Principal Patent Counsel

Netflix Netflix · Big Tech · Los Gatos, CA +2 · Legal

Experienced patent attorney to join Netflix's legal team, partnering with engineering to protect innovation through patents, publications, trade secrets, and open source. Responsibilities include developing patent portfolio strategy, making filing decisions, and prosecuting patent assets.

What you'd actually do

  1. providing practical intellectual property counseling on topics such as patents, publications, trade secrets, and open source.
  2. developing the patent portfolio strategy by understanding our business, working with our engineers, making filing decisions, and partnering with our law firms to prosecute our patent assets.
  3. 10+ years of overall patent prosecution experience, with at least 5+ years of in-house experience.
  4. Admission to the USPTO Bar and membership in good standing in at least one State Bar.
  5. Experience in strategically building patent portfolios, counseling engineers, harvesting innovations, and collaborating with outside counsel to prosecute patents.

Skills

Required

  • patent prosecution
  • in-house legal experience
  • USPTO Bar admission
  • State Bar membership
  • patent portfolio strategy
  • intellectual property counseling
  • working with engineers
  • prosecuting patents
  • collaborating with outside counsel

Nice to have

  • curiosity and excitement to figure out how technology works
  • creative problem-solving skills
  • ability to embrace ambiguity and demonstrate flexibility
  • enjoy working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of overall patent prosecution experience
  • at least 5+ years of in-house experience
  • Admission to the USPTO Bar
  • membership in good standing in at least one State Bar
  • strategically building patent portfolios
  • counseling engineers
  • prosecute patents