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Senior Licensing Attorney - Small Corporation - Bellevue, Wash.

By Dennis Crouch

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Invention Law Group, P.C. (?ILG?) is looking for a senior licensing attorney leading its outlicensing contracts function. We are looking for an individual who loves fast-paced business action, is detail-oriented, independently motivated, and has the confidence and ability to interact with clients and co-workers in a professional, approachable, and positive manner.

Responsibilities:

The Sr. Licensing Attorney supporting Contracts leads the contracts function which will work closely with the rest of our licensing attorney team to develop contracts to support our IP licensing business. The responsibilities will include:

? Develop and manage contracts function and personnel.
? Create and maintain contract templates.
? Establish contracts practices, procedures, systems, and tools.
? Drive contracts excellence initiatives.
? Create a contract playbook including standard terms and conditions and fallback positions.
? Draft and review IP license agreements, term sheets, and related definitive documents in support of licensing efforts.
? Coordinates changes to contracts with licensing team.
? Determine appropriate approval paths for contracts and obtain necessary approvals in a timely manner.
? Administer contracts post-execution.
? Understand and advise regarding terms and conditions of executed contracts.
? Manage contract renewals, including opining on contractual obligations.
? Support contracts audits as necessary.

Key Qualifications:

A qualified candidate will be a contract attorney, with strong patent licensing experience and possess the following:

? 8+ years of in-house and/or law firm experience in patent licensing experience.
? J.D., Law degree.
? Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is preferred.
? Bachelor?s degree (preferably graduate degree) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or some other very closely related field is preferred.
? Broad-based experience in leading a contracts function, and drafting and reviewing patent license agreements.
? Experience managing a small team of attorneys and paralegals and outside counsel.
? Ability to communicate information effectively, both orally and in writing.
? Ability to work well with others and to quickly assimilate and understand information (including highly technical information).
? Capacity to proactively isolate and prioritize issues and to focus on implementing both top-level, strategic solutions as well as the day-to-day initiatives.
? Sound legal and business judgment.
? Self-starter with strong problem-solving skills.
? Able to establish credibility quickly and with a bias for action.
? A multi-dimensional thinker who operates not only on the basis of past experiences, but incorporates new approaches and developments that occur in the marketplace and is able to think creatively.
? Intelligent risk taker.
? Prompt admission to the Washington State Bar, by reciprocity or exam, if not already admitted in WA.

Contact:
Please apply directly by sending a complete resume in HTML, Word, or PDF format to jobs@intven.com. Invention Law Group, P.C. is an equal opportunity employer. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

Additional Info:
Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: Bellevue, Washington

Intellectual Ventures (?IV?) is a privately-held, invention investment company based in Bellevue, Washington. Their business model centers on creating, acquiring and licensing pure invention in a variety of technology areas. They plan to commercialize inventions through licensing, spin-offs, joint ventures and industry partnerships.

Currently, IV has more than 500 team members from the technology and IP industries. The team includes computer scientists, programmers, technicians, technical analysts and engineers, biotechnologists, physicists and mathematicians, intellectual property experts, patent attorneys, and licensing and business development executives.

ILG is dedicated to supporting the legal needs of Intellectual Ventures. Currently, ILG has more than 90 experienced personnel, including patent, licensing, and transactional attorneys, IP paralegals, and operations staff.

For more information see: http://www.intellectualventures.com

Full post as published by Patent Law Jobs by Patently-O on May 22, 2010 (boomark / email).