Partner

Summary

Join our Intellectual Property Law Division as a Lateral Partner! We handle various IP matters, including brand development, copyright, transactional support, IP governance, trademark clearance, trade secret protection, data rights, internet disputes, patent applications, portfolio development, licensing, litigation, and more. The position offers a starting salary of $225,000 and a potential yearly bonus of up to $1 million. Successful candidates must be licensed in one of the specified states (NY, NJ, MD, PA, DE, NC, SC, VA, or Washington D.C.) and contribute at least $400,000 in profitable business to the firm.

Requirements

• Must be licensed in the state they apply to work in
• Contribute at least 400K of profitable business to the firm

Responsibilities

• Brand Development, Protection and Enforcement (i.e., trademark and domain name selection counseling, portfolio management services, trademark registration, monitoring, and renewal services)
• Copyright Registration and Fair Use Determinations
• Transactional Support Services (i.e., licensing, due diligence for commercial transactions and security interest agreements)
• IP Governance Services (i.e., trademark and copyright usage policies and guidelines, affiliate agreements, joint marketing and reseller agreements, private label agreements, privacy policies and website terms of use)
• Trademark Clearinghouse Registration Services
• Development, Enforcement and Interpretation of Trade Secret Policies and Procedures
• Data Rights Markings for Government Contractors
• CAN-SPAM, PCI and GLB issues
• Domain-Name Arbitration and Other Internet Disputes
• Preparing and Filing Patent Applications in Wide Array of Technological Fields Before the USPTO and Worldwide
• Patent Portfolio Development
• Offensive and Defensive Reexaminations Before the USPTO
• Opinions for Freedom-to-Operate Patentability, Infringement and Invalidity
• Patent Licensing and Agreements
• Due Diligence, Competitor Watch Services and Counseling
• Litigation and Disputes Relating to Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition
• Patent Reexaminations
• Trademark Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings
• Cybersquatting and Typo-Squatting Claims
• Domain-Name Arbitration and Other Internet Disputes

Benefits

• Starting salary- 225K
• Yearly bonus offered potentially equating to 1M annually