Principal Intellectual Property Counsel

Job Title: Principal, Intellectual Property Counsel

Job ID: 41740

Job Location: (On Site) Melbourne, FL; Rochester, NY; Greenville, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Plano, TX; or Huntsville, AL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off 

Job Description:

The Intellectual Property Counsel (IP Counsel) at L3Harris is a legal specialist and a valued member of the L3Harris Office of the General Counsel. The IP Counsel is often relied upon for business as well as intellectual property decisions and is expected to know (or learn) a great deal about the L3Harris business.  This legal professional will act responsively, set priorities, exhibit strong leadership skills, exercise independent judgment, work well within a team, and utilize the highest professional standards.  This specialist counsel role is located at L3Harris Corporate headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, or at an L3Harris site in one of the following locations: Rochester, NY; Greenville, TX; or Salt Lake City, UT.

Essential Functions:

• Provide legal advice and guidance on government IP rights, data rights, FAR and DFARS, and doing business with the U.S. Government.
• Manage (within established budgets) the patent acquisition process, including selecting and managing outside counsel, disclosing inventions, conducting patentability investigations, managing the filing, prosecuting, issuing and maintenance of patent applications and patents, domestically and internationally in coordination with Corporate international resources.
• Assist the transfer of technology between L3Harris and other parties including providing leadership to the business team in drafting and negotiating technology licenses, and M&A and other transactional support.  
• Manage the trademark process at L3Harris, including the acquisition of trademarks, advising and training on mark selection and use, conducting right to use investigations, and filing, prosecuting, issuing and monitoring trademark applications and registrations.
• Enforce L3Harris’ intellectual property rights through investigation of competitors’ products, through negotiation of favorable intellectual property licenses or through litigation.
• Provide guidance in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other business ventures as it pertains to intellectual property.
• Manage third party claims alleging infringement by L3Harris’ products or services, including conducting and/or managing infringement and validity investigations, negotiating favorable intellectual property licenses, if warranted and necessary, and defending L3Harris in intellectual property litigation.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of L3Harris’ technology.
• Be responsive to customers and meet promised deadlines for rendering advice or preparing documents and be available when called on by management and staff.
• Proactively anticipate legal issues before they become problems by practicing preventive law and by early involvement.  Provide guidance and advice as it relates to respecting the IP rights of third parties.
• Provide training and written guidelines on the acquisition and preservation of intellectual property rights.
• Act as an enterprise focal for Open-source licensing reviews and approvals
• Support CISO in the enterprise cybersecurity and AI efforts, including reviewing and updating policies and procedures to ensure compliance with AI and Cybersecurity regulations, and managing cyber incident responses and outside counsel and vendors.
• Ability for travel when necessary up to 10%.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
• Juris Doctor Degree from an accredited law school and a current license to practice before a state bar is required.
• A minimum of 7 to 10+ years of legal experience in a similar in-house position or equivalent law firm experience.
• Admission to the United States Patent Bar.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Strong work ethic and demonstrated ability to manage a high-volume workload with minimal supervision.
• Excellent oral and written communications and interpersonal skills, have a solid, practical grasp of the legal areas mentioned, and the ability to work well within a team and to interact with all levels of management.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Membership to the Florida Bar is a plus.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C, Denver, or NYC areas is $153,000-$284,000. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, and Vermont is $133,000-$247,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.  

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