Formlabs is the largest supplier of professional stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers in the world. Backed by NEA, SoftBank VF and SOSV.
About the role
This role owns our patent portfolio strategy by building metrics to inform a global approach. You'll work closely with R&D and inventors who create new technologies to guide our future growth. Additionally, we operate as a lean legal team, so you'll have an exciting opportunity to expand beyond IP and advise business leaders globally on other areas of law, such as corporate, commercial, employment, and general litigation matters. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- J.D. and admission to at least one state bar, plus registration to practice before the USPTO (patent bar)
- Undergraduate degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field. You need to be able to read a claim chart and the underlying spec without a translator
- Deep expertise in U.S. patent law, plus working knowledge of major international patent systems, experience with trademark and trade secret law
- A track record in patent drafting, prosecution, and portfolio management, ideally where you can point to real decisions you made about what to file and what not to file
- At least 3 years at a top-tier law firm focused on patent work
- Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving, global company where you're juggling more than one live priority at a time
More about this role
A 3D printer is one of the most demanding machines you can build.
Lasers, optics, precision motion, thermals, airflow, materials handling, chemistry, sensing, controls, and software must all work at micron-scale precision, for thousands of layers, with almost no tolerance for error. Making that work reliably is an extraordinary engineering problem.
That’s what we do.
At Formlabs, we’re building 3D printers that are changing the way things get made. We have the smartest minds across every engineering discipline, and the technology they’re building is deployed at more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwide, including Apple, Google, Tesla, New Balance, and NASA.
This role owns our patent portfolio strategy by building metrics to inform a global approach. You'll work closely with R&D and inventors who create new technologies to guide our future growth. Additionally, we operate as a lean legal team, so you'll have an exciting opportunity to expand beyond IP and advise business leaders globally on other areas of law, such as corporate, commercial, employment, and general litigation matters.
- Own patent portfolio value, not just volume: build the metrics and criteria that determine what...
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