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Patent Counsel at TikTok

TikTok

Full-Time

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Not defined

21 Nov → 21 Dec

Expired

Job Description

Responsibilities

Company Introduction:
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, Mountain View, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us:
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.

About the Team:
This position provides a unique opportunity to be part of a growing Global Legal team, work on cutting-edge issues in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, and collaborate with our global engineers, product development teams, legal team, and outside counsel to protect ByteDance and TikTok.

We are looking for a US patent counsel to work on patent litigation, pre-litigation patent analysis & licensing, competitor analysis, and risk mitigation. This position will report to our senior US patent counsel. Candidates should have US patent litigation experience, a growth mindset, and be able to collaborate with global cross-functional teams, and learn new software and hardware technologies quickly. The following describes the responsibilities and requirements for the role.

Responsibilities:
- Analyze patent claim charts and technologies; develop non-infringement and invalidity defenses; assess risk; manage outside counsel and budgets.
- Collaborate with our Global Legal team, engineering teams, product development teams, human resources teams, and business teams on patent litigation, pre-litigation patent analysis & licensing, competitor analysis, and risk mitigation.
- Provide patent training for engineering, product development, human resources, talent acquisition, and business teams. Answer questions from these teams.
- Provide pragmatic, business-focused, solution-oriented legal advice and guidance, and respond promptly on patent matters.

Qualifications

- USPTO registration, JD degree, member of a state bar, and BS or MS degree in computer science, engineering, or physics required.
- Qualified lawyer with 10+ years experience in a top law firm and/or in-house legal department with patent litigation experience.
- Familiar with the Internet, mobile apps, software industry, and relevant tech.
- Excellent writing and organizational skills, with an ability to handle multiple projects.
- Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, creative, risk-based approach to problem-solving.
- Able to work collaboratively and cross-functionally in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, with tight turn-around times and deadlines.
- Entrepreneurial mindset; flexible, self-starting, hard-working, with an ability to work across multiple time zones. Comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected].

Job Responsibilities

  • Analyze patent claim charts and technologies; develop non-infringement and invalidity defenses; assess risk; manage outside counsel and budgets
  • Collaborate with our Global Legal team, engineering teams, product development teams, human resources teams, and business teams on patent litigation, pre-litigation patent analysis & licensing, competitor analysis, and risk mitigation
  • Provide patent training for engineering, product development, human resources, talent acquisition, and business teams
  • Answer questions from these teams
  • Provide pragmatic, business-focused, solution-oriented legal advice and guidance, and respond promptly on patent matters

Requirements / Qualifications

  • USPTO registration, JD degree, member of a state bar, and BS or MS degree in computer science, engineering, or physics required

  • Qualified lawyer with 10+ years experience in a top law firm and/or in-house legal department with patent litigation experience

  • Familiar with the Internet, mobile apps, software industry, and relevant tech

  • Excellent writing and organizational skills, with an ability to handle multiple projects

  • Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, creative, risk-based approach to problem-solving

  • Able to work collaboratively and cross-functionally in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, with tight turn-around times and deadlines

  • Entrepreneurial mindset; flexible, self-starting, hard-working, with an ability to work across multiple time zones

  • Comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity

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