Senior Intellectual Property Attorney

🕒 June 25

🦌 Connecticut, North Carolina, +2 more states – Remote

🦌 Connecticut – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote 🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

💵 $142.5k - $237.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

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ABB

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10,000+ employees

⚡ Energy

🔧 Hardware

🤝 B2B

💰 $545.9M Post-IPO Debt - ABB on 2023-11

Energy • Hardware • B2B

<ABB> ABB is a global technology company specializing in electrification, industrial automation, robotics, motion, and power products and services. It designs, manufactures and services hardware such as motors, drives, medium- and low-voltage equipment, transformers, EV charging infrastructure, and robotic systems, and provides software and lifecycle services to utilities, industry, transport and infrastructure customers to improve efficiency and enable a low-carbon, digitally connected future.

📋 Description

• Responsible for a wide variety of complex intellectual property matters covering new and existing product offerings. • Partner closely with other members of the global IP Legal team, General Legal, and other functions of the company as needed. • Provide strategic advice to technology and business leaders, minimizing IP risks for ABB while advancing business goals and initiatives. • Lead the decision-making process and implementation of invention disclosure harvesting, patent application drafting, prosecution, and portfolio IP strategy. • Provide support for trademark prosecution, enforcement, and portfolio strategy including brand protection initiatives. • Providing guidance on copyright topics such as copyright disputes, licensing, and legal issues such as fair use and AI-related topics. • Draft, negotiate and advise on a variety of IP related agreements and clauses regarding IP ownership, IP indemnity, and more.

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school; active license to practice in at least one U.S. state; USPTO registration required. • 6+ years of broad intellectual property experience, including patent drafting and prosecution, trademarks, IP agreements, and opinion work; law firm and in-house experience preferred. • Bachelor’s degree with a technical background aligned to relevant technologies (e.g., electrification, industrial systems, robotics, or automation). • Demonstrated experience in patent portfolio management, trademark counseling, and drafting/negotiating complex IP agreements (including ownership, licensing, and joint development). • Proven ability to collaborate with senior business and technical leaders, manage projects, deliver actionable IP strategies, and balance risk with business objectives. • Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills; strong interpersonal effectiveness; highly organized, self-driven, and able to quickly learn new technologies while managing multiple priorities. • Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

🏖️ Benefits

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan. • Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus • Vision benefit • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay) • Company paid AD&D (1X base pay) • Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums • Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid • Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay. • Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance • Paid Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program • Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption • Employee discount program • 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP) • ABB provides 11 paid holidays. • Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.