Senior Counsel IP

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Senior Counsel, IP
Duties: In close collaboration with other IP team members, strategically developing worldwide patent portfolio, including directing and managing domestic and foreign outside counsel to prepare and prosecute patent applications; Reviewing outside counsel work to ensure the work, methodology, strategy and costs meet Abbott’s expectations; Collaborating with commercial legal counsel, including preparing and reviewing research and development agreements, confidentiality agreements, license agreements, and consulting agreements and counseling the business regarding IP transactional matters; Assisting internal and external litigation counsel on IP litigation matters; Conducting employee training sessions on the protection of innovations through the patent process, best practices for maintaining confidential business information, contractor and vendor matters, and the overall development of intellectual property assets; Providing counseling and strategy options on marketing and promotional material; and Conducting due diligence on potential mergers and acquisitions and freedom-to-operate assessments that drive strategic acquisitions and product development; Managing invention disclosures, including collecting and screening disclosures, conducting inventor interviews, presenting disclosures at patent committee and Invention Review Board meetings; and Conducting in-depth analyses of competitor products and IP portfolios. May directly manage an administrative assistant, paralegal or a Counsel-level attorney, and will assist in supervising and training support staff.

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