Director- Corporate Patent Counsel

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Director- Corporate Patent Counsel
Duties: Prosecute a consistent flow of global patents relating to core competencies in materials science, including highly-engineered products in power transmission and fluid power applications (25+ annually). Maintain an in-depth understanding of operations, customers, competitors, and strategic objectives in order to advise on intellectual property development and trademarks. Establish close partnerships with innovation, engineering and product line management teams in order to ensure counsel is sought at every step of the process of product invention, development, manufacture and distribution. Regularly review and engage on statements of invention prepared by engineers and scientists and submitted on internal “eSOI” asterisk site. Develop, implement and enforce an effective patent protection program; provide corporate-wide training on patent and trademark strategy. Draft legal opinions, such as freedom-to-operate and validity/invalidity opinions. Work closely with, provide support to and manage experienced IP Manager. Manage trade secret protections by drafting NDAs, training employees, and conducting exit interviews. Effectively navigate foreign patent and litigation jurisdictions; specifically, China and Europe. Participate in the development of IP department strategic plans, policies and procedures. Actively monitor industry legal and business developments; advise regarding impact to business of new developments in intellectual property and trademark law.

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