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Legal Counsel, Patents

The Legal Team at Electronic Arts is seeking a lawyer to join us as Legal Counsel, Patents.

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.

Role overview:

At EA, we inspire the world to play. We are seeking an attorney with 3-5 years of experience to be a part of a team that protects our inventions and manages our patent risk. You will work directly with business partners, providing patent guidance on inventions, strategies and risks for video games. You will also work directly on drafting patent applications and representing EA with examiners. This position will report to Senior Counsel and will be based in Los Angeles, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Drafting high-quality patent applications and office action responses.
• Reviewing pending patent applications for value to EA and making prosecution, continuation, and abandonment decisions
• Driving EA's disclosure review process and making recommendations on invention candidates to tech executives
• Managing outside counsel that draft and prosecute EA’s patent applications
• Collaborating with and training engineers in invention mining sessions and patent education sessions
• Preparing guidance internally to Legal on protecting inventions and managing patent risk
• Providing patent support for licensing, litigation, M&A, or other matters

Qualifications:

• A B.S. degree and/or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or Information/Computer Science.
• Working knowledge of software development concepts and related technical issues. Experience with game engines, AI or machine learning a plus.
• J.D. and a member in good standing with the State Bar of California.
• Admission to practice before the USPTO
• 3-5 years of experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications, including conducting examiner interviews
• Preference for candidate having personally drafted 40+ patent applications
• Flexibility and willingness to work on a broad variety of legal matters.
• Must be a team player, who seeks practical and creative solutions in a collaborative way.

Process:

If you’re interested in this opportunity, we’d like to learn a little more about you. Please send us your resume, cover letter, a published patent application and a published office action response.

EA is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status or veteran status. We will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.