Director, Licensing Support Patents

About InterDigital

InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud-based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today’s most advanced Wi-Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq.

InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.

For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.

Summary

InterDigital is currently seeking to hire a patent attorney, for a director role, with extensive video compression expertise to join its Licensing Support team with a focus on video codecs such as H.265, H.266, AV1, AV2 and VP9. The successful candidate will be part of a cross-functional international team central to InterDigital’s patent licensing businesses. In particular, they will represent InterDigital in patent technical discussions with prospective licensees, provide technical support in Litigation activities, collaborate with other Licensing Support team members to create licensing materials, coordinate with the licensing negotiation team on patent licensing strategies, and provide patent-specific guidance to the enforcement team. In addition, the successful candidate will collaborate with patent portfolio managers, patent prosecution teams and other internal stakeholders to identify and develop patents and corresponding technical materials for licensing purposes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Significant participation in licensing and litigation patent assertion projects for video services and streaming, handsets and tablets, and consumer electronics (CE) devices including leading and/or participating in patent technical discussions

• Review and/or develop patent claim charts and technical presentations for licensing use, primarily based upon video codec standards and/or video codec specifications

• Collaboration with licensing support technical leads and infringement analysis engineers to develop customer-specific licensing materials

• Develop patent assertion strategies in collaboration with the license negotiation team

• Work with patent portfolio managers and prosecution teams to enhance InterDigital’s video codec patent portfolio, including participation in ad hoc patent review projects

• Assist the patent enforcement team with identification, evaluation and technical understanding of selected patents

• Remain current with case law and legal issues related to patent licensing

• Participate in patent acquisition evaluations as needed

Qualifications

• Expert in video compression technologies

• US/EP patent attorney

• Extensive experience in presenting and defending patent claim charts in licensing negotiations

• Extensive experience in development and review of claim charts and technical evidence supporting licensing negotiations and patent litigation

• Strong overall understanding of licensing-focused patent prosecution and/or portfolio development

• Strong collaboration skills and proven ability to work in a cross-functional team

• Diligent, self-driven and highly organized

• Ability to effectively prioritize and work on multiple projects

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Some (10%) domestic and international travel may be required

Location: Open to one of InterDigital's current Europe locations

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