Intellectual Property Counsel

FIS

90d

About The Position

In this Corporate Counsel role, you will manage legal matters to protect FIS’ intellectual property rights. You will work closely with the company’s management, development, and product teams to protect our innovations by providing strategic intellectual property counseling on topics including patents, trade secrets, open-source software, software licensing, and related litigation. Your primary focus will be developing our innovation protection strategy with an emphasis on identifying strategic innovations that align with our business objectives for patent filing and partnering with our law firms to draft, file and prosecute patent assets protecting those innovations. You will also provide counsel on intellectual property aspects of software product development including use of open-source software and draft, review, and negotiate source code licenses.

Requirements

• A law degree, such as a Juris Doctor or other comparable degree.
• Admission to practice law in the appropriate jurisdiction.
• Admission to the United States Patent and Trademark Bar.
• 2-6 years of legal experience with a primary focus on patent prosecution in a corporate in-house or law firm environment.
• Excellent knowledge of US and international intellectual property laws with a focus on patent laws.
• Extensive experience with patent prosecution and portfolio management.
• Strong communication, research, writing, and analytical skills.
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to review and evaluate multi-faceted issues and counsel business colleagues on complex legal questions relating to various intellectual property issues.
• Experience advising clients in a complex, diversified, matrixed, global organization.
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced business environment and driving complex projects to completion.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal advice and guidance to the enterprise and its business units on a wide range of intellectual property law matters, such as patents, trade secrets, open-source software, and software licensing and related litigation.
• Performing legal research and analysis on intellectual property law issues.
• Focus on and assist with strategically developing a robust and innovative patent portfolio including identifying innovations for patent protection and working with outside counsel to file and prosecution applications covering those innovations.

Benefits

• Opportunities to innovate in Fintech.
• Tools for personal and professional growth.
• Inclusive and diverse work environment.
• Resources to invest in your community.
• Competitive salary and benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees