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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
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- 25 Mar 2008 / 03:14 AM
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