Patent Counsel

At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin - and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.

Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live a culture of inclusion, respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.

**Your Tasks**:

- Independent and autonomous work in a manageable team of patent attorneys
- Business partner in all Intellectual Property (IP) relating matters and working in close cooperation with R&D
- Develop and pursue the patent strategy and generate an added value to the company by steering all patent activities
- Managing examination-, grant-, opposition
- and appeal proceedings before the IP patent offices worldwide
- Cooperation and advise with external lawyers, especially in the USA and China
- Enforce our own patents using legal actions
- Evaluating and monitoring third party rights, defending against them and preparing expert opinions
- Participation in the legal M&A-, contracts-, license
- and development agreements
- Taking care of employee invention matters

**Your Profile**:

- University degree in chemistry, pharmacy or biochemistry or similar area (PhD necessary)
- Strong interest in intellectual property rights (first professional experiences in patents are beneficial)
- Profound understanding of all technical questions related to R&D and product development
- Exact linguistic analysis and expressiveness in writing and verbally
- Willingness for Training as a patent assessor (M/F/x), European Patent Attorney and/or US patent agent
- Ability to present complex technical and legal issues in an understandable and convincing manner
- Working alone as well as in a team
- Communicative and proactive
- Fluent in German and Business English
- You have an eye for details and are a proactive team player. At the same time, you convince with your competent and confident demeanor.

**Additional information**:
If you have any questions, please contact our recruiter Nadine Lohmann every Tuesday between 11am and 12 am via the telephone number +494049092870.

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