Intellectual Property Specialist

Job Description

Rakuten Symphony has an exciting and excellent job opening for an Intellectual

Property Engineer / Intellectual Property Attorney specializing in the

telecommunication / standardization field. The IP Engineer would be located in Bengaluru.

As a member of Rakuten Symphony India (a key entity for the Rakuten Symphony Brand),

the Intellectual Property Engineer / Attorney would work closely with R&D leaders, IP team

members, and engineers in India, Singapore, Japan, and USA, along with other cross-

functional global Symphony teams to proactively protect our

telecommunication / cloud / software and standards related inventions, oversee the patent

preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance process, and provide required IP support

services.

Job Responsibilities :

1. Independently and proactively collaborating with engineering teams to extract

inventions, patentable matters and ensure comprehensive patent protection.

2. Understanding technical and legal aspects of the inventions and finding quality

patentable subject matter for patent filing.

3. Working as key member for all IP activities, particularly, patent activities (patent

preparation, patent filings, review of drafts and documents, patentability analysis,

claim strategy, prosecution, claim charts, portfolio management, freedom to operate

analysis).

4. Managing standard essential patent (SEP) portfolio and devising appropriate

strategies, in association with the standards delegates, to ensure efficient handling

of patent applications and their prosecution.

5. Coordinating with outside counsels and other stakeholders for patent filing and

prosecution related matters.

6. Supporting patent licensing projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives

while mitigating 3rd party risks and maximizing the value of the company’s

intellectual property portfolio.

7. Brainstorming with product leads and engineering teams on improving patent filing

activities and targeting key technology areas.

8. Proactively guiding the R&D teams and product teams on intellectual property

processes, working on increasing IP awareness and encouraging invention

submission activities within different groups.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

• Qualified Indian Patent Agent with 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in building

intellectual property portfolio / patent development (preferably in an in-house team or

law firm).

computer / IT / software engineering, or telecommunications engineering.

Exposure to 5G domain and SEP (O-RAN Alliance and / or 3GPP) is preferred.

in US and IN patent laws is preferred.

opportunities or infringement risks.

multiple priorities.

manage multiple stakeholders.