Intellectual Property Counsel

Main Purpose:

• Create globally and efficiently the IP prerequisites for specific User Experience (UX) technologies and products. 
• Follow the UX IP strategy to build and manage a strong patent portfolio, especially as new technologies and organizational changes arise.
• Ensure that R&D and products can operate freely without infringing on third-party IP rights.
• Work closely with UX R&D, Strategy, and the IP Practice Group to manage IP risks and explore opportunities.

Responsibilities: ​​​​

• Handle invention disclosures and draft patent applications, including preparing responses to office actions within a specific technical area of the UX portfolio. Support IP attorneys with filing and follow-up of applications.
• Provide IP counsel within a specific technical area of the UX portfolio.
• Defend IP rights in the BA UX field, aligned with the patent strategy for that technical area.
• Manage the IP portfolio by participating in regular patent committee meetings with UX R&D Strategy and IP UX experts.
• Support the IP BA UX head located in Germany at the headquater location  in Frankfurt am Main and UX R&D/ Strategy in defining national and international patent filing strategies, including cost-benefit and efficiency analysis, as well as M&A activities, contracts and RFQs.
• Implement processes and support BA UX to ensure technical compliance for IP for BA UX within a specific technical subfield within the general portofolio.
• Develop risk mitigation options (e.g., licensing, invalidation, design-around) and advise BA Management accordingly.
• Analyze third-party patent claims to assess potential risks. Develop and implement strategies to defend against third-party claims.
• Identify IP opportunities within the patent portfolio (e.g., licensing, selling, enforcement), including litigation.
• Assist the IP BA UX head and Legal team with IP-related litigation in the UX area.
• Conduct IP training sessions to share knowledge with the BA UX R&D/Strategy teams.
• Organize and lead invention workshops and support participating inventors.
• Calculate inventor remuneration regularly and handle related requests in the specific technical areas.
• Collect sales and usage data needed for inventor remuneration in the relevant fields.
• Guide inventors and help resolve remuneration-related conflicts, supporting the IP BA UX head in managing disputes.
• Prepare IP landscape analysises for the BA UX.
  
   

•  A university degree in engineering or natural sciences (e.g., Physics, Chemistry), with at least a Master's, Diploma, or an equivalent academic qualification.
• Similar experience compared to an European Patent Attorney 
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of intellectual property (IP), preferably with at least 5 years in an industrial or corporate setting.
• Excellent command English, both written and spoken is essential.

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Since its spin-off in September 2025 AUMOVIO continues the business of the former Continental group sector Automotive as an independent company. The technology and electronics company offers a wide-ranging portfolio that makes mobility safe, exciting, connected, and autonomous. This includes sensor solutions, displays, braking and comfort systems as well as comprehensive expertise in software, architecture platforms, and assistance systems for software-defined vehicles. In the fiscal year 2024 the business areas, which now belong to AUMOVIO, generated sales of 19.6 billion Euro. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and has about 87.000 employees in more than 100 locations worldwide.