The opportunity
At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.
What you'll do
Own the patent portfolio end to end for the company: invention harvesting, invention disclosure meetings, portfolio mining, and directing patent application preparation and prosecution by outside patent counsel.
Drive patent strategy and drive filing, continuation, and abandonment: decisions based on technical merit, competitive landscape, and cost, and own portfolio health and reporting against product roadmaps.
Counsel and collaborate with engineering on open source license review and: approval for inbound and outbound open source, including license compatibility and compliance risk.
Review papers, blog posts, conference talks, and other public technical: disclosures for IP and confidentiality risk and relevant counseling.
Provide broad-based strategic and portfolio advice as well as counseling key: stakeholders in protecting and defending IP rights worldwide.
Support IP diligence for partnerships, M&A, and vendor relationships.
What they're looking for
- Train and educate product and engineering teams in intellectual property: matters, and build tools, policies, and processes that scale with the business.
- + years of patent prosecution experience in a relevant area; in-house patent: portfolio building/management experience a plus.
- Experience advising on open source license compliance.
- Must be a member of the Patent Bar and have substantial understanding of patent law outside of litigation.
