Job Details

Join the Uber Intellectual Property Team as a dedicated counsel with deep patent experience to support Uber's worldwide intellectual property needs.

What You'll Do

• Develop Uber's patent portfolio, managing and working closely with outside patent counsel and members of Uber's IP Team.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to identify and harvest inventions in various technology areas.
• Support IP aspects of M&A, litigation, pre‑litigation IP disputes, employment, compliance, and open source activities.
• Negotiate, draft, and review agreements involving technology and intellectual property matters, including patent transfer/license agreements and other complex IP transactions.
• Assist in the development of analytics tools and models to inform Uber's patent portfolio strategy, evaluate patent risk, and identify prior art.
• Represent Uber in external IP organizations and events.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years of legal experience in private practice and/or in‑house, including at least one year of experience at Uber.
• J.D. and license to practice law in at least one U.S. state.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to operate in a fast‑paced environment and take ownership of projects from inception to completion, including a commitment to collaborate and deliver for others and a desire to innovate in the practice of IP.
• Experience handling a range of IP matters, including patent prosecution, IP transactions and licensing, open source, patent litigation, pre‑litigation IP disputes, trade secrets, and copyrights.
• Broad patent prosecution experience; patent licensing or patent litigation experience a plus.
• Patent Attorney registered with the USPTO.
• Excellent business judgment and high comfort level advising senior leaders on a wide range of legal issues related to technology and/or software platforms.
• Strong interpersonal skills and highly collaborative with both business leaders and legal groups, with strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility, and partner across functions to build consensus.
• Inquisitiveness, along with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of a matter, and articulate plans to address them.
• Embody the highest standards of integrity, ethics and accountability.
• Enthusiasm about Uber and our mission!

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$208,000 per year – USD$231,000 per year. You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of compensation. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link:

Seniority level: Not Applicable.

Employment type: Full‑time.

Job function: Legal.