IP Attorney (m/f/d)

Location:  Munich
Stellen-ID:  24947

G+D makes the lives of billions of people more secure. We develop innovative products and solutions to safeguard payment processes, identities, connectivity, and data. With more than 160 years of experience behind us, we approach each day with renewed energy and passion. We are an international technology group and traditional family-owned company, with over 11,000 employees in 32 countries.
Creating Confidence is our path to success; and it could soon be yours, too.

 

For our department IP Operations we are looking for an IP Attorney (m/f/d) for industrial property rights as soon as possible. 

 

Your Responsibilities:

  • Execute as part of IP portfolio teams: Collaborate with the IP Portfolio Managers, IP Catalysts, Product management, R&D stakeholders, and other team members, to drive the execution of our IP strategy and the success of the team

  • Convert ideas into control positions: Drive the work from assessment of ideas and concepts to invention disclosures, through filing, prosecution, and grant of property rights all the way to IP portfolios that can be used to reach wanted control positions in the Bankonte Business

  • Ensure legal quality of portfolio: Through own work and in collaboration with our external agents, ensure that we achieve high-quality and assertable IP rights

  • Represent G+D in front of PTOs: In the patent filing and prosecution process, represent G+D in front of the Patent and Trademark Offices

  • Analyze 3rd party positions: Drive preparation and issuing of assessments of IP strategic risks, e.g., freedom to operate opinions, opposition/invalidation assessments and recommendations

  • Support use of portfolio: Advice on, and support IP Portfolio Managers and IP Transactions Manager in infringement opinions, in- and out-licensing, sale and acquisition of IP

  • Advice and educate: Advising the business, and research and development departments technical and legal IP matters and drive IP education for relevant staff

  • Way-of-working: Support the continuous improvement of processes, approach, frameworks, and tools for patent attorney work

 

Your Profile:

  • Expertise in drafting and prosecuting patent applications: You are a graduate with a university degree in one of the fields of physics or mechanical engineering and you have already gained relevant professional experience in the patent department of an industrial company or a patent law firm.

  • Expert knowledge of patent law: Ideally, you have passed the German patent attorney examination or are a certified European Patent Attorney

  • Business acumen: Preferably have working knowledge of portfolio relevant business models, technology, market, and IP landscape

  • An interest and ability to understand state-of-the-art technology

  • Expertise in IP strategic risk assessments

  • Effective communication: Ability to widely communicate with people ranging from business managers to inventors and IP professionals

  • Strong analytical skills as well as being structured and well organized

  • Service-minded with strong customer focus

  • Fluent in German. Proficiency in English is a plus

 

$$ We are an equal opportunity employer! We promote diversity in all its forms and create an inclusive work environment, free from prejudice, discrimination and harassment, in which all employees feel a sense of belonging. We warmly welcome all applications regardless of gender, age, race or ethnic origin, social and cultural background, religion, disability and sexual orientation. 

 $$ Claudia Laub $$ career@gi-de.com $$ $$ $$ https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?company=gieseckede&career_job_req_id=24947&career_ns=job_application

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

Giesecke+Devrient GmbH
Prinzregentenstrasse 161, 81677 Munich
www.gi-de.com/careers
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