Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation. We empower the world’s
most innovative companies to deliver transformational products to their
customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering
simulation software solutions, we help our customers solve the most complex
design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination. Whether
you are a software developer, product engineer, sales team member, or part of
our corporate team, at Ansys we know that by embracing what makes us each
unique, we become collectively better.
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Summary / Role Purpose**
As the Senior Legal Counsel - IP and Licensing in the Legal, IP and Risk
department (“LIR”) at Ansys, the candidate will be an experienced attorney
collaborating across the company, including with the product organization, the
office of the CTO, sales organization, and corporate development, to support
all aspects of IP protection, IP management, licensing, and other
transactions. This will include providing legal advice and counsel regarding
Ansys’ software, inventions, patents, open source software compliance,
trademarks, copyrights, licenses and other agreements. The Senior Legal
Counsel will work with the product development and product marketing teams to
draft and negotiate IP terms for various agreements such as software license
agreements, collaboration agreements, and cloud services agreements.
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Key Duties and Responsibilities**
* Advise the company on IP matters
* Support the company’s patent, trademark, and copyright protection strategies and portfolios; help manage patent and trademark prosecution
* Draft and negotiate IP and technology license terms of various agreements, including software license agreements, cloud and other types of services agreements, collaboration agreements, and strategic partnership agreements
* Advise the company on open source compliance matters
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Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience**
* JD degree
* A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience as an IP attorney
* Experience protecting inventions and managing patent prosecution in the software area
* Experience with drafting and negotiating various types of license agreements and other agreements, including software license agreements
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Preferred Qualifications and Skills**
* Experience with software products, protection and licensing
* Experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the software area
* Experience with open-source software compliance issues
* Experience working with software developers
* Experience with license compliance issues, including license breaches, copyright infringements, and software pirating
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ALIGNING YOUR VALUES TO OUR SOLUTIONS**
At Ansys, our diverse, collaborative teams give us the strength and insight to
solve the world’s most challenging engineering problems. Our ONE Ansys culture
has at its core:
* Customer Focus
* Results and Accountability
* Innovation
* Transparency and Integrity
* Mastery
* Inclusiveness
* Sense of Urgency
* Collaboration and Teamwork
**ENGINEERING YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS**
At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary
leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with
innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious
reputation in servicing well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys
are high – met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those
challenges head-on. At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery and the
collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission
accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with
strategic direction and results that have, can and do impact real people in
real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect,
autonomy and ethics.
At Ansys, you will find yourself among those eager to drive the world towards
the next best thing with hands planted firmly on the wheel. Our team is
passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology,
empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful,
innovative products faster and at lower cost. As a measure of our success in
attaining these goals, Ansys has been recognized as one of the world's most
innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg
Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to
have been recognized for the following awards: Bay Area Best Places to Work, a
Pillar World Awards Gold Winner, Fast Company Best Places to Work for
Innovators, a Gold Stevie Award for Great Employers, the FORTUNE Future 50, a
DCA Silver Winner, an R&D100 Finalist, a 20% by 2020 Women on Boards winner, a
2020 Pittsburgh Tech 50 – finalist, and America’s Most Responsible Companies.
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
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We are committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging where
everyone thrives as ONE Ansys team.**
Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran
status, and other protected characteristics.
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited
referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to
the agency, person, or entity.