Patent Counsel

Description:

At A Publicly Traded Medical Device Company, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient's mobility is enhanced by a A Publicly Traded Medical Device Company product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a A Publicly Traded Medical Device Company team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and recognized.

What you can expect:
Responsible for:

• working with development teams and providing advice regarding patent review and design options, claim coverage, and other issues that affect the design and development of orthopedic devices;
• management of preparation and prosecution of patent applications covering the products under development;
• developing and implementing comprehensive strategies to enhance and maintain a broad patent portfolio in a budget conscious manner;
• performing IP due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, preparing licensing and other IP related agreements, and negotiating IP related provisions in a variety of agreements;
• managing offensive and defensive patent litigation; and
• providing education to design and marketing teams on basic patent law issues.

• Strategically manage a portion of the company's patent portfolio including managing outside counsel regarding patent prosecution, evaluating new invention disclosures for filing, and identifying potential enforcement opportunities.
• Integrate with design and marketing teams to anticipate patent issues and assist in providing patent perspective and advice that enables management to make business decisions.
• Coordinate with outside counsel to assure legal services are rendered to the corporation that are results oriented, timely, competent, and cost efficient.
• Review products that are in development and perform freedom-to-operate analysis
• Perform IP due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
• Draft and negotiate IP related provisions for all types of agreements.
• Work with outside counsel to timely and effectively protect the company's interest in offensive and defensive patent litigation, and assist in the development of the overall litigation strategy.

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