Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property Bethesda, MD (HYBRID)

At GEICO we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

When you join our company we want you to feel valued supported and proud to work here. Thats why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company Great Culture Great Rewards and Great Careers.

GEICO seeks an intellectual property (IP) lawyer to join its in-house Legal department. Your focus will be on supporting the development of GEICOs patent portfolio; you will also support the valuable GEICO brand support our engineers with respect to open source advise the company on IP strategy and be responsible for diverse IP issues as needs arise.

It is an exciting time to be at GEICO. GEICO has been building a world-class technology organization and is rapidly advancing its strategies with respect to artificial intelligence (AI) software infrastructure user experience (UX) / user interfaces (UI) and other technology areas. This role will provide you an opportunity to have a big impact in support of GEICOs increased focus on innovation.

You will be a member of GEICOs IP team which is a part of GEICOs technology law organization that is responsible for privacy cybersecurity AI and IP.

Expected key responsibilities (and we encourage you to apply even if you do not have experience in all of these areas as we are interested in candidates who demonstrate a strong capacity for learning and development):

• Conducting invention harvesting sessions making patent filing decisions and managing outside patent counsel for effective patent application drafting and prosecution.

• Supporting engineering teams with respect to open source licensing and open source community participation.

• Managing outside trademark counsel for effective trademark clearances filing and prosecution of trademark applications and renewal of trademark registrations.

• Engaging in IP enforcement efforts including addressing unauthorized online uses of GEICOs trademarks.

• Delivering IP trainings to software engineering UX/UI design product and business teams.

• Developing strategies for managing risk with respect to third party IP and managing IP disputes.

• Developing and enhancing IP-related corporate policies.

• Advising the company on IP issues.

Required qualifications:

• J.D. or LL.M. degree from an accredited law school active license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction and registration as patent attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

• Undergraduate degree in computer science computer engineering or electrical engineering or significant professional experience with software.

• At least five years of experience practicing intellectual property law with significant experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications.

• Deep understanding of patent law in particular patent eligibility (35 USC 101) as applied to software.

• Interest in learning and growing professionally and willingness take on projects and responsibilities in new (to you) areas.

• Ability to work autonomously but also interest in cultivating collaborative working relationships with colleagues in the Legal department and internal clients.

Preferred qualifications:

• In-house legal experience.

• Professional experience in a technical field e.g. as a software engineer.

• Experience with open source software design patents trademark practice UDRP actions and online brand enforcement IP litigation IP licensing and IP support for commercial transactions.

Location: Hybrid - Requires working onsite 3 days per week

Annual Salary

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include but are not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the role the selected candidates work experience education and training the work location as well as market and business considerations.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company:At GEICO we help our customers through lifes twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and were constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

Were an iconic brand that thrives on innovation exceeding our customers expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one youll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on peoples lives.

Great Careers:We offer a career where you can learn grow and thrive through personalized development programs created with your career and your potential in mind. Youll have access to industry leading training certification assistance career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture:We foster an inclusive culture of shared success rooted in integrity a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values we have an an established culture of caring inclusion and belonging that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards:We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your familys overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race color religious creed national origin ancestry age gender pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity marital status familial status disability or genetic information in compliance with applicable federal state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.