SVP Associate General Counsel - Intellectual Property
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Role summary
Develops and formulates of the overall IP legal strategy for the organization. Provides executive level leadership to a dedicated staff of IP managing attorneys, professionals, paraprofessionals. Sets overall direction and short and long-term strategic goals for the intellectual property legal function. Interacts with engineers, scientists, and R&D professionals on patent protection, the identification of new inventions or technologies, risk mitigation, registrations, and a wide range of related matters. Ensures that such individuals are aware of the commercial and financial importance of intellectual property considerations as they relate to their work. Provides advice and counsel on a broad range of legal issues to the operating executives and management of the IP Function. May select and engage outside counsel on the application for, and the enforcement, or defense of, intellectual property and patent rights, through domestic and international litigation. Requires an individual with a degree in engineering or science, a juris doctor and leadership experience protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights. Requires a significant attention to detail, often on highly technical subject matter. Registration to practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office is also required.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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