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We’re looking for a highly motivated attorney with significant Intellectual Prooperty litigation and counseling experience to join our legal team. You will use your experience, expertise, and proactive approach to drive Reddit’s IP strategy, provide seasoned counsel, and make a big impact on Reddit’s rapidly-growing business.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage all aspects of Reddit’s IP litigation portfolio, from pre-litigation strategy through case resolution.
- Provide legal counsel on all IP matters, including IP prosecution, acquisition, licensing, litigation, and strategy.
- Collaborate with Reddit’s engineering, product, and legal teams, along with outside counsel, to mitigate IP risk, protect Reddit’s brand, business, and innovations, and build Reddit’s patent portfolio.
- Analyze inbound IP licensing and acquisition opportunities, and patent assertions.
- Provide strategic advice and support to Reddit’s product and commercial teams on IP-related issues.
- Make smart judgment calls, navigate risks, and creatively manage internal and external challenges on Reddit’s IP matters.
What We’re Looking For:
- You have 10+ years of experience practicing IP law, including significant IP litigation experience and time spent working in-house for a tech company.
- You have a strong understanding of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law.
- You want to handle a wide variety of IP matters and proactively collaborate with various teams across Reddit.
- You understand patent terminology, processes, requirements, and systems, have experience conducting prior art searches, and analyzing and interpreting patents and claim charts.
- You preferably have experience with: artificial intelligence and machine learning; web technologies; social products, technologies, and platforms; and/or the mobile space.
- You are nimble, fast moving, and an excellent communicator. You have the ability to creatively think outside the box, articulate technical concepts in an easy-to-understand manner, and adapt and prioritize, while maintaining a big-picture focus on Reddit’s mission and goals. You're used to negotiating and collaborating effectively and have the ability to build strong relationships. You’re accountable and own the work you do.
- You have a J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and are a member of at least one U.S. state bar.
- You love and use Reddit!
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k Match
- Family Planning Support
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
- Generous paid Parental Leave
- Paid Volunteer time off
Pay Transparency:
This job posting may span more than one career level.
In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.
The base pay range for this position is:
$266,000—$372,400 USD
Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].
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