Associate General Counsel Intellectual Property

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Associate General Counsel (Intellectual Property)

The candidate will provide legal advice across the organization related to a wide range of intellectual property (“IP”) issues, including inventions, patents, copyrights, licensing, and IP-related government contract issues, as well as other business and legal issues associated with the organization’s operations. To provide legal advice and services to staff and management on IP issues, including matters related to patents, copyrights, trademarks, and proprietary information/trade secrets. Advise and provide patent-related legal advice, services, and solutions to staff, supervisors/managers, and senior management to protect technology, facilitate technology transfer, and comply with sponsor requirements regarding: invention evaluation; patentability assessments; domestic and international patent application preparation and prosecution; and management of outside counsel performing the same functions. Advise and provide IP-related legal advice, services, and solutions to staff, supervisors/ managers, and senior management to protect technology, facilitate technology transfer, and comply with sponsor requirements regarding: IP-related government and commercial contract issues, including identification and assertion of rights in data; and the use, protection, and marking of software, including open source software. Advise and provide legal advice, services, and solutions to staff, supervisors/managers, and senior management to protect technology, facilitate technology transfer, and comply with sponsor requirements relating to the transfer of technology, including drafting and negotiating licenses, options, and other technology transfer agreements. Prepare and deliver training to staff, supervisors/managers, and senior management to ensure protection of technology and compliance with sponsor requirements; assist in the development, modification, implementation and administration of IP-related policies, procedures, and practices; research, analyze, and interpret applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations; monitor changes in the law and industry “best practices;” balance risk with impact; and recommend changes to improve processes and facilitate business endeavors and effectively manage exposure and liability; participate in local, state, regional, federal, and other national forums to maintain professional expertise and external contacts in serving as one of functional experts in patents and intellectual property in general.

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