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Organization: Enterprise/Legal


Location: Washington D.C. or Chicago, IL

If you join Accenture you can make great ideas happen for some of the world's most dynamic companies. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results. Choose a career at Accenture and enjoy an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life.

Our Enterprise workforce provides deep expertise to manage and operate Accenture's business functions and support client teams. They work in a wide range of functional areas including human resources, marketing and communications, finance, quality control, legal, IT, facilities and services.

Enterprise workforce professionals make sure we increase our earnings and grow as a company efficiently and effectively. We must continually update our organization and evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of the marketplace and achieve higher performance both for ourselves and our clients. Our Enterprise workforce people play a leading role in our strategic and operational programs, acting as the agents of change within Accenture itself.

We need people who can challenge conventional wisdom, offer unique perspectives and conceive more innovative solutions for our business.

Job Description

The Legal business practice provides and manages all legal advice and support to Accenture. Legal and Commercial aims to give objective, focused, practical advice and solutions based on an understanding of the law and Accenture's business, which is essential in a competitive marketplace. The Legal and Commercial teams work closely with each engagement to find ways to maximize revenue and manage risk and to ensure that Accenture complies with its contractual obligations.


Job Summary : Manage the prosecution of patent applications for designated business units of Accenture, including meeting with key developers, architects and inventors in those business units, harvesting and prioritizing innovation for patent protection, supervising outside counsel in preparing patent applications, coordinating with outside counsel in managing the prosecution of pending patent applications, reporting to relevant business stakeholders, and assisting as needed on other patent-related matters, including potential assertions and inbound threatened or actual litigation. This individual may supervise non-attorney staff.

- Help lead strategic patent procurement within each assigned Accenture business units, including educating inventors and business people on topics related to intellectual property law

- Manage and drive the process of procuring patent rights for Accenture, including: managing and evaluating all innovation disclosures that are developed those business units, initiating inventor contact and procurement of outside counsel, building, maintaining and managing relationships with inventors and outside counsel, from evaluation of innovations through the process of obtaining and maintaining granted patents

- Collaborate with outside counsel in the prosecution of patent applications and other intellectual property matters

Basic

Qualifications:

Education:

J.D. required

Bachelors degree in technical field such as Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, etc...

Must be a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent Office

Experience:

4+ years of experience practicing intellectual property/patent law (in-house corporate intellectual property/patent attorney or within a law firm)

Preferred Skills:

Experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications along with experience assisting intellectual property assertion reviews

Experience in patent and IP litigation and related counseling

Strong analytical skills, business acumen and the ability to effectively bridge the technical and commercial aspects of the work

In-depth knowledge of intellectual property and information technology law, ideally with software knowledge and experience

Ability to influence senior executive decisions

Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills

Ability to successfully manage outside counsel relevant to assigned work

Ability to prioritize issues and manage multiple projects, setting priorities for self and team

Capable of working independently and as part of a team

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.