Ip Counsel

ElevenLabs ElevenLabs · AI Frontier · New York, NY · Operations

Seeking an IP Counsel to advise on intellectual property issues, including copyright, rights of publicity, trademarks, and trade secrets, specifically for a generative AI company. The role involves counseling on IP risk in model development and outputs, structuring and negotiating licensing deals, and building IP protection frameworks.

What you'd actually do

  1. partner closely with product, engineering, research, and commercial teams across a host of intellectual property issues, including copyright, rights of publicity, trademarks, and trade secrets.
  2. counsel on IP risk in model development and outputs
  3. structure and negotiate licensing deals across our platforms
  4. help build the frameworks that protect and extend ElevenLabs' IP position as we scale.

Skills

Required

  • JD with active membership in at least one U.S. state bar or law degree and qualification to practice law in the U.K.
  • 6+ years of experience advising on intellectual property issues, including copyright and/or trade secrets.
  • Experience drafting and negotiating complex IP-related transactions, including licensing agreements.
  • Strong command of the IP issues unique to generative AI companies.
  • Excellent business judgment, writing skills, and attention to detail.
  • Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment.

Nice to have

  • Experience with content distribution and licensing in the media, entertainment, music, or publishing industries.
  • Experience managing IP risk in a software development environment.
  • Law firm and in-house experience.

What the JD emphasized

  • substantive legal work
  • 6+ years of experience advising on intellectual property issues, including copyright and/or trade secrets.
  • Experience drafting and negotiating complex IP-related transactions, including licensing agreements.
  • Strong command of the IP issues unique to generative AI companies.