What We Offer
$189,000.00 - $260,000.00Santa Clara,CA
Santa Clara, CA; on-site full-time
Key Responsibilities:
- Counsel management and technologists on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and select IP transactions (e.g., NDA, JDA, SRA)
- Analyze IP landscapes, assess risks, and develop IP sustainability strategies
- Manage a global patent & trademark portfolio and oversee associated drafting, prosecution, and budget
- Collaborate with litigation colleagues on IP procurement and enforcement strategies
- Develop programs to protect IP and achieve business goals, including training management and engineering teams
- Lead process and policy improvements to mitigate risks and enhance effectiveness
Basic Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate (JD) from accredited law school
- Bar Admissions: U.S. (CA or other state) and USPTO Registration Numbers
- B.S. in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry or Materials Science
- 7+ years of legal experience in law firm and/or in-house legal departments with a focus in the following areas:
- Patent portfolio development and management in the US and foreign jurisdictions, particularly Asia
- Drafting and negotiation of agreements involving IP provisions, including licensing, collaboration, research and similar agreements
- Knowledge of IP law in Asian countries, including China, Korea and Taiwan
- Experience related to IP enforcement and litigation, including claim construction, patent invalidity, and infringement analysis preferred
- Familiar with global patent operations (e.g., patent administrations, billings, docketing practices, etc.) also preferred
Skills and Attributes:
- Strong intellectual capacity and high personal standards of excellence
- Strong business and technology acumen; capacity to understand the business and technology quickly
- Understand how to translate business needs into IP portfolio development & management
- Passionate, proactive, highly motivated self-starter
- Ability to work independently on a wide variety of tasks and drive results
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple competing tasks/projects at the same time
- Excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail and ability to create specific action plans based on general guidance and deliver results
- Ability to see the big picture and identify and design-out problems from the outset; continuous improvement mindset
- Strong customer focus, both internal and external
- Ability to work collaboratively across organizational boundaries, and with a diverse group of colleagues and internal clients in multiple countries
- Ability to lead and ability to perform as part of a team
- Flexible, personable and enjoys a dynamic corporate culture
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