Description:
Job Description:About Us:
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The Opportunity:
An American Multinational Consumer Goods Corporation is seeking a talented and experienced patent attorney to join its Legal organization at its Headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. The selected attorney will be a strategic partner to the business in the creation and protection of global intellectual property assets for An American Multinational Consumer Goods Corporation's brands. Key aspects of the role include IP strategy development, preparation, and prosecution of patent applications globally, freedom-to-practice assessments, patent enforcement and due diligence.
An American Multinational Consumer Goods Corporation attorneys work directly with clients to solve problems creatively and determine how best to manage the client's legal needs across critically important, as well as challenging and rapidly evolving, legal spaces. The position requires strong cross-team collaboration and coordination with business clients, multifunctional partners, and legal colleagues.
Job Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- A Juris Doctorate with outstanding academic performance
- Membership in at least one state bar, with the ability to become a member of the Ohio bar.
- Prefer two to eight years of experience with a law firm, in-house, government or other legal department in drafting patent applications and responding to patent office actions in the US as well as foreign jurisdictions.
- Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and very strong problem-solving skills.
- Track record of success in professional and personal activities.
- Proven leadership as well as the ability to work as a member of a team, both with business clients and within the Legal organization.
