How you’ll make an impact:

• You will provide preventive, proactive legal advice on intellectual-property issues, including trademark searches/clearances, internal and external open-source software policies, generative AI, use of social media, protection of innovations, and licensing.
• You will support the enforcement of Match Group’s existing IP portfolio by investigating ownership and host information for infringing sites, drafting and sending cease & desist letters, negotiating coexistence agreements and settlements, filing UDRP petitions, drafting pre-opposition demand letters, and managing various enforcement matters including litigation and board proceedings.
• You will help document and protect Match Group’s new innovations and manage outside counsel prosecuting new domestic and international patents on behalf of Match Group brands.
• You will create and revise internal policies and guidelines for other lawyers working on IP matters.
• You will work day-to-day with in-house brand attorneys on contracts, promotions, and product and marketing matters, and you will work closely with internal business clients to provide training and advice.

We could be a match if:

• You have a J.D. degree and membership in good standing in at least one state bar (Texas preferred).
• You have at least 7 years of experience in intellectual-property law with a top law firm and/or in-house legal department experience and handling and managing both prosecution and contentious matters.
• You have experience with domestic and international patent prosecution and enforcement.
• You have experience enforcing trademarks, copyrights, and patents in litigation and pre-litigation, including researching infringement and infringers, drafting cease & desist letters, negotiating settlements, filing UDRP petitions, and handling inter-partes and ex-parte board proceedings.
• You have excellent writing and editing skills, and are comfortable drafting and revising letters, briefs, and discovery.
• You are an effective communicator, with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clients, coworkers, and colleagues.
• You have the ability to work autonomously, issue spot, and provide incisive and pragmatic advice.  You are an outside-the-box, strategic thinker.
• You have excellent problem-solving skills and can manage a project from beginning to end.
• You exercise good judgment and a high level of professional integrity.
• You possess the leadership acumen and credibility to inspire confidence among business clients in a high growth business.

What’s the team like?

• Our team is highly collaborative, and you will work with cross-functional teams to inspire confidence among business clients in a high-growth business with an approachable, friendly, and patient demeanor.
• Successful individuals on this team have impeccable attention to detail, strong sense of ownership & accountability, and can manage competing expectations, prioritize effectively, and deliver high-quality, error-free work in a fast-paced environment.