Patent Attorney
Requirements
Applicants must be qualified or part-qualified UK and/or European Patent Attorneys; a mechanical, electrical, or chemical background is preferred, but candidates from any background are welcome. They should work collaboratively, communicate IP matters clearly to non-specialists, take ownership proactively, and adapt to a fast-paced environment.
Job Description
Dyson is a global technology company with a unique philosophy - to solve problems that others ignore. It transforms every category it enters with radical and iconic re-inventions that work, perform and look very different. Today, Dyson offers products across a wide range of areas, including audio, floorcare, air purification, robotics, haircare (including formulations), lighting and hand drying. But it doesn’t stop there; Dyson continues to expand into new areas.
IP is vital to Dyson as it underpins the company’s commitment to innovation and competitive advantage. By protecting Dyson’s innovation and product design, IP ensures that Dyson’s significant investment in research and development is safeguarded from imitation and misuse. This protection enables Dyson to maintain its leadership in cutting-edge products, supports market growth, and fosters consumer trust in the originality and quality of Dyson products.
About The Role
We have new roles within the IP department. Working closely with Research, Design and Development (RDD), you’ll be responsible for managing IP risks and opportunities, and for delivering strategic value and legal advice. You’ll be heavily involved in supporting exciting new technologies and products, which span a diverse range of categories.
Advising the business on a wide range of IP issues, your key responsibilities will include:
- Identifying and managing IP risks and opportunities associated with new projects and technologies.
- Advising the business on potential IP risks through analysing freedom-to-operate searches and challenging the validity of third-party rights.
- Engaging with outside counsel to support patent drafting activities.
- Prosecuting patent applications globally, to deliver strategically relevant patents in a cost-effective manner.
- Supporting the Litigation team with IP disputes and enforcement, including reviewing competitor products.
About You
- You’ll be a qualified or part-qualified UK and/or European Patent Attorney.
- Ideally, you’ll have a mechanical, electrical or chemical background. However, we welcome applications from all candidates irrespective of background.
- You’ll be comfortable working collaboratively, with the ability to communicate IP matters to non-IP people in a clear and concise manner.
- You’ll also be proactive, demonstrating a willingness to own and develop areas of responsibility and be able to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
Financial Benefits
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Bonus or commission depending on role
- 27 days of holiday (Buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave)
- Free lunch, hot drinks and fruit on-site
- Free on-site gym (Malmesbury)
- Free on-site hair salon (Malmesbury)
- Dyson discount codes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle scheme
- Free Dyson bus from Bristol, Bath, Chippenham and Swindon
- GymFlex and My Active discounts
- Private medical insurance for all employees
- Private dental insurance (level dependant)
- Optical plan
- Free on-site GP, physiotherapists and mental health professionals (Malmesbury)
- Digital GP and prescription service
- Assisted fertility support
- Peppy app: fertility, birth and menopause support
- Employee Assistance Programme
Education
Skills
About Dyson
Dyson solves real-world problems and creates better products through the application of engineering, science, design and creativity. It is a family-owned, global technology company, founded by Sir James Dyson who remains at the helm alongside his son Jake. Since inventing the first cyclonic bagless vacuum cleaner, the DC01, Dyson has consistently invested in research and development to improve its products and technologies radically. Dyson offers products across a growing range of areas: floorcare, air purification, robotics, haircare including formulations, lighting, hand drying, and most recently audio. Dyson continues to expand into new areas. Today, Dyson sells products in more than 80 markets, has 450 Dyson stores worldwide and is available in all major technology and beauty retailers. Dyson has global headquarters in Singapore and major technology campuses in Singapore, the UK, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Its global team of engineers, scientists and software developers are focused on developing technology-enabled products which work better and which people love to use. Key areas of focus have included high-speed electric digital motors, sensing and vision systems, robotics, machine learning and aerodynamics. Beyond products, to encourage an inventive future, Dyson is also inspiring the next generation of engineers and inventors through the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, the James Dyson Foundation and the James Dyson Award. The Dyson family applies its problem-solving approach in other fields, and established Dyson Farming in 2012. It is one of the largest farming businesses in the UK, extending to 36,000 acres across Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset. It is a family-owned enterprise unlike any other, focussed on long-term investment in British farming and the countryside to grow tasty and nutritious food.
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