Manager - Patent/Intellectual Property Rights - Auto

Education - Engineering (Mech/Electrical/Electronics) + L.L.B Graduate

Patent Agent (Desired)

Self-Driven Person

Job description:

- IP Building

- To interact with engineering teams to identify potential IP

- To create IP awareness across various verticals of the organization

- To manage R&R to employees.

- To conduct fortnight brainstorming sessions with engineering teams to identify potential invention disclosures.

- To engage with leadership levels for invention fostering.

- IP Strategies

- To work with various new product development teams and work create IP filing strategy timely and building portfolio of IP.

- To work with senior leadership team on IP budget and seek necessary approvals.

- To work with various law firms on foreign filing cost and strategize cost effective filing strategy.

- IP Portfolio Management

- To work closely with Engineering teams and maintain IP portfolio accordingly.

- To understand the marketing strategy and maintain Patents & Designs across various countries.

- To get necessary approvals for IP portfolio Management

- IP Budget

- To forecast IP yearly budget and get necessary approvals

- To maintain yearly expenditure of various IP costs incurred and support finance team and other teams in audit process.

- To get necessary approvals for expense incurred and to pass the IP bills accordingly.

- IP Documentation

- To work with legal team and get necessary documentation for IP filing and maintenance.

- To work with various engineering teams and get assignments deeds done.

- To work with Engineering projects and get necessary IP clauses included into the contractual agreement.

- Enforcing IP contractual clauses when working with 3rd party for Product development.

-Maintaining all legal documents.

Search & Analytics

- To evaluate Various Patent Searches (Novelty/Patentability/Invalidity/Infringement/FTO/Landscape) i.e. To work closely with various search firms and evaluate quality and timely delivery of search reports.

- Drafting & Prosecution

- To work with various law firms on

- Draft Patent applications

- Reviewing drafted patent applications

- Draft Office action response

- Reviewing drafted office action response

- To review draft guidelines with various law firms on timely manner.

- IP Recogniziations

- To work with communications team and send out monthly IP newsletters highlighting the inventors.

- To share IP stats across various departments on the monthly progress of various engineering teams.

- To work with CEO office on concluding yearly IP awards ceremony.

- Docketing & Billing Support & Audit support

- To maintain & docket all IP activities fortnight basis

- To manage & clear bills of outside counsels timely.

- To support various R&D audits on IP matters.