Intellectual Property Counsel

Palantir's in-house legal team works to proactively address legal issues so that Palantir can continue to drive positive impact in the world. As an Intellectual Property Counsel, you'll be the legal backbone of Palantir's intellectual property strategy across all domains: patents, trademark, copyright, and trade secret.

You'll have the opportunity to work on a wide array of intellectual property matters, including patent harvesting, portfolio development, and landscaping, trademark strategy and management, licensing and partnership agreements, open source strategy and compliance, product development issues, and strategic advice for product and business teams.

Our ideal candidate has strong technical and interpersonal skills, meaning you are comfortable working with a variety of stakeholders from software developers and internal business teams, to third parties. You're able to maintain focus on the details and can take on novel, complex issues as they arise, whilst also holding the ownership and sense of responsibility needed to bring large and multi-stepped projects to completion.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert in and stay up-to-date with Palantir's state-of-the-art technology.
• Collaborate with our engineering teams to identify and protect innovative products and solutions.
• Use and help develop in-house patent tools built on Palantir’s leading AI platform.
• Develop and implement intellectual property strategies in response to evolving business needs, including harvesting and ensuring alignment of Palantir's patent and trademark portfolios with business priorities.
• Craft practical legal advice on a wide range of IP issues.

Requirements

• JD and 3+ years of intellectual property-related legal practice experience (in-house experience preferred).
• Experience with patent prosecution, open source compliance, product counseling, and managing outside counsel.
• Demonstrated interest in new software technologies and eagerness to dive into technical details.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multitask and balance competing priorities in a rapidly changing environment.

Benefits

While not explicitly listed, Palantir promotes health and well-being across all areas of employees' lives and offers various opportunities for growth and success.