Intellectual Property Attorney

Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal counsel and guidance to firm’s IP clients.
• Manage clients’ IP rights relative to trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
• Draft, review and negotiate IP-related agreements.
• Conduct IP due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and other business transactions.
• Advise clients on U.S. and international trademark strategy, including brand selection, clearance, registration, maintenance, and enforcement.
• Conduct and analyze trademark clearance searches; assess risk and provide actionable recommendations to business clients.
• Prepare, file, and prosecute U.S. trademark applications before the USPTO, including responding to Office Actions and managing post-registration matters.
• Manage international trademark portfolios, including coordinating with foreign counsel on filings, renewals, and enforcement matters.
• Handle trademark opposition, cancellation, and enforcement matters before the TTAB, including drafting pleadings and managing discovery.
• Counsel clients on trademark use, licensing, coexistence agreements, and brand protection strategies.
• Advises clients on trade secret protection strategies.
• Advises clients on software licensing, development, and sale matters, and negotiate software license, reseller, development, and sale agreements.

Qualifications

• JD degree from an accredited law school.
• Active Virginia State Bar license.
• Five or more years of IP experience preferred.
• Detail-oriented, good communicator with strong writing and organizational skills.
• Material book of business or, alternatively, ability to also support commercial litigation cases.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus potential.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Professional development and continuing education opportunities.