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SENIOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COUNSEL

Overview: The Senior Intellectual Property Counsel will oversee a wide variety of worldwide intellectual property matters for Spectrum Brands. Reporting to Spectrum Brands’ Senior Vice President, General Counsel, this role will be responsible for developing a comprehensive strategy to manage, maintain and enforce Spectrum Brands’ Intellectual Property, including the trademark and patent portfolios, while handling a variety of intellectual property issues including litigation matters, particularly intellectual property infringement claims

Company: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., a NYSE-listed company with net sales of $3.8B in fiscal year 2019, is a leading supplier of residential locksets, residential builders’ hardware, plumbing, shaving and grooming products, personal care products, small household appliances, specialty pet supplies, lawn and garden and home pest control products, and personal insect repellents. Helping to meet the needs of consumers worldwide, Spectrum Brands offers a broad portfolio of market-leading, well-known and widely-trusted brands, including Kwikset®, Weiser®, Baldwin®, National Hardware®, Pfister®, Remington®, George Foreman®, Russell Hobbs®, Black+Decker®, Tetra®, Marineland®, Nature’s Miracle®, Dingo®, 8-in-1®, FURminator®, IAMS® and Eukanuba® (Europe only), Digest-eeze™, Healthy-Hide®, Littermaid®, Spectracide®, Cutter®, Repel®, Hot Shot®, Black Flag® and Liquid Fence®. For more information, please visit www.spectrumbrands.com
 

Experience: The successful candidate will have a minimum ten (10) years of intellectual property experience, with a particular focus on managing a diverse IP portfolio, brand protection and driving efficiencies in an IP department (among other areas). This position requires top law firm training; prior in-house experience is also preferred.
 

Compensation: Competitive and commensurate with experience.
 

Relocation: Yes, this is a national search.