Patent Attorney
Il y a 3 mois
Location:
Kortrijk, BE- Date: Mar 31, 2023- Job ID: 8200
Patent Attorney:
As an international company with European roots (HQ in Kortrijk, Belgium), Barco has a culture of collaboration across borders and nationalities.
Because we believe diversity leads to more great ideas and drives innovation.Thanks to our over 3,000 visioneers, we develop unique visualization & collaboration technology that helps professionals accelerate innovation in the healthcare, enterprise and entertainment markets.
Function
As a Patent Attorney a in Barco's Patent Group you will help coordinate and drive Barco's patenting strategy, manage the budget, expand the scope to pro-actively capture innovation in Barco's Innovation and R&D teams, monitor the competitive landscape, and interface with our General Counsel's office on litigation and prosecution matters.
Key responsibilities
- You help to capture innovation from our R&D teams
- You prepare input to office actions
- You communicate with external patent firms in Belgium, the US and Canada, Taiwan, and elsewhere.
- Coaching inventors in the field of IP to increase awareness
- Review and refine a coherent IP strategy, together with the business units and Barco management and in accordance with the commercial objectives of Barco
- Continue to create an extensive patent portfolio
- Valorization of the IP portfolio, increase licensing opportunities
- Be involved in infringement cases
- Daily management of the IP portfolio
- Engage with management (CTO, R&D) to understand business models and technology strategies and advice accordingly to achieve our business goals.
Qualifications
- You have at minimum a Master's degree in engineering or science
- You have min. 5 years experience as a Patent Attorney
- You have experience with drafting patents, interacting with patent firms and patent professionals
- You are experienced with Corporate Innovation
- You are familiar with an industrial R&D context
- Having experience with / knowledge of the following domains is a nice to have:
- Experience with technology development in the fields of optics, display technology and visualization techniques in entertainment, enterprise and health-care settings
- You have good communication skills (oral and written, in English) and are able to communicate with different audiences (technical vs business staff, internal stakeholders vs external patent lawyers)
- You do your job with integrity
- You are a team player with a cando attitude
Let's "wow" you with
- A variety of inhouse trainings at our Barco University so you can continuously grow & learn as a professional.
- A healthy working environment with interesting workshops, sport activities, diverse & fresh lunch/snack breaks with our own coffee bar and restaurant in Kortrijk and many more options as we care about your wellbeing.
- The opportunity to work for an international market leader where innovation matters.