Manager IPR

The position will support the Product development and technology development team to ensure creation, maintenance and defense of a strong IP position, protection of know-how and risk management by understanding infringements and conducting appropriate searches. In-house IP team development for GFL and making IPR work more efficient, time saving and more qualitative IP output, for assisting in IPR activities.

Protection of IP:

• Ensure protection and defence of intellectual property including Know- How
• Harvest and evaluate invention disclosures, initiate novelty searches and support analysis of data
• Ensure registration, enforcement, maintenance and defence of trademarks
• Draft patent application and prosecution thereof
• Defend IP rights attack from 3rd parties
• Assist in review of patents and trademarks
• Identifying IP infringements and enforcing patents and trademarks
• Conduct patent Landscaping and freedom – to – operate evaluation pertaining to company product portfolio. Conduct patentability searches, literature search, IP analysis
• Ensure proper IP risk management to enable product launches – Patentability assessment, patent drafting, filing, and online PCT filing.
• Define and take countermeasures vs. competitors IP and intelligence
• FTO analysis, opposition/Invalidation actions, joint development, IP Due Diligence etc.
• Evaluate IP concerns at early-stage product selecting, key blocking patents by innovator, market exclusivity studies (SPC, NCE)

Scientific Information Management, Patent Filing and IP Awareness

• Support with respect to all search requests including patent information.
• Drafting, filing and prosecution of Patents in different jurisdictions worldwide
• IP Counselling to R&D teams, prior art searches, infringement, white space and patentability analysis.
• Use database to retrieve external information relevant to the Company
• Keep all stakeholders updated of major IP legal developments
• Perform IP awareness training for R and D and technology team
• Understanding of US, EP, PCT, CN, IN Patent Laws and Procedures
• Literature searches using various databases using Data Mining Tools

Protection of IP Assets

• Ensure protection and defence of intellectual property including Know- How
• Harvest and evaluate invention disclosures, initiate novelty searches and support analysis of data
• Ensure registration, enforcement, maintenance and defence of trademarks
• Draft patent application and prosecution thereof. Defend IPR rights attack from 3rd parties
• Draft IP agreements. Assist in review of patents and trademarks
• Identifying IP infringements and enforcing patents and trademarks

Educational Qualifications

M.sc Organic Chemistry

Preferred Qualification -

Ph.D Organic Chemsitry

Relevant and total experience

Total Number of experience required -

At least 8 years in the IPR Industry (working exp. With Chemical or Pharma or Agrochemical industries.) Preference to candidates with background of EV/Hydrogen/Solar/ fluorospeciality/ fluorochemicals/ Polymers Chemistry/ Organic Chemistry