Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

• Health & Wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and Paid holidays

The scope and responsibilities of the position include providing global intellectual property (“IP”) services to Avery Dennison, including IP strategy, domestic and international IP procurement, enforcement, and clearance, business counseling, and transactional support. The position reports to the Global VP and Associate General Counsel, IP, and works closely with the company’s technology and innovation leadership teams, as well as Regional Directors of R&D, Marketing, and Procurement. This position will be based in Mentor, Ohio, USA; Pune, IN; Oegstgeest, NL; or Stuttgart, DE with hybrid work-from-home option available.

To be successful in your role of IP Counsel/Sr. IP Counsel, we need you to deliver on these responsibilities:

• Support global IP strategy that targets growth in key market segments and accelerates new product innovations in each key market around the world.
• Supervise IP litigation in all regions.
• Deliver highly skilled patent procurement services. Coordinate the drafting and filing patent applications (domestic, foreign and PCT applications), collaborating closely with inventors, internal IP lawyers, agents, staff, and foreign counsel to acquire the information needed to prepare and successfully prosecute patent applications.
• Provide a full spectrum of intellectual property legal services including: client counseling; technology development and licensing contracts; trade secret protection, and patent and trademark protection, surveillance, enforcement, licensing, and litigation.
• Conduct patent novelty, validity and right to market studies, patent and information searches, and analyzing and summarizing search results.
• Provide strategic mentorship as a business partner to R&D, Marketing, and Procurement by integrating legal advice with critical business strategies for product development, joint development efforts, and licensing matters.
• Provide IP related advice for M&A assessments and negotiations, joint ventures, and start-up investments.
• Collaboration skills to partner with colleagues in the global law department and global client teams.

Avery Dennison is a leader in innovation. Your experience should include the following:

• Demonstrated strength at collaboration in matrix organizations, especially in a global organization and across functions.
• Outstanding understanding of, and ability to take and manage, risk.
• Strong business sense, and ability to connect the law and legal strategies to business goals in way that guides clients to successful outcomes.
• Proven track record to lead and establish relationships at a distance.

Education and Credentials:

• A technical degree is required, preferably in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Engineering, particularly RFID, transponders, sensors, and printer systems, or in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Science or Engineering, particularly polymer chemistry.
• A law degree with excellent credentials, registration with the USPTO, and a member of the Bar in good standing is also required.

Required Experience:

• At least 10 years of patent law experience, including strong business counseling and strategy, IP-related transactions, patent drafting and prosecution, freedom to operate opinions, and patent litigation.
• Experienced with various types of transactions (M&A, JV, licensing, JDA, partnering agreements, negotiation experience with universities).
• Proven track record of effectively handling with sophisticated legal issues that have both legal and business ramifications.
• Strong communication skills, with demonstrated experience of collaboration and successfully engaging with global teams.
• Demonstrated excellence in client counseling.
• Highly qualified in technology relevant to Avery Dennison’s products, particularly RFID, transponders, sensors, and printer systems.

Preferred Experience:

• A strong solid understanding of and experience with PCT as well as European and China patent practice is highly preferable.
• Demonstrated experience with technologies relating to Avery Dennison’s products and markets is strongly preferred.
• Strong patent litigation experience is a significant plus.
• Experience with other IP such as trademarks and copyrights is useful.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. If you require accommodations to view or apply for a job, alternative methods are available to submit an application. Please contact (440)534-6000 or [email protected] to discuss reasonable accommodations.