IP Counsel

HP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 116,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term/short term disability

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off

Parental leave

11 paid holidays

Job summary

HP is seeking an IP counsel to join its global IP team. The role provides strategic guidance on trademark portfolio decisions, IP transactions, and risk assessment across business units.

The attorney will partner with marketing, the CO organization, and cross‑functional legal teams to safeguard HP’s brand and innovations. The successful candidate will manage filings and disputes, advise on advertising matters, and help drive enforcement and licensing strategies worldwide while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Licensed attorney with meaningful trademark experience.
• Typically 4–7 years of IP experience, preferably including global business support.
• Strong understanding of global trademark and copyright law and portfolio management.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage global trademark filings and prosecution.
• Support trademark and copyright disputes, including enforcement actions.
• Advise stakeholders on trademark, marketing, and advertising matters.
• Handle IP transactions including licensing, settlements, and collaborations.
• Coordinate with colleagues on IP ownership, confidentiality, and related issues.
• Oversee outside counsel and evaluate performance and alignment with strategy.

Skills

Trademark experience

Collaboration

Communication

Risk assessment

Job description

IP Counsel Description - Job Summary

HP is seeking an IP attorney to join its global IP team. This role will provide legal advice and strategic counsel on intellectual property matters, identify and assess legal risks, and partner with marketing, business, CO organization stakeholders, and cross-functional legal teams. The successful candidate will bring strong experience in trademark portfolio strategy and management, IP-related transactions and negotiations, and operational excellence. The role requires independent judgement, effective collaboration, and the ability to support matters that involve multiple teams and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage global trademark filings and prosecution
• Manage and support trademark/copyright disputes, including oppositions, enforcement litigations, domain name disputes, online takedown actions, and proactive protection of trademarks and copyrights
• Advise business stakeholders on trademark, marketing, and advertising matters, including strategic recommendations and risk assessments.
• Manage and support IP transactional matters, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating licensing, settlement, evaluation, and collaboration agreements.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on IP-related issues and partner with legal colleagues on matters involving license scope, fields of use, exclusivity, prosecution and enforcement rights, confidentiality, indemnification, ownership, and commercialization rights.
• Manage outside counsel and help assess performance, quality, efficiency, and alignment with legal and business strategy.

Specialty Leadership

Identify, analyze, and resolve complex IP legal issues using sound judgment and creative problem-solving.

Lead or contribute to projects involving multiple stakeholders, providing clear written analysis and practical recommendations.

Stay current on relevant developments through workshops, seminars, and training, and share specialty knowledge with colleagues.

Contribute to the management of litigation, disputes, and enforcement-related matters.

Required Qualifications

• Licensed attorney with meaningful trademark experience.
• Typically 4-7 years of relevant legal experience in IP, preferably including support for global businesses.
• Strong understanding of global trademark and copyright law, global portfolio management, IP ownership, and related risk mitigation.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior in-house experience at a global company, or law firm experience advising global companies.
• Experience supporting IP-sensitive transactions involving customers, suppliers, partners, competitors, or government-funded projects.
• Experience with marketing, advertising, copyright, enforcement, domain name, or online brand-protection matters.

Impact and Scope

Supports matters that affect multiple teams and may lead or coordinate project activities.

Works on complex issues requiring analysis of facts, legal risk, business context, and stakeholder interests.

Contributes to operational and strategic plans through clear advice, effective legal processes, and professional work product.

The pay range for this role is $116,150 to $182,400 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only).

Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Disclaimer • This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

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