Counsel, Intellectual Property

Description:

Join our An American Mass Media and Entertainment Conglomerate Company EPIC Legal Team! EPIC symbolizes key foundational principles as we strive to be extraordinary partners to our businesses in an evolving environment. Here at NBCU Legal, we are Expert Partners who provide Inspiring and Creative solutions to our clients. We are subject-matter experts who collaborate with our legal colleagues and clients to guide, solve and push for our collective success. We inspire by bringing optimism and positivity to our work, and apply strategic and innovative thinking to support our businesses.

Role Purpose:
The Counsel, Intellectual Property will partner with technology organizations across all An American Mass Media and Entertainment Conglomerate Company businesses in creating, capturing and protecting innovation. They will support the legal elements of the An American Mass Media and Entertainment Conglomerate Company Patent Program and the Parks Patent Program.

Job Duties:

• Partner with AI Acceleration, emerging technologies and engineering teams to develop IP strategies and pursue patents on critical technologies
• Help develop An American Mass Media and Entertainment Conglomerate Company's patent position in strategic technology areas by coordinating legal aspects of invention harvesting and evaluation processes including prior art search and analysis
• Manage drafting, filing, prosecution and maintenance of U.S. and non-U.S. patents by outside counsel and internally as needed
• Educate engineers on technology-related patent issues and legal issues around patenting AI-related inventions
• Support patent risk assessment analyses for key emerging products
• Help manage patent portfolio legal budget and other patent metrics and data
• Other matters as needed

Qualifications:
Basic Requirements:

• Member in good standing of the California State Bar or another State Bar and registered as in-house counsel
• USPTO Registered Patent Practitioner in good standing
• JD or LLM degree from an accredited law school
• 4+ years of patent-related law firm or in-house work experience
• Science background preferred

Desired Characteristics:

• Outstanding analytic, communication and organizational skills, including excellent drafting skills
• Professional and polished demeanor
• Collaborative, team-oriented approach
• Ability to identify, prioritize and resolve legal issues quickly and effectively
• Demonstrated ability to approach complex legal scenarios in a thoughtful and analytic fashion
• Ability to explain complex legal concepts to business and technology executives, build consensus, think creatively and collaborate to address business needs
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships across a large organization
• Drafted 25 or more patent applications
• Experience managing international patent portfolios in territories such as Europe, China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, India, UAE, Canada and South Korea

This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week

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