Senior Patent Counsel

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JOB SUMMARY
A full-time Senior Patent Counsel is needed primarily to perform competitive analysis and due diligence analysis, and to prosecute patent applications to read on competitors and/or to read on future technologies. May also draft and prosecute patent applications.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Performs analysis of patents. Evaluate the validity of competitors’ patents and potential company product infringement based upon competitors’ patents. May also conduct pre-patent filing review, provide legal advice to the company concerning the patent viability of its inventions and the advisability of filing patent applications covering the company’s inventions. Provide other general legal advice and represent the company in matters relating to intellectual property law. Requires having passed the patent bar.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
• Semiconductors, Electrical Engineering, Physics, and/or Chemistry.
• Litigation experience is a plus.

Bridgelux is a Solid-State Lighting Company. Bridgelux products provide high-power, energy-efficient and cost-effective Light-Emitting Diode (LED) solutions. See www.bridgelux.com. Bridgelux is in the sweet spot of one of the most important industries of our time – energy efficiency. The Sr. Patent Counsel position involves doing what is meaningful, guiding the company, and making a difference in the world. Energy is the largest industry in the world and Bridgelux is at the forefront of green & clean technology the application of which has the effect of:
• reducing energy consumption and dependence on foreign oil; and
• improving the environment by cutting carbon usage and decreasing hazardous waste.
We are not just creating a company; we are creating an industry.

DISCLAIMER
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature, and level, of the work performed by this position. It is not designed to contain, or be interpreted, as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.