Uber Counsel IP 

United States, West Virginia 

577821060

What You’ll Do

• Develop Uber’s patent portfolio, including managing and working closely with outside patent counsel and members of Uber's IP Team.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to identify and harvest inventions in various technology areas.
• Support IP aspects of M&A, litigation, pre-litigation IP disputes, employment, compliance, and open source activities.
• Negotiate, draft, and review agreements involving technology and intellectual property matters, including patent transfer/license agreements and other complex IP transactions.
• Assist in the development of analytics tools and models to inform Uber’s patent portfolio strategy, evaluate patent risk, and identify prior art.
• Represent Uber in external IP organizations and events.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years of legal experience in private practice, and/or in-house OR Minimum 4 years, including +1 year Uber internal.
• J.D. and license to practice law in at least one U.S. state.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and take ownership of projects from inception to completion, including a commitment to collaborate and deliver for others and a desire to innovate in the practice of IP.
• Experience handling a range of IP matters, including patent prosecution, IP transactions and licensing, open source, patent litigation, pre-litigation IP disputes, trade secrets, and copyrights.
• Broad patent prosecution experience; patent licensing or patent litigation experience a plus.
• Patent Attorney registered with the USPTO.
• Excellent business judgment and high comfort level advising senior leaders on a wide range of legal issues related to technology and/or software platforms.
• Strong interpersonal skills and highly collaborative with both business leaders and legal groups, with strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility, and partner across functions to build consensus.

• Inquisitiveness, along with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of a matter, and articulate plans to address them.

• Embody the highest standards of integrity, ethics and accountability.

• Enthusiasm about Uber and our mission!

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$208,000 per year - USD$231,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link .