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Director of Litigation (Santa Clara) - O2 Micro 5-8+ years Patent Litigation
O2 Micro is looking for a Director of Litigation to work in their Santa Clara, California corporate office. This attorney will have between 5-8+ years of patent litigation experience at a national law firm well-known for patent litigation.
Candidates will:
• Direct, review and manage case development, discovery and trial strategy (this is a hands-on role);
• Manage the outside counsel selection process and act as a point person for outside litigation counsel;
• Develop and execute litigation, settlement and licensing strategy;
• Forecast future legal expenses and manage current legal expenditures; and
• Train and supervise junior in-house lawyers in litigation, including motion and brief writing, claim construction, witness preparation for deposition and trial, etc.
Candidates will also have the opportunity to supervise and manage the contract review team, manage the trademark portfolio and negotiate and draft license agreements. Depending on interest, candidates may also broaden their skills in the areas of securities, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.
Requirements:
• 5-8+ years patent litigation experience at a top national law firm well-known for patent litigation;
• Strong academic credentials;
• Engineering background helpful. Must at least have a high comfort level with technology.
• Ability to communication effectively with engineers, and business and legal professionals, internal and external to the company, including senior management;
• Self-starter and assertive;
• Demonstrated commitment to in-house role.
Why this is a great opportunity:
• The position offers a great deal of responsibility and autonomy;
• This is the perfect chance for a patent litigator to branch out and gain experience in areas such as licensing, corporate governance, M&A and securities and other areas of litigation; and
• There is an opportunity for upward career advancement.
Legal Department:
The legal department is headed up by GC, Joe Lin (J.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1993), who is based in Santa Clara, CA. Mr. Lin joined O2 Micro as General Counsel in July 2002. Prior to O2 Micro, Mr. Lin was Vice-President, Corporate Development and General Counsel at Silicon Genesis Corporation, a pre-IPO wafer process company. Mr. Lin has worked with high technology companies for over seventeen years both as a lawyer and briefly, as an engineer. Prior to his roles as General Counsel, Mr. Lin practiced with Morrison & Foerster LLP specializing in corporate, securities and licensing and with Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor and Zafman focusing in patents. The legal department has additional offices in Asia and totals 27 employees.
Current IP Litigation:
O2 Micro has on-going IP litigation, with which the successful candidate will become immediately engaged.
The Company (from Hoover’s):
Oh to make mobile microchips like O2Micro does! O2Micro International makes integrated circuits used in mobile products such as cell phones and notebook computers. Its products include energy-saving chips that connect a computer’s microprocessor to plug-in cards, chips that let a notebook computer play a CD without powering up the main processor, products that manage and maximize battery usage, and inverters for converting battery power for use by LCDs. O2Micro’s products have been used by equipment makers such as Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, and Siemens. The fabless semiconductor company is domiciled in the Cayman Islands but derives most of its sales from customers in Asia.
We don’t mean to suggest that O2Micro is litigious — is that an injunction in your pocket? — but the company did spend more than $10 million on patent litigation in 2005, nearly double what it spent on legal fees the year before. (O2Micro also spends prodigiously on R&D to generate all those patents, at more than $25 million a year.) The company is carrying on litigation to protect its interests in Taiwan and the US. O2Micro has about 175 issued patents, with more than 400 patent applications pending around the world.
O2Micro International’s principal chip-making contractors are Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), and X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries. Wasatch Advisors owns about 17% of O2Micro International. FMR (Fidelity Investments) holds 15% of the company. Capital Research has an equity stake of around 9%, while RS Investment Management owns nearly 6%. The company has approximately $500 million in market capitalization and $160 million in revenues for 2007. Over 1000 employees worldwide work at O2Micro.
City Santa Clara
State CA
Country USA
Web Address www.o2micro.com
MLA Job ID: 358434
Position Type: InHouse
Min Experience (yrs): 5
Practice: IP Licensing, IP Transactions, IP Lit-Enforcement, Intellectual Property
Listing Office: San Francisco
Email Address: o2micropatent@mlaglobal.com
Location: Santa Clara, CA
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