Corporate Counsel – Intellectual Property
Northrop Grumman
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Falls Church • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $206,900 - $297,400 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Collaborating with and providing strategic counseling to law department colleagues, business partners, and management on a wide range of complex IP issues
- Applying expertise in government contract IP matters, commercial transactions, software and other IP licensing, managing global patent and trademark portfolios, protecting information, and managing IP enforcement actions, and managing outside counsel
- Develop understanding of Company and Sector’s business, products and technologies and software
- Providing thought leadership, driving development and implementation of enterprise-level strategic IP initiatives
- Monitoring developments in policy, legal and regulatory requirements in IP and advising leadership and business partners on best practices
- Developing and conducting enterprise-wide training on IP topics
Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree and Bachelor’s degree in an aerospace-related science or engineering field
- Active state bar membership and registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- At least 8 years’ IP experience in a law firm, government, or as in-house counsel
- Experience in IP-related transactions and negotiations, and/or protecting and enforcing IP rights including patents, trade secrets, data, software, trademarks, and copyrights
- Experience working closely with other lawyers, technologists and business leaders on IP issues
- U.S. citizenship required
- Ability to obtain a DoD Secret level security clearance
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
IP lawgovernment contract IPcommercial transactionssoftware licensingpatent portfolio managementtrademark portfolio managementIP enforcementIP transactionsnegotiationsdata protection
Soft skills
strategic counselingcollaborationthought leadershiptraining developmentadvisingcommunicationproblem-solvingleadership
Certifications
Juris Doctor degreeactive state bar membershipregistration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeDoD Secret level security clearance