Description
The Licensing Attorney Director – Program Development will report directly to the Chief IP Counsel, and serve as a member of the IP Senior Leadership Team. Working closely with other licensing attorney directors, business managers, and outside counsel, the Licensing Attorney Director – Program Development will lead a team of licensing attorneys who will advise on licensing matters, craft licensing strategies and build licensing programs. The responsibilities of this role will include:
• Managing a team of experienced licensing program development attorneys responsible for the following activities to support the licensing of IV’s patent portfolios:
Developing and reviewing claim charts,
Assisting with tactical and strategic planning in customer engagements,
Reviewing of licensing presentation materials,
Supporting acquisition due diligence, and
Ensuring that the program development needs of the BU Leads and Licensing Transactions Attorneys are met.
• Driving the establishment and documentation of new processes and systems and process improvements to optimize productivity with a relentless focus on quality and cost-effectiveness.
• Developing and implementing processes and strategies to enhance IV’s technological, legal and competitive position.
• Partnering with business units and functions to develop and support outbound licensing processes.
• Providing direction to and effectively manage relationships with multiple outside counsel.
• Partnering with prosecution to drive initiatives to enhance IP assets through prosecution and manage costs to budget.
• Aggressively managing OC and department spending to budget.
• Managing, attracting, retaining and developing experience licensing program development attorneys.
Requirments
Legal/Technical
• 10+ years of in-house and/or law firm experience in patent law (including patent prosecution, licensing and litigation experience).
• J.D., Law degree.
• Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is required.
• Bachelor’s degree (preferably graduate degree) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or some other very closely related field is required. Experience in an engineering role is preferred. Knowledge and experience with principles, practices, case law and state of the art patent licensing.
• Significant experience in drafting, reviewing and presenting claim charts and responding to non-infringement and invalidity arguments.
• Skillful with strategic legal approaches, and a broad-based understanding of intellectual property rights, contract law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and licensing.
• Sound legal and business judgment.
How To Apply
To Apply Visit: http://www.intellectualventures.com