Senior Counsel, IP

Summary

Join Airbnb's Legal team as a Senior Counsel, IP, and play a key role in managing trademark, copyright, and domain name strategies. You will advise on trademark availability, manage global IP portfolios, handle disputes, and draft agreements. This role requires deep expertise in IP law, experience with global companies, and the ability to provide strategic legal advice. You will work collaboratively with business partners and other legal team members. The position is US-remote eligible, with occasional office work. Compensation includes a competitive salary, bonus, equity, benefits, and employee travel credits.

Requirements

• JD and a minimum of eight (8) years of trademark/copyright/domain name and brand protection counseling (with a strong preference for relevant in-house experience with leading global technology company/ies)
• A strong working knowledge of the Airbnb platform, evolving product lines, and competitive landscape
• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and evolve global trademark/copyright/domain name and brand protection strategies and workflows
• Experience advising on trademark prosecution for a global company
• Experience conducting and advising on international trademark clearance searches in-house
• Experience with trademark/copyright/domain name M&A and integration matters
• Demonstrated ability to deliver timely, effective, and strategic legal advice that is current with the evolving legal and regulatory expectations
• Established ability to independently manage medium to high complexity matters, including issues of first impression
• Skilled at contributing to strategic business conversations, understanding key business priorities and revenue goals, and integrating these into ongoing issue spotting and risk assessments on trademark/copyright/domain name matters and brand protection activities
• Able to create and deliver engaging educational programs related to trademark/copyright/domain name matters and brand protection activities
• Demonstrated ability to perform beyond expectations in a fast-paced high growth environment, including the ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize
• Experience working with or in support of diverse communities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High level of integrity, professionalism, intellectual curiosity and willingness to grow
• Member of a state bar (in good standing)

Responsibilities

• Advise on the availability and commercial advisability of proposed trademarks and domain names, including conducting trademark searches and providing guidance on use and registration issues
• Manage ongoing prosecution and maintenance of global trademark, domain name, and copyright portfolios for Airbnb, HotelTonight and other acquired brands
• Assess and action trademark dispute matters, including oppositions and cancellation actions, and devise creative, business-driven resolutions to trademark/brand protection disputes in collaboration with key business partners, outside counsel, and other legal team members as needed
• Manage or advise on trademark and copyright takedown policies and procedures
• Draft and/or review trademark/copyright/IP language for a wide variety of agreements, including for vendors, artists, corporate sponsorships, music licensing, real estate deals, influencer/celebrity engagements, photography licenses, employee IP assignments, etc
• Proactively audit trademark and domain name portfolios and make recommendations to continue protecting or abandoning trademarks and/or right-sizing domain name portfolios in collaboration with various internal stakeholders
• Draft UDRP complaints and address domain disputes globally
• Conduct due diligence on intellectual property aspects of acquisitions/divestitures, including review of purchase/sale documentation and analysis of disclosed IP and managing integration of IP into Airbnb portfolio
• Stay apprised of developments in legal and regulatory developments affecting Airbnb’s trademark, copyright, and domain name portfolios/strategies and brand protection activities
• Assist in litigation and regulatory investigations that may arise in connection with the company’s marketing, advertising, production and creative content creation activities, as needed
• Provide marketing legal advice or marketing transactional support as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong preference for trademark litigation experience, US and non-US
• Familiarity with CDA 230, DMCA, DSA, E-Commerce Directive, and other regulations related to internet platforms preferred

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits