Legal Counsel - IP

IP Legal Counsel

Location: Remote (United States

Join us as a Legal Counsel on our IP Legal team at Dell to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

What you’ll achieve

As an IP Legal Counsel, you will be responsible for providing a full range of intellectual property legal support including supporting Dell’s patent litigation team and patent licensing and pre-litigation matters, as well as open source reviews, standards issues, patent preparation and prosecution, patent portfolio development, freedom-to-operate analysis, rendering opinions, managing outside counsel, drafting and negotiating licenses, development and research collaboration agreements, and due diligence support for business development and counselling client.

You will:

• Provide due diligence and technical support to Dell’s patent litigation team, including providing support for activities before the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”).
• Conduct due diligence supporting Dell’s patent licensing matters and engage in active negotiation of patent licenses.
• Regularly make presentations and interact with the business with regard to intellectual property legal matters including patents, open source and standards.
• Provide a full range of support functions related to open source software, including vetting proposals to use open source software and to contribute to and/or create open source projects, and helping to develop and enforce open source policies for the company.

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• A Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school, admission to practice before the USPTO and licensed to practice in at least one state are required. An undergraduate or advanced degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science is required.
• A minimum of 3 years of law firm or corporate law department experience is required, and a mix of both types of experience is preferred.
• A demonstrated background in the computer and software arts, including drafting and prosecution of patent applications in the computer and software arts, is required.
• Experience in the rendering of patentability and non-infringement opinions is required.
• Ability to articulate and communicate with and positively engage their clients is required. Must be able give well organized, thoughtful presentations to upper management.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience in patent litigation support, including activities before the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”).
• Experience in technology license drafting and negotiation is preferred.
• Experience in providing legal support for open source software and standards organizations is preferred.
• Experience in due diligence activities is preferred.

Here’s our story; now tell us yours

Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build a brighter digital tomorrow. Our company is made up of more than 150,000 people, located in over 180 locations around the world. We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive team and have an endless passion for our mission to drive human progress.

What’s most important to us is that you are respected, feel like you can be yourself and have the opportunity to do the best work of your life - while still having a life. We offer excellent benefits, bonus programs, flexible work arrangements, a variety of career development opportunities, employee resource groups, and much more.

We started with computers, but we didn’t stop there. We are helping customers move into the future with multi-cloud, AI and machine learning through the most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era. Join us and become a part of what’s next in technology, starting today.

You can also learn more about us by reading our latest Diversity and Inclusion Report and our plan to make the world a better place by 2030 here.

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