Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!

Responsibilities:

• Providing patent attorney support and advice to business units and inventors on all matters related to intellectual property
• Proactively contributing to the development and implementation of IP strategies for the business groups
• Providing patent attorney support for development projects and assisting in securing intellectual property protection for the results
• Conducting and developing IP training programs
• Responsibility for drafting and filing patents, utility models, trademarks, and designs, and managing the grant/registration procedures both domestically and internationally
• Responsibility for enforcing and defending the company’s own intellectual property rights and challenging third-party intellectual property rights both domestically and internationally
• Supporting business units with Freedom-To-Operate analyses both domestically and internationally
• Collaborating on the drafting of IP provisions in contracts as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Conducting IP Due Diligence as part of interdisciplinary and global teams

Qualifications:

• A successfully completed degree in mechanical engineering, process engineering, physics, or electrical engineering, or a comparable qualification
• Admission as a European Patent Attorney and/or German Patent Attorney
• Preferably several years of professional experience at a patent law firm or in the patent department of an industrial company
• Excellent communication skills for clearly explaining complex legal issues
• Strong ability to work in a team, independent and efficient work style, high attention to detail, strong sense of responsibility, flexibility, ability to work under pressure, and initiative
• Proficiency in using IP management software
• Business-level proficiency in German and fluency in English

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The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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