Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property Enforcement

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sony Interactive Entertainment isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation were part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

• Serve as lead legal counsel for SIEs Game Protection Program in the Americas developing strategies to combat piracy respond to pre-release content leaks and address unauthorized game modifications affecting PlayStation titles.
• Partner directly with PlayStation Studios and production security and release teams to identify content-protection risks and develop proactive strategies throughout the game development and release lifecycle.
• Provide practical and strategic copyright advice particularly relating to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) including notice and takedown procedures counternotices safe harbors repeat infringers fair use and complex or contested matters.
• Advise on emerging and technically complex copyright issues involving game modifications user-created and unauthorized in-game content emulators and ports infringing apps and services unauthorized distribution and circumvention of technological protection measures. Help develop practical policies and scalable approaches as these issues evolve across PlayStation Studios and platforms.
• Work with investigators technical and security teams data specialists outside counsel and other partners to develop evidence and translate legal and technical intelligence into effective enforcement action.

• Support the IP enforcement needs of SIEs hardware and merchandise businesses in the Americas developing practical strategies to protect PlayStation products and intellectual property.
• Help shape SIEs broader Americas enforcement strategy using data and intelligence to identify significant infringers enforcement gaps and opportunities for targeted action.
• Support anti-counterfeiting efforts across online and physical channels including marketplace enforcement investigations cease-and-desist activity Customs and border enforcement administrative and criminal actions and escalation to litigation or law enforcement when appropriate.
• Take an active role in online enforcement across e-commerce marketplaces social media websites apps and other digital services.

• Partner with colleagues across SIEs IP Litigation Brands and Patent teams on significant enforcement matters including strategic litigation and design-related enforcement.
• Monitor developments in copyright intermediary liability anti-counterfeiting digital enforcement and relevant technologies advising the business on their potential impact.
• Develop enforcement policies playbooks procedures and best practices and provide practical guidance and training to internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Use enforcement data and reporting to identify trends emerging threats and opportunities to strengthen SIEs enforcement programs.
• Represent SIE where appropriate in industry organizations and initiatives relating to copyright content protection anti-counterfeiting and IP enforcement.
• Work collaboratively with SIEs IP Enforcement paralegals in the US and UK providing legal guidance and supporting their continued development.

• A qualified lawyer with approximately 610 years of post-qualified experience in intellectual property enforcement gained in-house and/or in private practice.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of U.S. copyright law and the DMCA including online enforcement notice and takedown processes counternotices safe harbors fair use and intermediary liability.
• Experience developing and executing IP enforcement strategies ideally involving online enforcement investigations anti-counterfeiting and escalation to litigation or law enforcement.
• Experience with or strong interest in digital piracy and technically complex copyright matters. Experience involving video games software apps game modifications circumvention of technological protection measures or similar digital content issues is particularly valuable.
• Strong legal judgment and a pragmatic approach to enforcement with the ability to prioritize high-impact matters and balance legal risk enforcement objectives and commercial considerations.
• Ability to work effectively with technical investigative and business specialists and translate complex information into practical legal strategies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the independence and flexibility to operate effectively across regions cultures and time zones in a global organization.
• Strong technical curiosity and an interest in video games and interactive entertainment with the ability to understand how games platforms and related technologies operate and translate that understanding into practical copyright and enforcement advice.

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