Regional Patent Attorney - International IP Firm with significant Asia Pacific operations

Fast growing international IP firm with significant Asia Pacific operations, seek a regional patent attorney to be based in its Asia Pacific business. The business has a number and variety of legal entities to facilitate its trade as a law firm, brand protection agency and patent and trade mark practice in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Philippines. The position will be based in Hong Kong, but involve substantial Asian travel, at least initially.

The Role

Reporting to the patent agency International Services Head in Europe and the Asia Pacific practice head, this role comprises managing and developing the Group’s patent services in Asia (esp. China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand , Philippines, Vietnam & India). It includes supervising local patent attornies and the administrator/paralegal teams, skills and capacity development and training, client management and marketing. The job involves:

# working closely with the patent agencies International Services Head and the Asia Pacific practice head, as well as national country managers to strengthen existing patent practices (Phase 1) and marketing and development of new patent clients (Phase 2), including working on and implementing a business plan agreed with the patent agency International Services Head
# overall responsibility for all patent agency work in Asian offices
# local capacity and skills development and assistance to country managers on training and development of local patent expertise and an international business approach
# working with a large diverse team around Asia, as part of a larger IP focused business
# working with commercial and litigation attorneys in patent matters in Asia
# working as part of the international patent agency group in relation to other client matters outside Asia as appropriate

The ideal candidate will:-

# be a European, US or Australasian qualified patent attorney
# have at least 2-5 years professional experience in a well known practice; with in house experience desirable, and demonstrating an expert understanding of international patent practice and issues and considerable direct client experience
# be capable of handling a range of technical disciplines, with a strong specialization in one or more, with electronics/software/telecoms an advantage give such focus in Asia
# substantial high quality drafting experience
# experience in national and PCT filings in Asia, with understanding of local issues in one or two markets an advantage
# expertise in PCT work
# substantial experience in patenting strategy and procurement
# be an enthusiastic traveller and have good cultural awareness
# want to work in an informal but entrepreneurial and fast growing environment
# have demonstrable people skills and an ability and desire to work cooperatively and in a team environment
# capable of working with a high degree of independence and handling communications and work in a dispersed organization

This is a great opportunity for further information in complete confidence, please contact sandra.godbold@hays.com.hk

Chief Legal Counsel

* High quality work
* Competitive salary and bonus structure
* Relocation assistance
* Genuine career progression opportunities to a more commercially focused position.
* International travel
* A seat on the board

Our client is a truly one of the world’s most successful and high profile companies in the IT sector. Based in Melbourne, and working closely with the company Directors, you’ll play a vital role as the company’s first point of contact for all legal matters pertaining to the company’s global interests, including the United Arab Emirates, North Africa, Europe, Asia and the US. Specifically, you should have experience which covers a range of commercial areas, including negotiating and drafting contracts, IP, labour law – and the more multi-jurisdictional experience the better. Your strong experience should mean you are able to simultaneously juggle various different issues, priorities and business teams, and be able to handle both big projects as well as numerous small matters. To register your interest, please contact Ivan Pignataro at FIRST Law on + 61 3 9607 8417 or + 61 416 507 856 for international applicants via email at ivan@firstrecruitmentinternational.com.

IP Partner - International Law Firm San Jose California

Our South Bay client, an international law firm with a significant Asian practice and multiple offices in Asia, seeks an IP Litigation partner. There is a significant trial coming up, so the need is immediate! Excellent opportunity for a partner who wants the ability to grow with a small firm! Salary depends on book and experience, but it will be significant. If you have associates and staff that want to come along, that can also be negotiated. If interested, please contact gerard.taylor@roberthalflegal.com

IP Litigation Associate - International Law Firm California San Jose

Our South Bay client, an international law firm with a significant Asian practice and multiple offices in Asia, seeks an IP Litigation Associate with 5+ years of IP experience. There is a significant trial coming up, so the need is immediate! Excellent opportunity for an senior associate who wants the ability to grow with a smaller firm! Top tier schools and solid grades are a real plus. Salary is 190+ DOE. If interested, please contact gerard.taylor@roberthalflegal.com

Clayton Utz IP

Clayton Utz has one of Australia’s largest and most experienced specialist intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT) practice groups. Their intellectual Property and IT group lawyers assist clients with all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trade marks, copyright, registered designs, confidential information, data protection, electronic circuit layouts and plant breeders’ rights.

“Many large corporations, government organisations and big international brands operating in Australia turn to the excellent IP practice at Clayton Utz for advice on commercialising and protecting their brands and intellectual property portfolios.” Asian In-House Handbook

“head and shoulders above the rest, both at senior partner level and below. They are extremely efficient, pull out all the stops and work all hours to get the job done.” [Client quote] “IT outsourcing and hi-tech commercial work are clear areas of expertise for the team.” Chambers Global, Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers

“Across the board Clayton Utz has a leading industry practice, with considerable depth and strength encompassing regulatory, IP and product liability issues.” Global Counsel Life Sciences Super League

“…the formidable team at Clayton Utz, attracting an extensive and palatable list of clients and high-profile matters.” Asia Pacific Legal 500

“a leading firm for intellectual property.” Chambers Global, Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers

Clayton Utz acts for Adidas, Apple, Remington and Kellogs.

IP Partners at Clayton Utz

Ian Bloemendal
Jeremy Charlston
John Collins
Jonathan Corby (Special Counsel)
Robert Cutler
Brian Elkington
John Fairbairn
Philippa Hore
Mark Krenzer (Special Counsel)
Chris McLeod
Richard Morrison
Simon Newcomb
Anna Sharpe
Mark Sneddon
Mary Still
Alexandra Wedutenko

Blake Dawson IP

Blake Dawson’s Intellectual Property team comprises the foremost legal experts in this field in Australia. Blake Dawson’s award winning team provides a complete range of contentious and non-contentious specialist intellectual property services. Blake Dawson is one of the few Australian law firms which provide a completely integrated full service intellectual property offering. Their team is able to register, commercialise and enforce any intellectual property (IP) right. Blake Dawson’s technical skills in IP to provide the best strategic advice to local and international companies operating in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, publishing, food, media, financial services, airline, life sciences, chemistry, electronics, computer engineering, mining and engineering sectors.

Chambers Global, 2007 stated that Blake Dawson’s “team has a strong practice across the board”, while Chambers Global, 2006 commented that “Clients get a lot of attention, no stone is left unturned”. Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2006/2007 also noted Blake Dawson’s strong client base: “The firm acts for a long list of companies, including many globally famous brands, as well as government bodies, life sciences organisations and research institutes”. In the Managing Intellectual Property World IP Survey, 2006 the Blake Dawson IP practice received recognition in all categories: patent prosecution, patent contentious, trade mark/copyright contentious, and trade mark prosecution. They have a first-tier ranking in IP, IT and Communications and Media from Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2006/2007 and in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, 2006. Blake Dawson’s life sciences practice has received particular accolades. They are judged to be a leader in Life Sciences (all categories) in PLC Cross-border Handbooks, 2006/2007. Interviewees for Chambers Global, 2007 singled out the life sciences sector as an area of “overwhelming strength” for our practice.

Blake Dawson is one of only three Australian firms listed in the top 20 IP practices in the Global Intellectual Property Super League Tables, 2006. Three of the firm’s IP partners were named in the Legal Media Group Guide to the World’s Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners, 2007.
Our perspective

Blake Dawson’s Intellectual Property practice offers Australian and international clients a full range of intellectual property services, including:
* Advising on identification, protection and management of patents, trade marks, designs and plant breeders’ rights, and related services such as drafting, filing, prosecution, opposition and strategic portfolio management
* Negotiating and drafting a full range of IP agreements, including agreements regarding commercialisation, research and development, licensing, distribution, franchising, sponsorship, joint venture and international technology transfer
* Advising on copyright, confidential information, passing off and unfair competition
* Enforcing all IP rights, including conducting IP litigation and alternative dispute resolution and developing anti-counterfeiting strategies.
* Advising on marketing, advertising and promotions and on sponsorship and merchandising agreements
* Advising on food, pharmaceutical, therapeutic goods and agricultural and veterinary chemicals regulation.

Blake Dawson’s recent Intellectual Property experience includes:

* World’s first vaccine against cervical cancer - Blake Dawson acted for CSL Limited in the Federal Court of Australia in a dispute concerning the world’s first vaccine against cervical cancer. The dispute was satisfactorily resolved. CSL subsequently successfully applied to the PBAC and federal government to annually vaccinate all Australian females aged 12 and to conduct catch up vaccinations over a two year period.
* Gambro v Fresenius - Blake Dawson acted for Gambro in its long running patent litigation against Fresenius Medical Care relating to haemodialysis systems and disposables in Australia. We represented Gambro in victories on infringement and validity in the Federal Court at first instance and before the Full Court on appeal. We also successfully defended Fresenius’s application for special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia. Blake Dawson is currently acting for Gambro in the damages phase of the case.
* Conor Med Systems Inc v Angiotech & UBC - Blake Dawson acted for Conor who sought revocation of patents held by Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc and the University of British Columbia over taxol-coated stents in the Federal Court. This was the first case to consider whether the inclusion of an additional patentee, who has no entitlement to the claimed invention, renders the patent liable to be revoked under section 138(3)(a) of the Patents Act 1990.

IP Partners at Blake Dawson

Peter Chalk
David Clark
Belinda Findlay
Grant Fisher
Ben Miller
Mary Padbury
Lisa Ritson

Senior Associates at Blake Dawson

Annika Barrett
Anita Cade
Karen Gettens
Natalie Hazel
Joanna Lawrence
Nik Ramchand
Kellech Smith
Melinda Upton

Allens Arthur Robinson IP

Allens Arthur Robinson’s IP Practice has received the following awards:

* Leading Australian IP Firm 2008 – Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers
* Leading Australian Patent Litigation Firm 2007 – Managing Intellectual Property
* Leading Australian Trademark and Copyright Litigation Firm 2007 – Managing Intellectual Property
* Leading Australian IP Firm 2007 – PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook
* Leading Australian IP Firm 2007/08 – Asia Pacific Legal 500

Allens Arthur Robinson’s intellectual property practice gives you access to a streamlined service from some of the world’s top intellectual property practitioners. They are known for their pragmatic, commonsense approach. Allens Arthur Robinson combines the skills of our commercial and litigation intellectual property lawyers with those of their integrated Patent & Trade Marks Attorneys firm allowing them to offer a comprehensive intellectual property service. Allens Arthur Robinson has successfully acted for clients in major litigation proceedings relating to infringement of patents, trade marks, copyright and designs rights, as well as breaches of confidence and information technology rights. Their experience extends throughout the region, particularly in China, but also in Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, the Philippines and South Korea. Clients include Pfizer, Sony and FOXTEL.

IP Partners in Allens Arthur Robinson

Justine Beaumont (Special Counsel)
Chris Bird
Andrew Butler
Fred Chilton
Dr Trevor Davies
John Dieckmann (Special Counsel)
Jim Dwyer
Tim Golder
Richard Hamer
Philip Kerr
Sarah Matheson
Jackie O’Brien
Miriam Stiel
Andrew Wiseman
David Yates

Legal Counsel - General Counsel - Asia Pacific

Our client is a well known brand with global operations. The company offers a broad range of technology based outsourcing solutions to a range of clients in Australia and overseas. The company currently has a need for a commercial lawyer, with 3-5 years experience, to join the legal team as Legal Counsel. Reporting to the General Counsel - Asia Pacific, the role is very broad. You will provide day to day legal support to the Australia/NZ and global business units. The position will include negotiating and drafting commercial contracts, IP, risk management, marketing and trade practices issues and assisting HR with employment matters. The position is a fabulous opportunity to work in a thriving global company. The ideal candidate will have initiative, good time management skills, be a team player and possess a “can do” approach.

Contact Belinda Marinucci:
P: (03) 9629 2111
F: (03) 9629 2155
E: belinda.marinucci@mahlab.com.au

Domain Name Law and Regulation - Speaker Profiles

Bruce Tonkin is Chief Technology Officer of MelbourneIT and an elected director of the board of ICANN (the international organisation responsible for managing the DNS). As immediate past Chair of ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO), he was closely involved in the development of policy in controversial areas of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) and WHOIS services. Bruce previously directed a research venture at Monash University in partnership with Telstra and Siemans, and coordinated the operations of the Research Data Network Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).

Chris Disspain is CEO of au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA) the self regulatory body that governs the .au domain name space and manages the domain name system in Australia. Under his leadership auDA it has become selffunding, introduced competition into the domain name market in .au, simplified the policy regime and introduced an industry code of practice. Chris is the Chair of ICANN’s Country Code Name
Supporting Organisation, the body that represents the interests of country code top level domain managers. He is also a Director of the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Organisation and a member of the United Nations Secretary General’s Internet Governance Forum Advisory Group.

Neil Brown has had a distinguished career in Government and the law; and actively involved in politics as a Minister, Shadow Minister, legislator and as a delegate to the United Nations and other international organisations. He is now undertaking a major role in mediation, arbitration, the conduct of inquiries, advocacy, general advice and consulting. Neil is a member of the Panel of Conciliators at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes ( ICSID) at Washington, USA and a prominent panelist for the resolution of disputes under ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).

David Lindsay is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Monash University teaching Intellectual Property Law, Copyright, Law of the Internet, Communications Law & Regulation and Trusts. He is the author of many articles and reports in the areas of intellectual property law, Internet law, communications law and privacy law. David is also a contributing author for Copyright and Designs Butterworths, Sydney, 1996) and the author of International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2007).

Tony Staley is the Chair of au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA). He is a former Chairman of the Council of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Scheme and former member of the Telecommunications Industry Development Authority. In 2003, he served as a voting member of ICANN’s Nominating Committee for selecting ICANN board members as the delegate of the country-code top-level domain registries. Tony was Federal President of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1993 to 1999, and Minister for Communications from 1977 to 1980.

Corporate Counsel (Santa Clara) - NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA Corporation is the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies. The company creates innovative, industry-changing products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. The NVIDIA® brands include GeForce®, Tesla™, and Quadro®. These product families are transforming visually-rich and computationally-intensive applications such as video games, film production, broadcasting, industrial design, financial modeling, space exploration, and medical imaging.
Additionally, NVIDIA invents and delivers industry-shaping technologies, including NVIDIA SLI™ technology, a revolutionary approach to scalability and increased performance; and NVIDIA PureVideo™ high-definition video technology.
Position Summary
This is a mid - level attorney position responsible for providing legal services with principal focus on supporting one or more business groups . This attorney will have more broadly defined responsibilities supporting the company’s transactional team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Serve as a primary point of contact on legal matters originating from one or more business organizations
• Manage commercial contracting activities for such business organizations, including drafting and negotiating world wide commercial terms for sale of hardware and software products, inbound and outbound hardware supply/license agreements, sales distribution agreements, all manner of marketing agreements, including joint marketing, and sponsorships, and marketing legal review of communications.
• Provide commercially relevant legal counsel and training to one or more business organizations in areas such as commercial law, privacy, copyright, antitrust/competition law, advertising/consumer protection law, intellectual property law
• Implement appropriate processes and policies to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and to avoid disputes
• Assist in dispute resolution and management
• Prepare and provide training to clients in supported business organizations

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
• Approximately 3-8 years of applicable commercial contracting experience, ideally with some direct experience supporting business organizations (combined law firm and in-house experience preferred)
• Exceptional communication skills written and verbal, organizational abilities and proven attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and produce quality work product in a fast-paced, stimulating environment
• Demonstrated excellent business judgment and the ability to form strong working relationships with demanding internal clients while maintaining firm adherence to proper legal standards
• Prior experience with technology company with international operations a plus
• Software licensing experience desired
• A sense of humor and commitment to professionalism
• Excellent academic credentials
• J.D. and California Bar membership

About the Legal Department:

NVIDIA’s legal department currently includes 10 attorneys, 5 of whom are Directors (2 in the Patent group, 1 in Sales/Marketing, 1 in Corporate and 1 in Asia). They are assigned to cover different areas of the company’s businesses and functional groups, and work in a collaborative virtual team network. All attorneys are based in Santa Clara and support the Company worldwide, except for one Director who is based in Japan and covers the offices in Asia. The attorneys strive to be the trusted advisors of their business partners and are closely in synch with them as they help them accomplish the business objectives in a legally compliant way.

Firm Biographies

Jen-Hsun Huang co-founded NVIDIA Corporation in April 1993 and has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors since its inception. Under his leadership, NVIDIA has become one of the largest fabless semiconductor companies in the world. NVIDIA has received numerous business and technology awards during Mr. Huang’s tenure, including Fortune’s Fastest Growing Companies, Wired Magazine’s Top 40, and Stanford Business School’s Entrepreneurial Company of the Year. Mr. Huang has served on the Board of Trustees of the RAND Corporation since 1999 and is often invited to speak on technology and business trends at industry events. Prior to founding NVIDIA, Mr. Huang was Director of Coreware at LSI Logic and a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices. Mr. Huang holds a B.S.E.E. degree from Oregon State University and an M.S.E.E. degree from Stanford University.

David Shannon joined NVIDIA in August 2002 as Vice President and General Counsel, leading the Company’s legal and intellectual property initiatives. He became Secretary in 2005. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Mr. Shannon held various counsel positions at Intel Corporation for a period of nine years, including the most recent position of Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. Mr. Shannon also practiced for eight years in the law firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, focusing on complex commercial and high-tech related litigation. Mr. Shannon holds an undergraduate degree and a law degree (with honors) from Pepperdine University.

Kimberly Winer joined NVIDIA in April 2006 as a Director. She is responsible for legal support for WW Sales, Marketing, and Emerging Businesses. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Ms. Winer held several counsel positions at Sun Microsystems for a period of seven years in their hardware, software and microprocessor divisions. She also practiced for several years in the Los Angeles offices of Graham & James, where she specialized in intellectual property disputes and transactions. Kimberly holds an undergraduate degree from Florida State University (summa cum laude) and a law degree from Loyola Law School (Order of the Coif).

Interested candidates should send their resumes, in Microsoft Word format, to the MLA recruiter who contacted you, or if you learned about the position in some other way, to NVIDIAcorp@mlaglobal.com.

City Santa Clara
State CA
Country USA

MLA Job ID: 358420
Position Type: InHouse
Min Experience (yrs): 3
Listing Office: San Francisco
Contact Name:
Email Address: Nvidiacorp@mlaglobal.com
Location: Santa Clara, CA