Job Description

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in technology and financial services. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About the team

FIS employs a team of highly skilled attorneys and paraprofessionals, working collaboratively and collegially, to provide top-quality legal services to FIS’ internal stakeholders. The FIS legal department is a diverse, yet cohesive group of professionals focused on the cooperative and efficient leveraging of its worldwide resources to best address the sophisticated issues and opportunities facing a leading provider in one of the most rapidly growing sectors in the tech industry.

What you will be doing:

The ideal candidate is an Intellectual Property Attorney with a background in both in-house and private practice. Experience in Financial Services, Technology and/or Computer Software industries is a plus. The candidate will be primarily responsible for handling a broad range of intellectual property legal issues, including patents, trademarks, source code, open source, AI, press releases, branding matters, copyrights, domain names, licensing, intellectual property transactions, litigation, and other related intellectual property matters and issues. Additionally, the attorney will work with the IP and other legal teams to manage, maintain and enforce FIS’ Intellectual Property, including the patents, trademarks, and copyrights and corresponding portfolios, and handle a variety of intellectual property issues. This attorney will report to FIS’s Chief Intellectual Property Attorney and interact with the legal, business and development teams. Provides counsel to both the business and legal teams.

Primary responsibility is for a broad range of global intellectual property matters, including IP litigation. In addition, other responsibilities are assisting the Chief IP Counsel in order to:

Manage and oversee the prosecution of patent and copyright applications; both in the US and International jurisdictions.

Develop and implement strategy, procedures and programs to develop and maintain trademarks and the intellectual property portfolios and legal rights of the Company, with an emphasis on the enforcement, protection and strategy and other related legal issues.

Assist in intellectual property litigation and pre-litigation activities, including working with the legal teams and outside counsel to develop strategies to defend, resolve and prevent various forms of litigation.

Assist Legal Team in contract review and analysis regarding intellectual property issues with an emphasis on intellectual property issues.

Drafts, negotiates, and interprets IP licenses and contracts.

Conduct administrative activities related to intellectual property records/databases and other general duties as assigned.

What you bring:

Juris Doctor from an ABA accredited law school

Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; not required but a plus

Currently licensed to practice law in the U.S.

8 plus years of experience in the practice of law with an emphasis on Intellectual property

Prior financial services, software and technology experience is desirable.

Team player mentality with strong communication, drafting and negotiation skills.

Excellent business judgment, as well as the ability to prioritize workflow and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

The ability to work both independently and cross-functionally are essential.

The ideal candidate will have a strong intellectual property legal background and experience in a law firm or as part of an in-house legal team.

Target candidates must be enthusiastic, diligent and demonstrate sound judgment in face of challenging and sometimes competing demands.

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here

For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.