Patent Agent I

Harbor Freight • Calabasas, CA

7d • Remote

About The Position

The Patent Agent I helps support, manage, educate, and provide counsel regarding the company’s IP strategy, protection, risks, and opportunities. The Patent Agent will collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, sourcing and product managers, and executives as partners to support and drive the company’s product development initiatives. This role requires demonstrated skills in effective day-to-day counseling and support, as well as the ability and willingness to take a business-oriented and practical approach to assessing risks and devising solutions to complex problems. Although the primary focus of the role will be on patents, familiarity and experience with trademarks is helpful.

Requirements

• Demonstrated skills in effective day-to-day counseling and support
• Ability and willingness to take a business-oriented and practical approach to assessing risks and devising solutions to complex problems
• Familiarity and experience with trademarks is helpful
• Significant decision making on matters of importance to the organization

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity and experience with trademarks

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the product development team to review existing and new products and to counsel on strategy, risks, opportunities, and options to protect the company’s intellectual property and avoid infringement of third-party intellectual property
• Assist with preparing, obtaining, and analyzing patent searches and provide assessments on patentability, prior art, non-infringement, and validity
• Assist with the IP clearance process for products and report on and keep management informed of relevant intellectual property rights owned by third parties
• Assist with educating and training company employees on IP issues and basic knowledge, as required
• Support the development and implementation of internal policies and procedures, and assist with the ongoing compliance with such policies and procedures
• Able to understand business decisions and motivations of internal clients and thus effectively communicate and resolve issues with business partners and executives
• Must be a team player able to work both independently and collaboratively to resolve time sensitive issues and respond to requests
• Additional duties as assigned by management

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short-term and long-term disability
• 401k plan
• paid time off up to 236 hours per year (inclusive of PTO, floating holidays, and paid holidays)
• paid sick time up to 80 hours per year unless otherwise required by law
• annual discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed