<p>1. Position: IPR Head for a Company in the Life Sciences Domain.</p><p>Location Hyderabad</p><p>Job Description and Profile: The Company is engaged in the manufacture of High end Medical Equipments for the Biotech Industry. This position requires the person to manage the IPR and regulatory affairs of the company; conduct patent searches and landscape analysis.</p><p>Key Responsibilities  Patent portfolio analysis and management.  Supervising cost effective searches by using paid database like STN, Scifinder etc and guiding team members for the same.  Preparing and reviewing “Freedom to Operate” (FTO) report.  Responsible for patent drafting strategies, including patentability criteria like Novelty, Inventive steps and Utility of the invention.  Reviewing search and examination report issued by different patent office and responding to the same.  Patent and non-patent literature search using Micropat, Delphion, USPTO, Esp,etc. for Freedom to operate, Patentability, validity etc.  Non patent literature search.  Interact with national and international IPR firms for filing Technology Landscape analysis  Patent prosecution, litigation support, patent opposition,  Patent infringement and claim analysis  Dealing patent issues both in regulated and semi-regulated markets.  Drafting Business Contracts & Agreements.  Looking after legal issues relating to Contracts & Agreements </p><p>Relevant Experience: 10-15 years, engineering background with a Law Degree is essential. Any BE and LLB/LLM with specialization in Intellectual Property Laws from premier National Law University. Post Graduate Diploma in Patent Law & Practice. Candidates from Engineering companies or medical device equipment companies or instruments manufacturing companies or high precision electronic device companies will be preferred</p><p>Indicative CT: 30 Lakhs/p.a</p><p>Interested candidates can please send in their C.Vs’ to ayshashaukat@gmail com.</p><p>2. An opening for a Trademark Lawyer in a Chennai based IP consultancy firm</p><p>Profile and Job Specification</p><p>There is an opening for a Trademark Lawyer in a Chennai based IP consultancy firm. The firm is situated in an up market location in the heart of Chennai, with congenial working environment, providing great opportunity to play a vital role in this boutique firm. “Legal 500” the world's leading guide to the legal profession lists the Patent and Trademark practices as one of the top 6 in India ( the only firm from South India in this list).The role will be very broad covering areas of Trademark Law(India &International) including prosecution, litigation and research; working within a small cohesive team and therefore, mental agility and the ability to think laterally while maintaining an eye for detail is a must.</p><p>An ideal candidate would be a law graduate with a minimum of four (4) years experience with law firms/companies in areas of trademarks and possess good academic credentials, excellent communication skills and should be a computer literate.</p><p>Salary will not be a constraint for the right candidate.</p><p>Interested candidates can please send in their C.Vs’ to ayshashaukat@gmail com. 3. Position: Patent Attorney in Leading IPR Boutique firm in Chennai</p><p>Leading IPR Boutique firm in Chennai is looking to recruit a Patent Attorney with about 4 years experience to head their in house legal team.</p><p>The ideal candidate would be someone who is a qualified patent agent with prior experience in patent drafting, patent landscaping, portfolio management etc.</p><p>Leadership qualities with ability to head the team is essential.</p><p>Interested candidates can please send in their C.Vs’ to ayshashaukat@gmail com.</p><p>Short listed candidates would be intimated and expected to make themselves available for an telecon interview and/or an in person interview</p>