Winston & Strawn LLP/Chicago, IL

Position Description:
Winston & Strawn LLP, an international law firm with nearly 1,000 attorneys among 16 offices, seeks a highly qualified junior to mid-level associate with law firm experience to join the intellectual property group of our litigation practice. The attorney would be resident in our New York office. The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate/graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, extensive industry experience, preferably in telecommunications or networking, and two to three years of experience at a large law firm litigating and prosecuting patents in the electronic arts. Ideal candidates will also be registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

In addition to excellent academic credentials and large law firm experience, the candidate should possess strong organization, writing, and analytical skills. We value collegiality and diversity among our lawyers and seek to make the practice both professionally and personally rewarding. New York bar membership is preferred. The firm will consider membership in good standing in another jurisdiction and will support the candidate in the admittance process in accordance with firm policy.

Practice Description:

Winston & Strawn's intellectual property practice provides services in every area of intellectual property law, including:

Strategic intellectual property counseling, audits, and due diligence.
Litigation of disputes concerning all types of intellectual property in federal courts throughout the United States and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and management of litigation before foreign courts.
Supervision of global intellectual property enforcement initiatives, including data privacy and security.
Risk assessment, portfolio management, and prosecution of applications for trademarks, copyrights, and patents.
Development, negotiation, and implementation of trademark, copyright, and patent licenses; product development deals; and outsourcing and consulting contracts.
Virtually all aspects of advertising, marketing, and promotions, including FTC review and counseling and sweepstakes counseling.
The strength of Winston & Strawn's intellectual property practice lies in the depth of our experience and the breadth of our resources, which includes more than 200 intellectual property attorneys in Chicago, Paris, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Houston, San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.

Our attorneys are uniquely qualified to multitask within the broad discipline of intellectual property law. During the course of any given day, it is not unusual for one of our attorneys to draft a motion for a temporary restraining order in a trademark infringement case; negotiate a Web site development agreement; counsel a client on the legality of its activities under copyright laws; and negotiate and evaluate key intellectual property aspects of a merger, acquisition, or IPO. On the patent side, our attorneys are busy handling industry-critical litigation; counseling clients with respect to the development and maintenance of patent portfolios, patent licensing, and related technology transfers; assisting with research and development projects; and providing patent portfolio review and due diligence.

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