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Bluestone Innovations LLC (Bluestone) is seeking to hire in-house counsel with five (5) years of patent litigation experience. The ideal candidate for this position would have the experience, judgment and inter-personal skills necessary to work closely with retained outside counsel. The primary duties would include maintenance of multiple case dockets and to assist with management of each case within the overall litigation and enforcement strategy of the company

Qualifications:
A registered patent attorney with the U.S.P.T.O.
At least two years of either in-house or law firm experience.
Bachelors degree in science or engineering (preferably materials science)
Juris Doctorate with license to practice in Virginia

Responsibilities:
Preparation and review of claim charts.
Responding to infringement %26 invalidity contentions.
Drafting, review, and negotiation of patent licensing agreements
Direct management of litigation tasks with outside counsel.
Conduct corporate matters for the company as Assistant General Counsel.

Compensation:
Position is full-time with an annual salary range of $100,000 to $120,000. The employee benefits package includes family health and dental insurance.

Additional Info:Employer Type: Small CorporationJob Location: Reston, VirginiaBluestone is a Virginia-based patent licensing and enforcement companyholding patterned-sapphire high-brightness light emitting diode (LED)and laser diode patents (originally developed by Xerox-PARC).Thecompany has previously brought patent-infringement litigation againstmajor global LED manufacturers in Taiwan, China, Germany and Japan inlawsuits filed in Texas, Florida, and California.Bluestone was alsorecently identified by RPX Corp. as being among the most active ofsimilar non-practicing entities throughout the United States in 2011,and is about to initiate a new round of litigation against several largedefendants.Posted on January 25, 2012 at 04:14 PM in - US - MidAtlantic and South, Emp - Corporate (in-house), Tech - Any / Other, Tech - EE / CompSci, Tech - Mech / Aero, Work - Licensing / Other Corporate, Work - Patent Litigation, Work - Patent Prosecution