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Our client, a major legal database company, is actively looking for a Patent Attorney to join their team in a part-time document review position! This is fully remote, but candidates must be in the US.

This begins as a 6 month contract with an opportunity to extend or convert at any time

Hours: 15-20 hours/week

We are seeking an experienced patent litigation attorney to help develop online legal products. The attorney will create “how-to” practice notes, forms, checklists and legal analysis on a range of trademark topics. Work will include drafting new content and supplementing existing documents with guidance based on case law, statutes, regulations, custom, and personal experience.

Qualifications:

• Law degree from an accredited law school
• Bar admission in at least one state
• At least five years of experience in patent litigation
• Experience practicing in federal district court and before the International Trade Commission (ITC)
• Excellent writing, legal research, and analysis skills
• Ability to complete projects by assigned deadlines
• Ability to accept feedback on writing and revise accordingly
• Organized and self-motivated
• Comfortable working in Microsoft Word (including Track Changes) and conducting online legal research

Candidates should have patent experience with at least most of the following:

• ITC 337 investigations complaints, responses, public interest statements, rules of practice including ALJ ground rules, discovery and motion practice
• Drafting pleadings and briefs for various types of proceedings/forums
• All phases of discovery including drafting discovery devices and expert reports, taking depositions, and discovery related motion practice including motions to compel and for sanctions
• Pre- and post-trial remedy motions including injunctions, motions to dismiss, summary judgment, judgment as a matter of law, and other motion types

Additional experience with the following is preferred:

• Practice before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
• Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
• Hatch Waxman litigation
• Opinion work including invalidity, infringement, and freedom to operate
• Transactional experience including patent licensing and due diligence for corporate transactions