Provides legal counsel on intellectual property strategy, including patent prosecution, portfolio development, trademark management, copyright, trade secrets, licensing, open source compliance, product counseling, and IP litigation support. Partners with engineering and business teams to identify and protect innovations, manages outside counsel, develops patent and trademark strategies, and advises on complex technology-related legal issues.
A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
Palantir's in-house legal team works to proactively address legal issues so that Palantir can continue to drive positive impact in the world. Our IP Counsel are the legal backbone of Palantir's intellectual property strategy across all domains: patents, trademark, copyright, and trade secret. In this role you'll become a go-to advisor on the protection of Palantir's cutting edge technology. 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. Although focused on intellectual property, as a member of the legal team you're excited to work on the broad range of projects that arise at a fast-paced, dynamic company.
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. Although focused on intellectual property, as a member of the legal team you're excited to work on the broad range of projects that arise at a fast-paced, dynamic company.
What You'll Do
- 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.
What We Value
- Prior experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems or related field.
- Familiarity with Large Language Models, programming languages, and/or software development practices.
- Prior experience/demonstrated interest in supporting IP litigation.
- Interest in prosecuting small number high-value patents filed at the USPTO using in-house AI automations built on the Palantir platform.
What We Required
- 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.
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the city and or country in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.
Please note that you will never be asked to submit a payment or share financial information to participate in our interview process. If you suspect that you've been contacted by a scammer, we recommend you cease all communication with the individual and consider reporting them to the relevant authorities, such as the US FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
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