Career Category

Law/Legal

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Senior Counsel - Intellectual Property Litigation

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will have direct involvement and shared responsibility in all aspects of U.S. and international patent disputes, in both judicial and administrative tribunals, from initial issue identification through resolution.

Working in partnership with outside counsel and other in-house attorneys and staff, the Senior Counsel will develop and drive case strategies as an active team member, including all infringement, validity, and enforceability positions. In addition, the Senior Counsel will have hands-on involvement in such things as witness interviews, discovery (production, support and/or conduct of depositions, drafting of discovery responses), motion and brief drafting, trial preparation (including witness selection and preparation, selection of trial exhibits, drafting of jury instructions, etc.), and participation at trial and on appeal.

In addition to litigating patent issues, the Senior Counsel will also be responsible for developing and counseling others on intellectual property strategies associated with Amgen’s business and research endeavors.

15% – 20% domestic and global travel anticipated.

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The driven professional we seek is a savvy and experienced intellectual property litigator with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

J.D. degree OR LL.M. degree from an accredited law school, admission to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction, and four (4) years of experience practicing Intellectual Property law

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in the sciences and a working understanding of molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, cellular biology, protein chemistry or the like
• Seven (7) years of experience litigating U.S. patent disputes in federal and/or administrative courts, 4+ years of which involved biotechnology-related matters
• USPTO registration
• Trial experience (bench or jury)
• U.S. biosimilar litigation experience
• Demonstrated management and leadership skills (including law firm or corporate experience having managed others) combined with a strong client service focus
• Excellent analytic, legal drafting, and oral and written communication skills
• Some exposure to foreign adversarial proceedings (patent or SPC enforcement proceedings, nullity actions, PMNOC proceedings, oppositions, biosimilar litigation, etc.)
• Ability to work independently and in teams, work efficiently, prioritize workflow, meet demanding deadlines, and manage multi-dimensional projects

While proximity to AMGEN'S Thousand Oaks Headquarters is HIGHLY desired , proximity to AMGEN'S offices in South San Francisco, CA ; Cambridge, MA; OR Washington, D.C. are options

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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Amgen will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.