Senior Attorney - Intellectual Property Counsel The candidate provides legal counsel to business unit leadership within the company by identifying and analyzing legal issues and communicating effective legal advice. Proactively engages with business clients to better understand the company's strategic and operational objectives. Engages and collaborates with internal partners within business units and the Chief Legal Office. Works independently on matters of significance to the organization, has in-depth experienced knowledge and a consistent track record to lead efforts to resolve sophisticated issues. Identifies and leads existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job role. Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, supervised, and controlled. Follows written risk and compliance policies, standards, and procedures for business activities. Independently provides legal counsel to senior leadership to support business objectives and lead regulatory, compliance and litigation risk to the company. Leads sophisticated legal assignments with a high level of business impact and delivers appropriate solutions. Optimally communicates with team members and varying levels of leadership in both verbal and written forms. Produces clear and concise legal positions involving highly complex issues. Proactively collaborates across the company and the Chief Legal Office to mitigate risk. Proactively monitors and analyzes changes in laws, regulations and industry and advises appropriate organizational leadership of such changes in a timely manner. Anticipates potential or future legal and operational issues that present a risk to the organization and proactively engages with others to identify potential solutions. Regularly provides guidance to more junior attorneys and serves as a resource to others in the Chief Legal Office. Provides leadership through cross-functional projects that have a material impact to the company. Effectively manages outside counsel to obtain legal advice.
The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited school. A J.D. degree from an accredited law school is required. Should be licensed and in good standing to practice law in one state or a territory of the US. Must have 8 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of experience as a practicing attorney. Should preferably have 6+ years of experience (either at a major law firm and/or in-house) drafting and negotiating IP licenses, particularly patent licenses. Should ideally have 4+ years managing IP disputes, particularly patent disputes. Should ideally also have 6+ years of experience prosecuting patents before the USPTO. Sophisticated knowledge of IP transactions and disputes including experience negotiating and advising on all matters related is desired. Registration to practice before the USPTO is an asset.
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