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Our Client, a firm ranked by Best Lawyers and U.S. News & World Report as a top firm whose globally integrated patent practice implements a strategic advantage. Their patent prosecution team takes their client’s strongest innovations and efficiently crafts patents to obtain protections in mission-critical jurisdictions. They help clients identify innovations, develop prosecution strategy, providing vital guidance for success.

Our client is seeking a patent agent with a degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science or a related field to join their IP Prosecution team. Patent agents collaborate with team members and clients to understand their technology and develop and execute strategies to protect the technology. Patent agents draft and prosecute patent applications, conduct freedom to operate studies, and analyze patents to clear products for market.

Please contact Intellectual Property Confidants LLC for futher information to speak with our client.

Our client has been a leader in technology and life sciences law since 1972. They have offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Seattle, New York and Washington D.C.

Our client’s nationally recognized patent litigation group represents both patent holders and alleged infringers in federal jurisdictions throughout the United States, as well as in the Patent Office on parallel post-grant proceedings. Their clients range from startups to established stalwarts in the technology and life sciences industries. Their attorneys’ depth of technical and scientific expertise, combined with the understanding of our clients’ business needs and related industries, allow us to adopt innovative strategies to obtain successful outcomes for our clients.

Job Description

They are seeking junior and mid-level associates for their high tech and life sciences patent litigation practices for their New York, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Silicon Valley, Seattle, and Washington, DC offices. The ideal candidates will have between one to six years of patent litigation experience. Superior academic credentials, excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills are a must. While degrees or industry experience in high tech or life sciences fields are preferred, they are not required and we encourage applications from associates who have studied or worked in a variety of fields and industries.

Our client is searching for a junior or mid-level associate to join their growing data privacy group. This associate can work out of their California or East Coast (New York or Boston) offices.  Our client works closely with leading venture-backed startup and emerging growth companies in a variety of fields, including technology, software, life sciences, media and consumer products, and the data privacy team counsels on data privacy and security matters in all aspects of their business.

Responsibilities include: counseling clients on a broad range of data privacy issues, including CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA and COPPA.  Counseling clients through data privacy compliance, as aligned to risk profile, from early stage to pre-IPO.  Providing data privacy/security deal support (including diligence and negotiation of privacy deal terms) in clients’ financings, mergers and acquisitions and IPOs.  Draft and negotiate GDPR and CCPA data processing agreements and data privacy terms in commercial agreements.

Requirements:  Class Year of 2015 – 2019 – flexibility for candidates with two or more years of experience in litigation, corporate or IP or tech transactions looking to transition to data privacy.  Prior data privacy experience and/or CIPP certification strongly preferred.  Previous large law firm experience preferred.

Our Client, an AmLaw 200 Law Firm with offices throughout the US and Internationally, is seeking its first IP Partner for California. The firm has two California offices, in Southern and Northern California.  The firm has an established IP practice in its other locations.  Our client’s PPP is 930k.  The IP Partner will have at least 1 million in portables in the area of IP.

Our client  an AmLaw 100 firm with over a dozen offices throughout the country.  Our client has a great reputation and a premier IP practice looking to add a tech-client centered office in Northern California (SF and/or Silicon Valley). Their PPP about $1MM.

Position: Plant Biology Patent Prosecution Agent or Scientific Analyst
Office: Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; and Palo Alto, CA
Experience: 0 – 2 Years of Experience

Our client is a destination law firm for talented, ambitious practitioners who value collaboration, teamwork, and commitment to excellence.  They are known around the world not only for delivering innovative yet practical client service but also for serving as an incubator for their top-notch talent.

The group said candidate will be working with is a cross-disciplinary practice group that handles a wide range of intellectual property issues related to plants and other agricultural products.  The Group encompasses a unique combination of legal expertise in the patent, licensing, corporate, trademark, and litigation fields.

Who You Are

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in:

• Preparing and prosecuting patent and plant variety applications
• Contributing to prosecution strategy
• Providing technical and legal research and analysis with respect to matters pending before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Providing technical support for PTAB and litigation proceedings

Requirements

• Ph.D. in plant biology or a closely related field
• Outstanding writing and analytical skills, and top academic credentials are essential
• USPTO registration is not required

Our client has a Sr. Patent Counsel position available in either Santa Clara, CA or Plano, Texas.  The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of in-house and/or private law firm experience with particular emphasis on patent portfolio development and management and outbound patent licensing.  Responsibilities will include comprehensive intellectual property support to US-based research and development clients, including patent review board support, patent portfolio development and management, and claim charting of claims against relevant entities.  Additionally, supervision and mentoring of junior patent engineering staff from foreign offices as to patent application drafting, prosecution and practice procedures before the US Patent & Trademark Office.  As well as support of Chief Patent Counsel in general intellectual property activities.

Candidates must possess a strong technical background in Electrical Engineering, Physics and/or Computer Science; prior experience working within the telecommunications industry desirable.

Our Client’s legal department is looking for a talented patent attorney to lead a team that supports their Web Services, a dynamic and rapidly growing business that is blazing new trails as a pioneer in the fast-growing cloud computing industry.  You will have significant influence on the development and execution of patent strategy and will solve cutting edge intellectual property issues. Responsibilities include client counseling, third party IP investigations and actively working with outside counsel to manage filing, prosecuting and maintaining growing US and foreign patent portfolios. The ideal candidate will become embedded with the builders of the newest technologies, while helping shape the products and services as they come to market. The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology, enjoy working hard and being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations. Compensation based on experience and includes equity compensation.

Our Client’s  Intellectual Property team is seeking a collaborative and innovative patent attorney or agent to create game-changing IP.   You will be working with scientists, attorneys, patent agents, and staff across a dynamic and diverse global organization pushing the boundaries of what is possible in a highly competitive industry. This position will be located in South San Francisco report to the Assistant General Counsel responsible for Informatics & Intellectual Property.

Requirement – Expertise in global patent portfolio preparation and prosecution for inventions involving bioinformatics analytical pipelines, software, computer systems, database architectures, mobile applications, data science, statistical analyses, machine learning, deep learning, and digital health innovations.

Experience in life sciences, including sequencing or other in-vitro diagnostic technologies, therapeutic molecules, and related technologies is a plus.

5+ years of experience in creating, prosecuting, and advising on complex global patent portfolios and IP strategy.

Undergraduate or (preferably) advanced degree in mathematics, applied mathematics, computer science, computer engineering, systems engineering, electrical engineering, physics, bioinformatics, or computational biology.

Our client a fantastic Pre-Ipo Company is looking for a

Commercial Counsel whose responsibilities will include:
•Negotiate, draft, review, and revise contract terms for commercial transactions.
•Advise internal business units on legal issues and risks.
•Correspond frequently with external organizations during deal negotiations.
•Regularly engage with internal business units regarding deals.
•Continuously improve standard form agreements and legal processes.
•Manage outside counsel, where necessary.
•Administer and resolve legal issues and contract interpretation matters that arise in existing commercial relationships.
•Assist with work in other legal areas.

Our client is seeking a Patent Attorney or Patent Agent with 2+ years of experience in preparing and prosecuting software patents.

The law firm is located in San Francisco’s historical Jackson Square, and reflects over 30 years of experience in all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related matters.  Their practice is distinguished by their ability to work in the most technologically intensive areas of science and engineering. The quality of their services is reflected by the long-term relationships they have established with their clients, and the high quality intellectual property portfolios they have developed for those clients throughout the years.

Our client – an entrepreneurial law firm is looking for a Patent Attorney/Agent for their budding IP Practice in San Francisco – virtual work available. Responsibilities will include talking to inventors and clients, drafting patent applications, performing patent searches, drafting opinions, and responding to office actions. You will perform substantive and critical work and have many learning opportunities to rapidly upskill. Their clients are primarily startups, and you will have the opportunity to work with and develop a relationship with exciting new, early-stage companies that are at the forefront of technology. There are no billable hours because they care about the quality of the work product, not how long it took to create it.

Requirements:

Ability to perform quality legal work in drafting patent applications, responding to office actions, searching, and drafting opinions

Strong academic background in the sciences or engineering

Experience prosecuting patent applications

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing