IP Lawyer/Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• IP Extraction: Regularly interact with various R&D departments to identify and extract patentable ideas, designs, and innovations.
• Filing & Prosecution: Draft, file, and follow up on IP applications (Patents, Trademarks, Designs) with the Dwarka IP Office.
• Protection Strategy: Monitor and manage the company’s IP portfolio to ensure long-term protection of assets.
• R&D Integration: Provide guidance to engineers and creators on IP best practices, freedom-to-operate, and documenting "Employee Innovations".
• Compliance: Ensure all filings align with company policies and legal frameworks, managing "Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements" across teams.

This IP Lawyer/Consultant role supports the company’s intellectual property work alongside its R&D teams. The work spans identifying protectable innovations, handling patent, trademark, and design filings, guiding teams on IP practices, and managing related compliance and agreements.

Role at a glance

Skills mentioned

What you will likely work on

• Work with R&D teams to identify ideas, designs, and innovations that may be patentable.
• Prepare and file patent, trademark, and design applications, and follow their progress with the Dwarka IP Office.
• Monitor the company’s IP portfolio and support long-term protection of its assets.
• Advise engineers and creators on IP practices and freedom-to-operate considerations.
• Help teams document employee innovations.
• Coordinate confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements across teams and keep filings aligned with company policies and legal frameworks.

Good fit signals

• You can work closely with R&D teams to identify and document innovations.
• You bring experience handling patent, trademark, or design applications through filing and follow-up.
• You are comfortable monitoring an IP portfolio and supporting protection of company assets.
• You can explain IP practices and freedom-to-operate considerations to engineers and creators.
• You can manage confidentiality agreements and apply relevant legal frameworks to filings.