Senior Intellectual Property Counsel

Match Group • Dallas, TX

24d • Hybrid

About The Position

As Intellectual Property Counsel, you will join Match Group’s growing legal team to actively manage intellectual-property-related matters for Match Group’s portfolio of companies and across its leading brands, including Tinder, Hinge, Match, Azar, and OkCupid. Match Group’s portfolio of companies develop and provide online dating platforms globally and have a strong focus on innovation and technology.

Working for Match Group offers a unique opportunity to work on a diverse spectrum of intellectual property issues. This is a chance to join a global legal team that is proactive, collaborative, and highly respected, and to work closely with internal clients in a fast-paced and challenging environment. In this role, you will leverage prior law-firm, and preferably corporate/in-house experience, to protect, enforce, and defend Match Group’s intellectual property rights, educate employees about the use of intellectual property, and establish and document best practices in legal matters relating to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, rights of publicity, and other intellectual property issues. This role will report to the Director, Intellectual Property and is a hybrid position.

When it comes to dating, the connection starts online, but the real magic happens once you meet in real life. We think the same is true for creating the best platforms, so we work together IRL in our Dallas office three days a week.

Requirements

• You have a juris doctorate (J.D.) degree and membership in good standing in at least one state bar (Texas preferred).
• You have at least 6 years of experience in intellectual property law with a top law firm and/or in-house legal department and experience handling and managing both prosecution and contentious matters.
• You have experience with domestic and foreign patent prosecution and enforcement.
• You have experience enforcing trademarks, copyrights, and patents in litigation and pre-litigation, including researching infringement and infringers, drafting cease & desist letters, negotiating settlements, filing UDRP petitions, and handling inter partes and ex parte board proceedings.
• You have excellent writing and editing skills, and are comfortable drafting and revising letters, briefs, and discovery.
• You are an effective communicator, with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clients, coworkers, and colleagues.
• You have the ability to work autonomously, issue spot, and provide incisive and pragmatic advice.
• You are an outside-the-box, strategic thinker.
• You have excellent problem-solving skills and can manage a project from beginning to end.
• You exercise good judgment and a high level of professional integrity.
• You possess the leadership acumen and credibility to inspire confidence among business clients in a high growth business.

Responsibilities

• You will provide practical, proactive legal advice regarding intellectual property matters, including trademark use and registration, use and development of open-source software, use and development of generative artificial intelligence tools, use of social media platforms, protection of inventions, industrial designs, and creative works, and intellectual property licensing.
• You will support the enforcement of Match Group’s existing intellectual property portfolio by investigating infringements of Match Group’s intellectual property, drafting and sending cease & desist letters, negotiating coexistence agreements and settlements, filing UDRP petitions, drafting pre-opposition demand letters, and managing various enforcement matters including litigation and board proceedings.
• You will help document and protect Match Group’s inventions, industrial designs, and creative works, and manage prosecution by outside counsel of Match Group’s domestic and foreign patent applications.
• You will advise on internal policies and guidelines for other lawyers working on intellectual property matters.
• You will regularly collaborate with in-house brand attorneys on contracts, promotions, and product and marketing matters, and you will closely work with internal business partners to provide intellectual property training and guidance.

Benefits

• Mind & Body – Medical, mental health, and wellness benefits to support your overall health and well-being
• Financial Wellness – Competitive compensation, 100% employer match on 401k contributions up to 10% (cap at $10,000), as well as an employee stock purchase program to help you feel supported in your financial security
• Unplug – Generous PTO and 14 paid holidays so you can unplug
• Career – Annual training allowance for professional development and ERG membership opportunities and events so you feel connected and empowered in your work
• Family – Families come in all shapes and sizes so we offer 20 weeks of 100% paid parental leave, fertility, adoption, and child care resources, as well as pet insurance and discounts
• Company Gatherings – We host fun happy hours and company events where our employees get to know each other and build a sense of connection and belonging!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree