Intellectual Property Associate Counsel- Temporary

Responsibilities

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS :

• Effectively handles assigned legal activities for business units functions or legal practice areas.
• Provides expert advice and counsel on patents trade secrets and related intellectual property issues to multiple research and development groups and assistance with intellectual property issues in global markets and more particularly in the APAC region.
• Supports projects and teams - Supports or leads projects and teams providing legal support and solutions to the companys business units or corporate departments.
• Mitigates risk - Identifies and analyzes existing and emerging legal risks. Develops and implements business-focused strategies to manage risks.
• Compliance - Assists the development and implementation of policies procedures and control mechanisms to promote compliance with applicable laws rules and regulations.
• Proactive guidance - Stays abreast of new regulations and emerging legal risks; provides proactive advice and counsel to business units and corporate functions that may be impacted.
• Manages outside counsel in an efficient and cost effective manner as necessary.
• Provides patent investigation freedom-to-practice novelty assessment application preparation and prosecution in China and abroad (including EPO US and the PCT).
• Negotiates drafts and manages of intellectual property agreements including non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements joint development agreements government-sponsored research and consulting agreements technology licenses distributorship agreements.
• Collaborates with scientists engineers and researchers and technical directors regarding new products product innovation and improvements IP and patent education.
• Assists with and reviews invention disclosures research activities and new product innovation including prior art searching.
• Evaluates of intellectual property and developing protection strategies providing effective guidance with regard to IP risks and strategies.
• Provides IP due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
• Provides patent trademark and trade secret dispute and litigation support.
• Identifies trade secrets and secures them with documentation and protection.
• Conducts IP education / training and support for marketing sales general legal and technology personnel and departments.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and / or other items of value and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Companys staff employees and business relationships.

Qualifications

POSITION REQUIREMENTS :

FORMAL EDUCATION :

Required :

Preferred :

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE :

Required :

Preferred :

TECHNICAL / SKILL REQUIREMENTS :

Required :

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS : (TIME SPENT AWAY FROM HOME OR OTHER TYPICAL OFFICE LOCATION)

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Client Server,Food Technology,Flight Operations,Contract Attorney,Inventory Management

Employment Type : Temp

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1