Balt

General Counsel

• Manage all aspects of Balt’s global intellectual property function
• Provide legal advice and counseling on patents, trademarks, and trade secrets
• Manage IP disputes, non-IP litigation, IP transactions, and IP due diligence
• Advise business and R&D executives and present actionable legal guidance to leaders
• Execute and lead global IP strategy and advise R&D, engineering, and operations
• Manage outside counsel, budgets, and strategic global patent and trademark portfolios
• Conduct patentability and freedom-to-operate assessments
• Manage the company’s trade secrets program
• Negotiate and draft patent and technology licenses, joint development agreements, research collaboration agreements, university licenses, and other IP agreements
• Support corporate development activities involving IP due diligence and licensing
• Monitor industry and technology areas through competitive surveillance
• Provide intellectual property training to employees

Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property