Partner, Intellectual Property
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Rochester, NH - USA
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Job Summary
Title: Intellectual Property Partner
Department:Intellectual Property
Location: Rochester Buffalo or Albany NY
Classification: Exempt
Job Type: Full-time
Company Overview:
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP is a leading and reputable full-service law firm dedicated to providing exceptional legal services to our clients. With a team of highly skilled and experienced attorneys we strive to deliver comprehensive and effective solutions to meet the diverse needs of our clients. Our headquarters is in Rochester NY with additional offices in Albany and Buffalo NY.
We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment where every team member is valued and respected. We encourage open communication teamwork and professional growth. Our firm promotes a healthy balance between work and personal life and supports the wellbeing of our employees.
Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Intellectual Property Partner to provide senior leadership and depth across our Intellectual Property Practice Group. This is a broad patent anchored role spanning U.S. and foreign patent procurement opinion and counseling work intellectual property licensing and cross border transactions and patent and trademark litigation. The practice serves clients in technology manufacturing healthcare and food and beverage with particular depth in industrial manufacturing and mechanical technologies. The ideal candidate is a registered U.S. patent attorney with a strong technical background and the judgment to lead matters develop a team and grow the practice independently.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead U.S. and foreign patent prosecution and portfolio strategy in mechanical and industrial technologies.
- Conduct infringement validity freedom to operate and patentability analysis.
- Advise on competitive surveillance and global IP strategy including forecasting and budgeting.
- Negotiate IP licensing and complex cross border transactions covering patents trade secrets trademarks and copyrights.
- Counsel on trademark protection and enforcement within an integrated IP strategy.
- Handle patent and trademark litigation in federal court the TTAB and the Federal Circuit.
- Lead IP due diligence in mergers acquisitions and financings.
- Develop client relationships and support practice growth.
- Supervise and mentor associates patent agents and paralegals.
- Stay current through CLE and IP bar involvement such as the AIPLA.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor and admission to the New York State Bar.
- USPTO registration.
- Engineering or hard science degree ideally mechanical or industrial.
- 10 years across patent prosecution transactions and litigation.
- Admission or eligibility to the relevant federal courts and the Federal Circuit.
- A proven leader with strong client relationships team development and practice growth.
- Excellent communication and collaboration across practice areas.
- An entrepreneurial mindset and proactive client development.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Employee is regularly required to stand walk use hands and fingers to type hold handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
- Regularly required to talk or hear.
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 15 pounds.
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this role. It provides a snapshot of the core functions and responsibilities. All inquiries will be handled with the utmost confidentiality. The compensation range for this position is $200000 $700000 annually plus bonus potential representing our good faith and reasonable estimate of the potential compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on various factors including the candidates qualifications experience skill set and office location. Additionally relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value an open mind dedication to work and a collaborative spirit. We hire based on these qualities a jobs requirements our business needs and an applicants qualifications. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kindin the hiring process or in the workplace. We comply with the ADA and consider reasonable accommodation measures that may be necessary for eligible applicants/employees to perform essential functions. We participate in E-Verify. We will provide the federal government with employees Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the U.S. We will only use E-Verify once an employee has accepted a job offer and completed Form I-9.
About Company
We’ve been part of Western New York since 1852 and through our private and corporate clients; our partners, associates and staff; and the local organizations we help support, this community is truly part of our firm. Now, more than 160 years later, Woods Oviatt Gilman has a national a ... View more
