Solstice Advanced Materials · 1 week ago
Assistant General Counsel - Intellectual Property
Morris Plains, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$211K/yr - $264K/yr
10+ years expSolstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. As an Assistant General Counsel - Intellectual Property, you will significantly impact the company's intellectual property strategy and protection, providing legal counsel on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets to ensure Solstice's IP rights are enforced and maintained.
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Responsibilities
Provide IP support to the RAS and ESM businesses within Solstice
Develop, implement business specific IP strategies
Hands-on management of patent acquisition process and portfolio consistent with IP strategy
Ensure compliance with trade secret security programs; augment as required
Product clearance (FTP)
Lead/support (as applicable) transactions involving IP rights including M&A, commercial contracts, JDAs, licensing
Proactively monitor industries to identify, assess, abate infringement
Litigation related work in support of IP strategy – affirmative, defensive (opposition, IPR, court actions)
Client education and advice
Management of outside counsel (including patent preparation & prosecution/spend)
Advise on copyright and trademark issues; partner with outside counsel and the business to identify and clear trademarks and tradenames, and prosecute trademark applications globally
Assist with the management of patent operations for Solstice
Develop the annual operating plans (budgets) for IP and manage performance to that plan
Maintain quality, cycle times and economy for all aspects of patent acquisition and portfolio maintenance
Ensure compliance with all Solstice IP procedures/policy including freedom to practice, new product introductions, enforcement, licensing and IP transactional matters, third party submissions, publication clearance among other, virtual patent marking
Perform one-over-one review for critical FTP and other matters as requested
Identify quality and efficiency opportunities for the function, recommend & implement appropriate plans including for use of AI
Qualification
Required
At least 10 years of substantive experience in intellectual property matters
JD from an accredited law school
Self-starter with a strong bias for action and ability to drive projects to a close
Good business acumen
Ability to influence and lead at all levels in a multi-national matrix organization
Creative & Innovative
Good communicator
Preferred
Law firm and in-house experience preferred
Benefits
Employer-subsidized Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
401(k) match
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Accounts
EAP
Educational Assistance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave)
12 Paid Holidays
Company
Solstice Advanced Materials
Solstice Advanced Materials is a global leader in refrigerants, semiconductor materials, protective fibers, and healthcare packaging.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2025-10-30IPO
2025-09-16Debt Financing· $1B
Recent News
2025-12-09
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