Hybrid IP Legal Specialist

at Anthropic

• Job title: IP Legal Specialist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $220,000 - $285,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• IP Operations Specialist managing trademark, domain, and patent portfolios for AI company Anthropic. Joining legal team to enhance IP protection strategies and brand safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead Anthropic's online brand protection program, managing relationships with external vendors, reviewing, actioning, and tracking a heavy volume of infringements, and escalating enforcement matters to IP attorneys and outside counsel where appropriate
• Manage global trademark portfolio administration, including application filings, office action response coordination, and portfolio maintenance across multiple jurisdictions, in coordination with IP attorneys and outside counsel
• Support patent administration, including processing invention disclosures, coordinating patent application filings, gathering inventor signatures on assignments and other patent prosecution documents, managing annuity payments, and maintaining patent records
• Maintain and manage IP docketing systems, ensuring all IP assets are properly tracked and monitored
• Conduct preliminary trademark clearance searches to support new product launches, features, and brand initiatives
• Manage domain name portfolio, including new registrations, renewals, and transfers, and other domain-related initiatives
• Organize and maintain IP documentation and records to support due diligence activities and strategic initiatives

Requirements

• 10+ years of IP operations specialist experience with demonstrated deep expertise in both trademark and patent portfolio management
• Strong proficiency with IP management software systems (Symphony or similar platforms)
• Substantial experience with brand protection programs and enforcement activities, including online infringement monitoring and takedown coordination
• Proven track record of managing complex, multi-jurisdictional IP portfolios
• Extensive experience coordinating with and managing relationships with outside counsel firms and external vendors domestically and internationally
• Excellent organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and ability to juggle multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with attorneys, business teams, and external vendors at all levels
• Self-starter mentality with ability to work independently and proactively identify and solve problems
• A sense of humor

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible working hours
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Health insurance
• Optional equity donation matching