolonged periods of time, talking, listening, and thinking
- Typical work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate
Equal Opportunity Employer
We offer a competitive salary, incentive and benefit plan to eligible employees. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, spending accounts, and 401(k).
PolyOne Corporation is a drug free workplace. PolyOne is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable state and local law. *LI-BS1
Contact
Apply online by visiting this link: https://polyone.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/intellectual-property-associate-counsel-1289. Writing samples (published patent application and publicly available office action response) upon request.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Law Firm
Job Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Senior Patent Agent – Large Corporation – Florham Park, N.J.
At BASF, we create chemistry through the power of connected minds. By balancing economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, we are building a more sustainable future through chemistry. As the world’s leading chemical company, we help our customers in nearly every industry meet the current and future needs of society through science and innovation.
We provide a challenging and rewarding work environment with a strong emphasis on process safety, as well as the safety of our employees and the communities we operate in, and are always working to form the best team—especially from within, through an emphasis on lifelong learning and development.
And we are constantly striving to become an even better place to work. BASF has been recognized as one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes Magazine and Glassdoor .in 2017. Come join us on our journey to create solutions for a sustainable future!
Where the Chemistry Happens…
In this role, the Senior Patent Agent is integral in the continued development and protection of the global chemical patent portfolio, working under the oversight of the Patent Operations Leader.
If selected for this position, you will be expected to provide high-quality legal support in a timely and effective manner. You will be a pivotal link between the R&D, Business Development, and Legal teams. In addition, you will support the development and implementation of the BASF Global IP Strategy, working collaboratively with counterparts in the US and Germany. You will identify and pursue valuable intellectual property generated in a dynamic research and development environment.
The position requires an individual with initiative, strong legal skills, and extensive experience in patent portfolio development, including preparing patent applications and obtaining patents with limited to no supervision, plus a degree, or equivalent experience, in the chemical arts.
Formula for Success: You Will…
Directly handle the following transactional responsibilities:
- Manage a global patent portfolio in line with the Global IP Strategy, including:
- Obtain robust patent protection for critical technologies and products with limited to no supervision.
- Act as IP project leader for individual research projects, global business units, and operating divisions; identify and articulate opportunities for patent protection; and develop, advocate, and implement patent strategies.
- Lead patent portfolio reviews with business units and operating divisions.
- Independently draft, file, and prosecute patent applications before the USPTO, including conducting examiner interviews and negotiations with the agency, with limited or no supervision.
- Directly manage and provide detailed filing and prosecution instructions and drafts to U.S. and foreign patent counsel.
- Prepare and manage the patent portfolio budget, aligning with business unit and operating division goals, and proactively seeking cost saving measures without compromising quality or patent scope.
- Conduct competitive analysis of patent portfolios with a detailed understanding of BASF products and technical developments.
- Provide training on IP issues to R&D and business colleagues.
- Provide patentability advice with limited to no supervision, conduct (under direction and supervision of counsel) analyses, including infringement and validity assessments, and perform landscape analyses.
- Support patent-related due diligence for commercial transactions, such as collaborations and licensing.
- Effectively communicate with IP colleagues, businesses (e.g., IP Managers, management, R&D) in Germany and other global sites at all levels in the organization, regarding patent matters, departmental and overall BASF processes, and to proactively address other concerns.
Create Your Own Chemistry: What We Offer You…
Adding value to our customers begins with adding value to you. You@BASF is the suite of benefits, perks, programs and unique opportunities we offer to support you—the whole you—in all stages of your life and career. With you@BASF, you create your own chemistry.
The total rewards that you receive as a BASF employee go way beyond a paycheck. From competitive health and insurance plans, to robust retirement benefits that include company-matching contributions, to making sure you never stop learning, we believe investing in you is investing in our success. Working for a large, global organization, you’ll have a chance to grow professionally and personally, expand your network and build a rewarding and dynamic career.
Ingredients for Success: What We Look for in You…
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Arts or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
- A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience on Intellectual Property and/or legal teams.
- Registration before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
- In-depth understanding of US patent law, and general knowledge of foreign patent laws, including Europe and Asia.
- Self-starter as well as team player, working well with other patent practitioners and support staff.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and writing skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a changing environment, prioritize demands, and use keen judgment.
- Proficiency in working with intellectual asset management software (e.g., Anaqua), the USPTO Electronic Filing System (EFS), and PAIR.
- Experience in the chemical industry, particularly related to catalysts (e.g. emission catalysts) and related devices.
- Background in a corporate environment preferred, including experience working with various functional groups, building strong and enduring relationships.
- Experience in intellectual property post-grant procedures and litigation.
- Transactional and contract experience, particularly as it relates to protection of intellectual property and due diligence.
- Practical laboratory experience in chemistry or a related field.
Relocation assistance is available for this position.
Contact
To apply, please visit this website: https://basf.jobs/north-
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Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Florham Park, New Jersey
Patent Agent – Large Corporation – Multiple Locations
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is seeking a Patent Agent. The successful candidate's responsibilities in the Patent Agent role are expected to include the following:
- Draft patent applications and work directly with inventors, patent portfolio managers, and other members of our legal team
- Participate in HPE invention harvesting, vetting, and disclosure processes
- Engage in training, knowledge sharing, and other career development opportunities
- Contribute to various patent portfolio and competitive analysis activities
Contact
To apply, please visit this link: https://careers.hpe.com/job/houston/patent-agent/3545/9079550.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Fort Collins, Colorado; Houston, Texas; Palo Alto, California
Senior Legal Editor, Patent Litigation – Large Corporation – Flexible Location
Practical Law US is seeking an experienced patent litigation attorney to work on patent resources for our Intellectual Property & Technology Service.
The attorney will:
- Conceptualize, draft and edit original legal know-how materials, including practice notes, annotated standard-form documents and transactional checklists for online and print publication.
- Establish and maintain relationships with external law firm contributors.
- Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to plan and lead product demonstrations, webinars and in-person continuing legal education seminars for current and potential subscribers.
- Assist with the development of special projects undertaken by Thomson Reuters and Practical Law.
- Organize and conduct webinars on topics of interest to attorneys practicing in the patent area, and assist with marketing initiatives and sales demonstrations.
- Write and edit content for Practical Law's companion magazine, Practical Law The Journal.
- Develop relationships with law firm attorneys, in-house counsel and industry groups to ensure that the patent litigation content is topical and meets their needs.
Qualifications:
Candidates should have at least the following skills and experience:
- J.D.
- At least eight years’ experience working as a patent litigator in a law firm, with expertise in patent and other intellectual property law and practice.
- A good understanding of the needs and priorities of law firm and in-house counsel and the legal market.
- A passion for writing and good editing skills, including:
- very close attention to detail;
- impressive command of grammar, punctuation and plain English;
- strong technical drafting skills; and
- the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.
- Enthusiasm and ambition, with a desire to improve the efficiency of legal services.
- Expertise in all aspects of patent litigation and federal practice and procedure is required, optimally including:
- pre-suit investigations;
- drafting patent litigation documents, such as pleadings, motions, discovery requests and responses, proposed jury instructions, and trial and appellate briefs;
- Markman briefing and hearings;
- taking and defending depositions;
- working with expert witnesses;
- arguing motions and/or other applications before a court; and
- preparing for and litigating at trial.
- Significant practice experience in one or more of the following areas is helpful:
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings;
- ITC Section 337 proceedings;
- Hatch-Waxman ANDA or biosimilar litigation; and/or
- Patent prosecution and strategic counseling.
Contact
To apply, please send your resume and a paragraph summary of your relevant experience for this position to: brian.gross@thomsonreuters.com.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Flexible location
Manager, Data Analytics – Other – San Francisco, Calif.
RPX Corporation 
is seeking a Manager, Data Analytics to work in its San Francisco offices. Among other things, this person will answer complex questions from RPX constituents, through data analysis and visualization, with awareness of the legal and business context motivating the question.
Responsibilities:
- Generates and tests hypotheses to identify trends in IP markets
- Performs self-directed analysis under limited supervision
- Manages long-term research projects on intellectual property risk in new technologies
- Maintains and improves existing data algorithms and models to include new variables and data sets
- Performs ad hoc data analysis and reporting as requested
- Consults closely with Client Services team to define high impact messaging to RPX clients and to produce customized presentations for high value clients
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree from a well-regarded university with demonstrated strong academic performance. JD is highly preferred.
Requirements:
- 2-4 years of practice at a law firm doing litigation or IP-related transactional work is preferred, but applicants with work experience at a leading strategy consulting or financial services firm with a focus on patents and/or intellectual property markets should also apply. Skills and abilities
- Strong quantitative analysis skills with an aptitude towards discovering insights, trends, and patterns with large datasets
- Desire to influence business decisions through strategic and creative data analysis
- Result-driven and service-minded with ability to develop and foster relationships with key partners internally and externally
- Willingness to adapt to the many changing requirements/needs of a fast-growing, young company
- Collaborative work ethic and willingness to work in a team-centric culture, often across geographic boundaries
- Motivated, self-directed, and dedicated with a willingness to take on additional projects
- Confident personality supported by disciplined, logical thinking and fact-based, documented conclusions and opinions
- Ability to demonstrate good judgment
- Highly organized and meticulous
- Ability to track multiple projects on different timelines and deliver ahead of deadlines
- Consistent track record of excellence, ownership, and accountability
- Excellent oral and written communications and presentation skills
- Represents RPX in a manner consistent with its culture and values
Technical Skills:
- Fluency in SQL-based querying required
- Visualization technologies (e.g. Tableau, D3) preferred
- Coding experience (e.g., Python, R, C++, Java) preferred
Contact
To apply, please email recruiting@rpxcorp.com. Or, for more details on the position, visit this link: https://www.rpxcorp.com/about-
Additional Info
Employer Type: Other
Job Location: San Francisco, California
Search Trainer – Small Corporation – Detroit, Mich.
CPA Global 
is seeking a Search Trainer who is responsible for content development, delivery of live and recorded training sessions, and achieving training department objectives for contractual and internal quality metrics. Leads training staff and supports quality assurance personnel to align training activities with business needs and deliverables. Provides training support for patent classification, Patent Cooperation Treaty examinations, and commercial searching. Leads and manages library team member.
Responsibilities:
- Develop patent search and patent classification content.
- Deliver live and recorded training sessions.
- Utilize metrics to ensure alignment of training department functions and customer needs.
- Monitor and schedule training workloads in addition to review and analysis of monthly quality reports to provide targeted training to employees in close coordination with the Director of Quality.
- Responsible for coordination of training delivery based on quality review metrics.
- Monitor quality and deliver targeted training as required by individual or group performance.
- Work closely with India-based training team to support training of US and EMEA Commercial Search teams.
- Collaborate with corporate management and foreign and domestic training teams to ensure consistent documentation and adherence to operational processes/procedures between delivery centers, including standard operating procedures, quality procedures, and training initiatives.
- Continually review processes and procedures to recommend changes and improve efficiencies.
- Responsible for training team members to ensure content development is delivered in a consistent and effective manner.
- Plan and lead training activities for commercial and government search groups.
- Responsible for the leadership, management and mentorship of team members.
- Lead and support library team member in management of domain-specific database systems, contracts, IDs, vendor relationships.
- Conduct performance reviews of direct reports and manage performance issues effectively including annual reviews.
Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in an engineering or science discipline and four or more years of relevant work experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- One year of previous supervisory experience is required.
- Advanced written, oral and verbal communication skills
- One or more years of Patent search, examination, classification, or patent prosecution experience
- Proven ability to teach, lead, mentor, manage and develop team members
- Ability to obtain US Government public trust clearance within 30 days of hire
- Strong decision-making skills with an ability to effectively prioritize and delegate work
- Subject matter expert in patent search and classification
- Must be a proactive, team-focused individual contributor and leader
- Strong attention to detail
- Brand champion who displays role model-level leadership qualities
- Acts as a champion of the company and supports senior leadership decisions
- Strong knowledge of patent law as well as search databases to support staff and client requests
Contact
To apply, please email us at: mfath@cpaglobal.com.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: Detroit, Michigan
Patent Attorney – Large Corporation – Belmont, Calif.
Volkswagen Group of America is seeking a Patent Attorney. Work on a wide range of intellectual property issues with the Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property & Litigation on the implementation of patent administration process at VWGoA, with a focus on the development of a portfolio for innovations originating from VW’s Engineering Research Lab in Belmont, CA, and Engineering & Planning Center in Chattanooga, TN. The attorney will draft and prosecute patent portfolio applications relating to autonomous vehicle technology, mobile applications, connected cars and related future automotive technology. The attorney will work closely with engineers to help analyze the patentability of inventions, search for related inventions, prepare and help prosecute patent applications at the USPTO, aid in assessing infringement risks for new products and help guide the development of new products. The patent attorney will interact with the Patent Departments of AUDI AG, Porsche AG and Volkswagen AG for coordination of US activities to assist in implementing a VW Group-wide global patent strategy. The attorney will also review and assist in drafting non-disclosure, research, joint development, license and other agreements involving use, transfer and ownership of intellectual property.
Role Responsibilities
- Draft patent applications and coordinate filings (as necessary with outside counsel) and interact with the patent departments for Volkswagen AG, AUDI AG and Porsche AG
- Counsel engineers and other technical personnel regarding patentability, patent procedure, portfolio strategy and related issues and design and conduct on-site trainings for them
- Help develop and implement strategy and procedures for patent management at VWGoA
- Review projects for inventions or ideas for potential patent filings, including assist with prior art searches and preparation of invention disclosures
- Conduct patentability and freedom-to-operate reviews
- Review and assist in the drafting of nondisclosure, research, license, and other agreements involving the use, transfer, or ownership of intellectual property
- Coordinate with financial and accounting departments in U.S. and Germany regarding billing and reimbursement issues, where applicable
- Implement record-keeping and other appropriate administrative procedures to support patent strategy
- Other patent-related support as directed by VWGoA OGC or by the patent departments of Volkswagen AG, AUDI AG or Porsche AG
Years of Experience
- 7-10 years of experience as a registered United States patent attorney, with an emphasis on current developments relating to electrical and telecommunications technologies deployed in passenger vehicles.
Education-Required
- Juris doctor degree from an ABA-approved law school
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or related field, with an excellent understanding of vehicle related technical subject matter
- Registration Number to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office
Education-Desired
- Post-graduate degree in electrical engineering
- Technical expertise in electrical innovations deployed in vehicles
General Skills
- Highly detail-oriented, efficient with time and priority management and strong organizational skills
- Excellent decision making, problem solving skills, technically proficient
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Innovative, self-starter and highly independent
- Strong inter-personal skills, ability to collaborate in a team environment on engineering topics
Specialized Skills-Required
- Admitted to practice before the California Bar
- Registered to practice at the United States Patent & Trademark Office
- 7-10 years of industry or law firm experience
- Technical ability commensurate with a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or related field, with an excellent understanding of vehicle related technical subject matter
- Significant experience in drafting patent applications and prosecuting such applications with PTO
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Strong problem solving skills and ability to think analytically and conceptually
- Resource management
Specialized Skills-Desired
- Influencing and negotiation skills
- Experience with an automotive company, supporting patent prosecution functions.
- Integration skills – ability to join people, processes or systems
- Experience mining innovations in a research and development organization to build IP portfolio assets
- Proficient understanding of patent issues outside the United States
Work Flexibility
- Travel approximately 35%
We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
Contact
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to: Ellen.Catlett@vw.com.
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Employer Type: Large Corporation
I.P. Counsel – Large Corporation – Framingham, Mass.
Bose Corporation is looking to hire an intellectual property attorney to serve as a principal advisor for one or our key product divisions.
At Bose, we’ve spent more than 50 years finding new ways to bring quality audio products to people—in their homes, in automobiles, in airplanes, and just about anywhere else that there is a possibility to enjoy music. Our legendary Wave® music system, SoundLink® Mini Bluetooth speaker, or QuietComfort® acoustic noise cancelling headphones may ring a bell with you. Bose relies on exceptional people to create and deliver those products to our customers.
Bose is about better sound, but better sound is just the beginning. We’re about inventing innovative technologies that truly benefit people, and creating a culture where innovation and teamwork are highly valued. Working at Bose, you’re encouraged to question conventional thinking in the relentless quest to create products and experiences that change people's lives. Our culture is as distinctive as our products. Join a company that operates globally, with a culture that embraces new ideas.
Requirements
Responsibilities for this position include:
- Counseling the business and engineering leadership on IP strategy and risks.
- Managing the patent portfolio for the business division
- Managing patent litigation and pre-litigation work originating of the business unit and support litigation activity arises in other business unit.
- Conducting infringement assessment of competitor systems.
- Provide IP support in transactional matters for the business.
- Identifying inventions originating in the business.
- Running the business’s patent committee meetings.
- Completing freedom to practice studies for the business.
- Managing the business’s patent marking program.
Skills
In addition to these responsibilities, the IP attorney will supervise outside prosecution counsel and independently prepare and prosecute some US cases.
The attorney will split his or her time between Bose offices in Stow, Massachusetts and Framingham, Massachusetts.
Education Candidates must be a JD and registered to practice with the United State Patent and Trademark Office. Candidates must also have at least 4 years of experience as an intellectual property attorney. EE, ME, Computer Science/Computer Engineering, or Physics technical backgrounds are preferred.
attorney. EE, ME, Computer Science/Computer Engineering, or Physics technical backgrounds are preferred.
Contact
To apply, please email: staffing_operations@bose.com.
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Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Framingham, Massachusetts
Commercial Product Manager – Large Corporation – Arlington, Va.
Bloomberg BNA provides legal, tax and compliance professionals with critical information, practical guidance and workflow solutions. We leverage leading technology and a global network of experts to deliver a unique combination of news and authoritative analysis, comprehensive research solutions, innovative practice tools, and proprietary business data and analytics. Bloomberg BNA is an affiliate of Bloomberg L.P., the global business, financial information and news leader.
Bloomberg BNA seeks a Commercial Product Manager to develop, manage, and implement product updates and enhancements; act as subject-matter expert for assigned markets; and support new product development and strategic planning.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Meet with editors to remain abreast of product updates and developments. Train and updates sales, marketing, and customer service teams on product features and benefits.
- Support field sales force for product-related questions.
- Develop and communicate competitive intelligence, points of differentiation, and market segment positioning to sales, marketing, and editorial teams.
- Lead virtual and in-person customer meetings to communicate features and benefits of the service.
- Act as main point of contact for proposed product updates and enhancements. Facilitate management review of proposals for final approval.
- Initiate and design project plans, processes, and schedule of approved product updates and enhancements to ensure effective implementation.
- Facilitate supporting activities from other departments, such as customer communications via marketing and customer service and website updates via product development.
- Ensure projects are completed according to schedule within designated financial parameters and with appropriate input from stakeholders.
- Track and report the status of projects as well as related changes and developments. Review and assess completed projects and applies findings to process improvements.
- Perform market and subscriber research for guidance in strategic planning, new product development, and evaluation of tactical programs.
- Serve as principal resource for identifying contributed content and enlisting outside authors for such content for review by editorial team.
- Detail project plans for new product launches and support marketing teams’ launch campaigns, including communications schedule and marketing promotions.
- Lead marketing team efforts to launch new products.
- Act as liaison and key point of contact with operations, customer service, and development teams to set up and launch new products.
- Maintain competitive analysis for assigned product line(s). Complete periodic analysis of pricing, promotion, and positioning of competitors’ products to identify competitive threats and market opportunities. Identify points of differentiation for products vs. competitors’ and communicates to marketing and sales teams.
- Manage product packaging to achieve brand consistency, customer satisfaction, and cost efficiencies.
- Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years’ experience in developing, using, supporting, and/or selling IP products/services or related products and services
- Experience working with field sales force and working in IP markets (Corporation, Law Firm, or IP Consulting) or provider of such products or services a plus
- Experience developing, using, or supporting Web products strongly preferred
- Experience in project management required
- Significant knowledge of IP subject-matter, industry, markets, and customers
- Ability to understand how IP professionals and attorneys do research and what research materials and tools are important to them
- Ability to represent Bloomberg Law effectively in a variety of contexts, both inside and outside of the company
- Ability to work effectively in an environment of multiple projects, shifting priorities, and deadline pressure
- Strong project management, analytical, and organizational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment
- Bachelor’s degree with coursework in science or technical subjects; additional coursework in business and marketing or equivalent experience
- JD or MBA degree preferred
Contact
To apply, please email: cgrayson@bloomberglaw.com.
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Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Arlington, Virginia
Patent Attorney, Legal Counsel – Large Corporation – Charlotte, N.C.
As a member of the Intellectual Property (IP) team of Sealed Air’s Global Legal Department, the primary purposes for this position are to proactively identify, acquire, and protect IP assets for the company; provide counseling, analysis, and opinions pertaining to IP issues associated with new and existing products; and increase IP awareness and knowledge within the company by engaging and educating company personnel in both formal and informal training sessions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Draft and prosecute patent applications
- Conduct in-depth interviews with inventors to ascertain patentable subject matter
- Commission and analyze patent searches of all types, including state-of-the-art, freedom-to-practice, validity, and patentability
- Evaluate company and third party IP; provide infringement, validity, and freedom-to-practice assessments; determine, effectively communicate, and build consensus on all necessary actions resulting from such assessments; and lead the implementation thereof
- Counsel company personnel on IP matters
- Negotiate and draft IP-related agreements, including confidentiality, licensing, and joint development agreements
- Provide patent litigation support and coordination with litigation counsel
- Participate in the formation of IP strategies and policies
- Provide IP training to company personnel
Contact
To apply, please visit this website and include your resume: https://jobs.sealedair.com/
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Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Patent Counsel (Oncology) – Large Corporation – Indianapolis, Ind.
At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, designing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.
Read on to find out more about how you can join our team where you will enjoy relevant work, build a successful career and make meaningful contributions to our patient's lives.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a scientific field that together with prior work experience, provides sufficient background for effective communication with scientists and management about scientific aspects of discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule products.
- Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree from an accredited U.S. institution.
4 or more years of post-JD experience as a patent attorney in a law firm or industry. - Presently admitted to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction and presently licensed to represent clients in patent matters before the USPTO; in good standing in each state and in the USPTO; no discipline issues on record.
Additional Information
Office work located at Lilly Corporate Center primarily supporting groups located at Lilly Corporate Center and Lilly Technology Center (Indianapolis), Lilly Biotechnology Center (San Diego), and Lilly New Jersey/New York. Travel is usually not significant (0-5%), but travel could become more significant (5-20%) intermittently for litigation or other acute internal/external requirements.
Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
Travel Percentage
0-10%
Responsibilities
- The objective of this position is to provide prudent, ethical, landscape-aware, and law-informed solutions for issues facing Eli Lilly and Company in its discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule pharmaceutical products.
- Draft and prosecute pharmaceutical patent applications in all jurisdictions in accordance with business requirements, patent laws and Lilly policies and procedures.
- Monitor, manage and assist in litigation and oppositions in all jurisdictions related to Lilly and third party patent portfolios.
- Analyze risks with appropriate consideration of business objectives and the environment, and develop sound tactical approaches to providing solutions that are prudent, ethical, landscape-aware, and law-informed as described above.
- Advise teams and management about exclusivity, freedom to operate, due diligence, contract, licensing, and litigation risks in a manner consistent with the law, ethics, and Lilly policies; communicate advice in a manner understandable to a lay person.
- Remain well versed in US and global laws, court precedents, and regulations pertinent to pharmaceutical products; apply knowledge appropriately in carrying out responsibilities.
- Prioritize and manage projects; contribute to the implementation of new policies and procedures; lead task-directed teams.
- Contribute to efficiency, collegiality, and collaboration.
- As needed, lead or participate in due diligence, licensing and inter partes matters
Additional Skills/Preferences
- At least 3 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a scientific position in drug discovery or development, or demonstrated significant experience with and knowledge of drug discovery and development, and/or with patent litigation relating to drugs.
- At least 3 years of experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications relating to small molecule and, optionally, biological (antibody and/or peptide) pharmaceutical products.
- Strong Law School performance as evidenced by grades, accomplishments, and/or awards.
- High learning agility, including: creatively solving problems; having ability to deal with complexity; having high curiosity; responding well to constructive feedback; seeking improvement of self and Lilly; accepting or leading change and helping others adapt to change; having the ability to adjust style to audience; and having the ability to make the complex understandable.
- Sensitivity to others; composure under stress; ability to quickly learn and adapt.
- Ability to organize self, to multi-task effectively, to complete projects with deadlines on time, and to direct others.
- Effective as individual contributor, team member, and leader.
Contact
To apply, please visit this website: https://careers.lilly.com/job/
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Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Assistant General Counsel (IP) – Large Corporation – King of Prussia, Pa.
Arkema Inc. 
is seeking an Assistant General Counsel (Intellectual Property) to provide advice and counsel to assigned Business Unit(s) Senior Management respecting patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. The incumbent is a member of the Intellectual Property Law Department Team, consisting of 4 Attorneys, 2 Paralegals, and 2 Administrative Assistants. This person will be based at Arkema's Corporate Offices and R&D Center in King of Prussia, PA
Specific Job Activities Include (but are not limited to):
- Ensure that the results of the company's R&D investment are properly protected globally; participate in the stage-gating of projects; identify patent issues and recommend productive areas for research. Ensure that patent applications are properly prepared, filed and prosecuted, so as to obtain valid and enforceable patents.
- Provide general and specific advice to management concerning the development, acquisition, utilization and enforcement of global patent portfolios and define strategies to optimize their value to the company.
- Protect the company's capital investment in new plants and in equipment for new products and processes by evaluating new products and processes for potential infringement of patents owned by others and defining specific steps to be taken when there is a risk of infringement.
- Protect the company's competitive position in the global marketplace by evaluating products, processes and trademarks belonging to others for potential infringement of the company's patents and trademarks; recommend appropriate action and, with management, develop strategies to implement the recommendations.
- With the management of the relevant businesses, define objectives and assist in negotiation and drafting of agreements relating to patents, trademarks, trade secrets, joint development and other programs.
- Ensure the accurate and timely administration of the global patent portfolios.
- Review and draft Confidential Disclosure Agreements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- J.D. required, plus a minimum of 10 years of experience in Chemical Patent Practice.
- Bachelor’s degree in Organic Chemistry or Polymer Chemistry; Master’s degree preferred.
- Membership in a State Bar and the American Bar Association is required.
- Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Detail-oriented and strong organizational skills.
- Strong communication skills, including, writing and oral presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong interpersonal relationships.
- Ability to work as a member of a team, as well as an ability to lead teams (this role will require both competencies).
Contact
To apply, please visit this link: https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=30098&company=ARKEMA&username=.
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Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Associate Counsel, I.P. – Large Corporation – Multiple Locations
The General Counsel’s Organization of American Express is seeking a hard-working, highly-motivated and creative patent attorney. The attorney will join the Intellectual Property Law and Strategy (IPLS) practice group as Associate Counsel - Patents, and report to the Chief IP Counsel. The IPLS is the legal function that handles intellectual property issues across the company world-wide, including patent filing and prosecution, patent litigation and intellectual property due diligence to support M&A and other commercial transactions.
The attorney in this position will work with clients across multiple functional areas to strategically protect the company’s intellectual property interests. The work will include client counseling; managing patent preparation and prosecution; rendering legal opinions with respect to patentability, validity and freedom to operate; advising on intellectual property aspects of agreements; and, as needed, supporting patent litigation, due diligence reviews and intellectual property related transactional work.
Responsibilities include:
- Partner with management and colleagues to develop, implement and execute policies and practices that drive a proactive, business oriented IP program
- Provide clear, actionable and business-savvy intellectual property advice to business clients engaged in product development and innovation
- Build the company’s patent portfolio through strategic patent preparation and prosecution
- Managing patent applications throughout the patent lifecycle by working directly with the inventor community and outside patent prosecution counsel to ensure high quality patent applications for strategically important inventions
- Collaborating on the invention disclosure review process to help ensure that the best inventions are identified and patented
- Collaborating with business and technical teams in invention mining sessions and patent education sessions
- Educate clients on important intellectual property issues and forge strong client relationships that leverage opportunities to identify, create and protect valuable intellectual property
- Manage intellectual property risk, including overseeing freedom-to-operate analyses and rendering opinions with respect to patent infringement and validity
- Provide support, as needed, on intellectual property due diligence for strategic transactions, intellectual property litigation, and intellectual property related transactional work
- Participate as team member, offering thought leadership for cross-subject matter practice group issues and projects
Are you ready for the challenge?
Minimum qualifications:
- B.S. degree and/or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or Computer Science
- J.D. from a highly respected law school and admission to a state bar
- Admission to practice before the USPTO
- At least 3 years of patent attorney experience with reputable, highly rated law firms and/or financial services or technical companies
- Excellent patent preparation and prosecution skills, with experience in managing patent prosecution
- Comprehensive understanding of intellectual property case law, rules and regulations
- Proficient in using the full suite of Microsoft Office programs
Preferred qualifications:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage and prioritize competing demands while maintaining high attention to detail and meeting deadlines
- Ability to communicate complex issues clearly and persuasively, in both oral and written format
- Ability to build relationships and partner with others to drive results
- Capacity to be agile and pivot appropriately when challenged with new information or evolving circumstances
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and collaborative work style
- Effective oral and written communication skills; fits message to audience
- Self-directed, highly motivated
- Learning agility
- Growth mindset
- Attention to detail
- Great problem-solving skills
- Well organized and resourceful
- Strong professional drive
- Excellent analytical and intellectual capabilities
- Excellent relationship building, influencing and negotiating abilities
Additional Details:
Location: 200 Vesey St, New York, NY 10080
Workplace Flexibility: Potential to work remotely part of the time based on current projects and team needs.
Travel: Little to none
Visa Sponsorship: Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position.
American Express:
Delivering extraordinary experiences to its customers and employees every day.
The success of American Express since its inception has been defined by its ability to innovate, evolve, disrupt, and take risks. What has remained constant throughout this history of transformation is our dedication to our customers, to our employees, and to the values on which American Express was built: integrity, quality, respect, and community.
Our open, creative, and collaborative culture is a big part of why we regularly win best workplace awards all over the world. So if you’re ready to take on a challenge and make an impact, you owe it to yourself to launch or grow your career here.
Contact
To apply, please visit this website: https://jobs.americanexpress.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: New York, New York; Phoenix, Arizona; or Sunrise, Florida
Patent Attorney – Large Corporation – Bucheon, South Korea
ON Semiconductor is seeking a Patent Attorney.
Description:
- Assist in conducting freedom to operate (FTO) review for new product development, IP landscape review and competitive patent analysis.
- Support IP creation processes, including new innovation submission, patentability studies, patent committee review, patent application and prosecution.
- Work closely with local business units and develop a deep knowledge of research and product development to identify strategic areas for IP portfolio development.
- Report local IP issues to headquarters and provide background analysis and recommendations. Effectively communicate legal IP advice and analysis to business and technical team members/leaders.
- Lead and/or support all aspects of local IP activities, programs, initiatives and trainings.
- Participate in drafting, negotiating and reviewing IP agreements, including: license agreements, development agreements, supply agreements, and/or confidentiality agreements with local parties.
- Support litigation activities as needed, including managing and conducting document preservation and collection activities and identifying and interviewing personnel in Korea for foreign litigation.
- Participate in managing Korean outside counsel to improve efficiency and quality.
- Monitor, report and advocate latest development in IP laws, regulations and trends in Korea for the benefit of the company.
Qualifications:
- Qualified as Korea Patent Attorney or Attorney at Law specialized in IP Law with at least 3-years of experience.
- A BS degree in Engineering (EE preferred) with a strong preference for previous engineering/semiconductor experience.
- Driven and self-motivated, positive attitude and a team-player.
- Capable of working with business managers and engineers as a partner on various IP issues.
- Fluent in Korean and English. Good communication and writing skill.
Contact
To apply, please email sangjoon.jeon@onsemi.com.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Bucheon, South Korea
Patent Expert – Large Corporation – Portland, Ore.
At Nike, innovation is in our blood. As a key member of the Nike Patent team, the Patent Expert will collaborate closely with our cutting-edge Apparel and Footwear innovation teams. To be successful, the Patent Expert will need to maintain a high level of awareness of current Nike innovations, development projects, production techniques, and materials.
Primary responsibilities will include monitoring innovation projects, researching utility patent application opportunities, directing the drafting and prosecution of patent applications by outside counsel, and working with the Nike Patent team, outside counsel, and innovators to drive the patent process. The Patent Expert will also monitor Nike’s and its competitors’ respective product launches to strategically build and align our patent portfolio.
The role will report to an Assistant General Counsel on the Patent team and will also assist Nike’s IP Litigation and IP Transactions teams in a variety of other patent-related activities such as patent invalidation/opposition proceedings, freedom to operate assessments, portfolio mining, patent litigation matters, and the negotiation of IP-focused agreements.
To accomplish these important goals, the Patent Expert will possess a technical background (science/engineering) and a strong ability to interface with colleagues having a wide array of expertise in the areas of design, technology, engineering, and IP law in a dynamic environment.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or above in science or engineering.
- Registered to practice before the USPTO.
- 3-5 years of experience of patent drafting and/or prosecution, preferably in the chemical and/or mechanical arts.
- Technical and/or patent experience in the fields of consumer products, footwear, apparel, and/or textiles; experience with knitting, weaving, and/or braiding technologies is highly desirable.
Preferred candidates will exhibit:
- Ability to communicate patent and technology concepts in both written and verbal form.
- Ability to adapt in a dynamic work environment.
- Aptitude to understand new areas of technology.
- Strong collaboration skills, organizational skills, multi-tasking skills, and attention to detail.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguity and to self-manage/prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to provide assistance outside of defined job description.
Contact
To apply, please visit this link: https://jobs.nike.com/job/beaverton/patent-expert/824/7954151.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Portland, Oregon
Patent Attorney (Plant / Ag Biotech) – Small Corporation – Cambridge, Mass.
Inari Agriculture, Inc., is a vibrant start-up company based in Cambridge, MA, focusing on highly innovative new breeding technologies to improve performance of plants. To address the intellectual property challenges in this emerging area of technology, Inari is recruiting an in-house patent attorney to be based at Inari’s Cambridge, MA, location.
The role will encompass both hands-on patent work and on-site general counsel responsibilities including developing patent strategy; in-house patent preparation and prosecution; and instruction of outside patent counsel for US and ex-US cases. In addition the role will include supporting FTO analyses, license negotiations and drafting, staff IP training, and IP advocacy work. The successful candidate will work with Inari’s VP IP & Licenses and a senior patent agent.
Candidates must be a registered US patent attorney and preferably already admitted to the Massachusetts bar. The candidate should have at least 5 years of US patent preparation and prosecution experience in the biotechnology area (preferably in plant biotechnology) and experience in claim strategy and directing prosecution in major ex-US jurisdictions (EP, CN, BR, CA). Additional qualifications include experience with FTO analyses, validity/non-infringement opinions, license agreements, and general corporate legal duties. An advanced degree in a relevant scientific area is desirable.
Inari Agriculture is a Flagship Pioneering (http://flagshippioneering.com
Contact
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and CV to: jobs@inari.com.
Additional Info
Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts