Formlabs

Formlabs

Senior Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property

Somerville, MA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$225kDetected 19 days ago
Intellectual PropertyEmployment Law

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Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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About the role

  • We're a team of hands-on builders, engineers, and innovators reinventing how the world makes physical things.
  • We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
  • Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply.

Responsibilities

  • Own patent portfolio value, not just volume: build the metrics and criteria that determine what Formlabs patents, maintains, or cuts, and track cost against actual competitive value.
  • Run freedom-to-operate (FTO) analyses, patentability assessments, and portfolio risk reviews to keep Formlabs building on solid ground.
  • Partner directly with R&D to catch patentable inventions early, before they're buried in a lab notebook.
  • Manage outside counsel across prosecution, opinions, and any disputes, keeping cost and quality in check.
  • Support IP litigation, opposition proceedings, and enforcement when they come up.
  • Pick up other generalist legal matters as they surface, from trade compliance to general litigation support, so the legal team can work collaboratively and best support any area of the business that needs our help.
  • This role owns strategy for our patent portfolio by building the metrics to inform a global strategy.
  • You'll work closely with R&D and inventors who create new technologies to guide our future growth.

Requirements

  • You thrive in an "every day is different" environment, and you enjoy the challenge of figuring out novel problems as they arise.

Nice to have

  • J.D. and admission to at least one state bar, plus registration to practice before the USPTO (patent bar).
  • Undergraduate degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field.
  • You need to be able to read a claim chart and the underlying spec without a translator.
  • Deep expertise in U.S. patent law, plus working knowledge of major international patent systems
  • experience with trademark and trade secret law.
  • A track record in patent drafting, prosecution, and portfolio management, ideally where you can point to real decisions you made about what to file and what not to file.

Skills

  • In-house legal experience at a hardware or hard-tech company.
  • Experience with Chinese manufacturing operations.
  • Experience with matters before the EPO and CNIPA.
  • Experience with global copyright law, commercial transactions, and licensing agreements.
  • Our Benefits &
  • Your Impact:

Compensation

  • You'll have the opportunity to share financially in the value we create together, with a shared incentive to build a business that succeeds over the long term.
  • Equity will be a significant portion of your total compensation, and will increase over time in proportion to your impact.
  • The base pay will be determined by your skills, qualifications, experience, location, and expected impact on the organization.
  • The hourly base pay range for this role is:
  • $150,000 - $225,000 USD

Benefits

  • Robust equity program to build future wealth through RSUs
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)
  • Generous paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)
  • Tenure-based paid Sabbatical Leave (up to 6 weeks)
  • Flexible Out of Office Plan - Take time when you need it
  • Ample on-site parking & pre-tax commuter benefits

Equal opportunity

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Many opt-in culture events across our diverse community
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