San Francisco Lawyers - Top US Firm

* Work in a cosmopolitan atmosphere with that ‘real life’ touch
* Starting salaries of USD$160,000 for 1st years
* National and Multinational clients

Imagining yourself in a top US firm but enjoying the lifestyle of one of America’s most relaxed and cosmopolitan cities? US firms are taking an unprecedented interest in hiring Australian lawyers, and our client is currently on the lookout for up to 5 Australian lawyers to join their expanding San Francisco team. With a strong position in the US market and a truly global network of offices, our client works with US and multinational clients, including a significant percentage of Fortune 500 corporations, investment banks and government bodies.

The firm was one of the first national law firms to enter the Bay Area legal market, opening its San Francisco office in 1979. In its early years, the office worked primarily with financial institution clients, including the major investment banks and private equity clients, in capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions both in the Bay Area and across the Western United States. In the last decade the firm has expanded its operations into Silicon Valley, and is now at the cutting edge of innovative transactional work.

Our client is looking for lawyers with 2 – 7 years PQE in all areas of general corporate, capital markets, private finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and employment law. The Bay Area’s extensive intellectual property practice handles complex patent and trade secret litigation, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution, among other IP transactions.

To be considered for one of the current openings, you will have 2 – 7 years’ post-qualification experience gained within a top-tier group. Pre-requisites include an excellent academic record from a highly regarded university, excellent technical skills and a confident, innovative approach. You will also possess the ability to effectively and efficiently manage work priorities, meet deadlines and maintain client relationships with minimal supervision.

Candidates do not have to be admitted to the California bar but will be required to study and sit the exam as soon as possible. Ready to take your career to one of the most innovative legal markets in America? Put your forward-thinking approach to the test, and work on groundbreaking transactions with a dynamic and industry-leading firm! To confidentially apply for this role or to find out more information, please contact Cam Thomson on +61 2 9233 7977 or nc@naimanclarke.com.au, quoting reference number CT11677/MC

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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

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Patent Counsel - Intertrust Technologies 2-5 Years Patent Prosecution

Intertrust develops and licenses intellectual property for Digital Rights Management (DRM) and trusted computing. The Company holds over 100 patents and has more than 200 patent applications pending worldwide. Our patent portfolio covers software and hardware techniques that can be implemented in a broad range of products that use DRM and trusted computing technologies, including computer operating systems, digital media platforms, web services, and enterprise infrastructure. We have research, engineering, and IP groups focusing on developing and monetizing next-generation technologies and inventions.

Requirements:
• 2-5 years of patent prosecution experience with a law firm and/or major corporation
• Must have an EE and/or CS degree + knowledge of software / multimedia technology
• Law degree from a top-tier, accredited law school required
• Must be admitted to the USPTO
• Top academic credentials and membership with a state Bar required.
• Local candidates are preferred, but relocations would be considered for exceptional candidates.

Responsibilities:
• Preparing and prosecuting US and foreign patent applications.
• Perform patent infringement and validity analyses.
• Provide legal advice regarding patent viability, filing patent applications, domestic and foreign patent strategies.
• Supervising outside counsel; infringement and clearance analysis.
• Advising inventors and management on a variety of intellectual property matters.
• Reviewing prior art search reports.
• Supporting litigation teams.
• General client counseling on patent, trademark, and copyright matters.

Why this is a great opportunity:
• Extraordinary (famous) patent portfolio.
• Core patent portfolio has good shelf life.
• Exceptional management team.
• Profitable, stable private company.
• Talented engineering team.
• Interesting technology focus.
• Autonomy and substantive responsibility.

City Sunnyvale
State CA
Country USA
Web Address www.intertrust.com

MLA Job ID: 358435
Position Type: InHouse
Min Experience (yrs): 3
Practice: Patent, Intellectual Property
Listing Office: San Francisco
Email Address: intertrustpatent@mlaglobal.com
Location: Sunnyvale, CA

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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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Associate Patent Counsel (California) - 2-4 years BioMarin Pharmaceutical

The Associate Patent Counsel will report directly to Luisa Bigornia, Senior Director – Intellectual Property. This position will be responsible for managing the intellectual property portfolio of BioMarin. On a day-to-day basis, this attorney will work closely with various departments with the aim to advance BioMarin’s long-term business objectives while ensuring maximum protection of its legal rights and interests.

Responsibilities include:

• Life cycle management of assigned IP portfolio for specific company programs, including development and implementation of patent strategy, patent prosecution and maintenance.

• Supervision of outside counsel.

• Assist with the formation and implementation of policies, procedures/guidelines (scientific record-keeping), and committees (Patent Review Committee) related to developing and implementing an IP strategy.

• Assist Legal/Corporate with review of agreements affecting assigned IP portfolio, including licensing.

• Oversight of trademarks relevant to assigned IP portfolio.

• Analyses related to licensing, patentability, freedom to operate, and infringement issues.

• Provide legal support (IP Status Reports, due diligence, etc.) for other groups within the Company, eg. Business Development, Commercial Planning, and Regulatory.

Position Requirements:
• Two to four years overall patent prosecution experience, including at least one year in patent prosecution with a law firm.
• PhD in Immunology or a Biological Science, with emphasis or experience in Immunology.
• Foundation in chemistry a plus.
• Trademark and/or litigation experience a plus.
• J.D., licensed to practice law before any State Bar or the Bar of the District of Columbia (admission to the State Bar of California is not required).
• Registered to practice with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills. Ability to work independently while interacting with and advising employees of all levels of the organization.

Company ” BioMarin Pharmaceutical ”
City Novato
State CA
Country USA
Web Address www.biomarinpharm.com

MLA Job ID: 3561
Position Type: InHouse
Min Experience (yrs): 2
Practice: IP Licensing, IP Transactions, Patent with Bar, Intellectual Property
Listing Office: San Francisco
Contact Name: MLA Recruiter
Email Address: biomarinpatent@mlaglobal.com
Location: Novato, CA

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