Patent Counsel

About the Role CNH Industrial is seeking a Patent Counsel to manage and protect the intellectual property portfolio for assigned technologies and products. The role involves driving patent filings and prosecution, conducting infringement risk assessments, and monitoring competitors, while providing IP advisory support to product development and business teams. You will help safeguard the organization's IP interests through portfolio management, strategic IP guidance, and stakeholder training across a global organization. What You'll Do

• Manage global patent portfolio for assigned technologies and products.
• Carry out patent investigations, state of the art searches, freedom-to-operate studies, patent landscape studies and prepare patent opinions.
• Advise Product Development on patent infringement issues, design around options and patentability of proposed designs.
• Police an assigned portion of the patent portfolio of the division.
• Review products for patentable ideas.
• Review and evaluate invention disclosures.
• Draft and prosecute patent applications and represent the company before the India Patent Office.
• Review patents and patent activities of competitors, as well as monitor competitors' machines for possible infringements of the CNH Industrial patent portfolio.
• Coordinate appropriate action to remedy infringing activities by competitors or other third parties.
• Monitor company activities to prevent Intellectual Property infringement.
• Monitor outside counsel when required.
• Draft, review and negotiate IP related contracts, joint development agreements, licenses, supplier agreements, non-disclosure agreements, scholarship agreements, co-development with universities, field test agreements and Memoranda of Understanding.
• Provide IP training to CNH Industrial personnel. What We're Looking For
• Experience in managing patent portfolios, drafting and prosecuting patent applications, and providing IP risk assessment and advisory support to product development teams.
• Ability to monitor competitors and provide strategic IP guidance to cross-functional teams; experience with coordinating with outside counsel.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and training skills to support IP initiatives across a global organization. Nice to Have
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