Patent Law

Patent Attorney - Large Corporation - Redmond, Wash.

By Dennis Crouch

Microsoft is seeking to hire an experienced patent attorney as a Patent Portfolio Manager in Microsoft?s Server and Tools Business (?STB?) Patent Team.

The STB Patent Team is responsible for:
? Providing frontline patent counseling and planning to STB?s worldwide organization working closely with the STB directors and business managers
? Formulating and executing strategies relating to patent filing, patent application prosecution, inbound patent licensing, inbound and outbound technology or product licensing, patent asset acquisitions, company mergers and acquisitions, and patent conflicts and litigations support
? Understanding and organizing Microsoft?s growing world-wide patent portfolio, including identifying and analyzing Microsoft patents that relate to Microsoft products, competitive products and technologies, and standards specifications, with a goal of maximizing the value of the patent portfolio to Microsoft, conduct patent landscapes in relevant technical areas and analyze competitors? patents
? Using STB?s patent portfolio to advance STB business objectives

The Patent Portfolio Manager is a crucial member in successfully executing these responsibilities. The Patent Portfolio Manager identifies and analyzes the Microsoft patents in key technology areas, and drives the prosecution of these portfolios to accomplish identified business needs. The Portfolio manager is also a key partner in use of the key portfolios. The key technology patent portfolios to be managed by the Patent Portfolio Manager include:
? Service Oriented Architecture
? Virtualization
? Database
? Web Server Platform

To manage the key portfolios, the Patent Portfolio Manager will work in the STB team to identify and classify Microsoft patents related to business priorities. The Patent Portfolio Manager will work closely with our outside counsel and vendors to drive patent prosecution of identified cases toward business goals and to develop competitive technology landscape analyses. The Patent Portfolio Manager will also partner with counseling attorneys in patent asset acquisitions, company mergers and acquisitions, and patent conflicts and litigations. To ensure an expanding work experience, the Patent Portfolio Manager may later take on the role of providing frontline patent counseling for a business unit.

Qualified candidates must have greater than 5 years experience as a patent attorney and intermediate or advanced knowledge of computer software technology. Good communication skills are essential to effectively work in a cross-group support function and effectively summarize complex technologies or legal issues. An enthusiasm for the STB business, protecting Microsoft?s Intellectual Property assets, and extracting value from our patent portfolios is desired.

Contact:
Please send resume in Word format to: renallen@microsoft.com.

Additional Info:
Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Redmond, Washington

Full post as published by Patent Law Jobs by Patently-O on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).