Senior Counsel, Trademark & Copyright - US Remote

Career Category:
Law/Legal

Job Description:

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller, happier lives.

Our award‑winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this critical role you will be responsible for the day‑to‑day execution and management of Amgen’s global trademark strategy and portfolio for Amgen’s therapeutic products and product candidates, copyright, domain names, and social media handles. Your expertise in navigating the growing impact of artificial intelligence on the practice of trademark and copyright law will position you well to advise our scientific and commercial teams executing at the cutting edge of science and technology.

You will work individually, in legal teams, and on cross‑functional R&D and business teams across various geographies.

This Senior Counsel position can be remotely located, or work from one of these Amgen locations:
Thousand Oaks, CA;
Cambridge, MA; or South San Francisco, CA.

• Manage Amgen’s global trademark portfolio, including clearance, prosecution, enforcement, opposition actions, and maintenance.
• Perform US and ex‑US trademark searches, including online searching; analyze third‑party goods, services, trademarks and service marks and provide legal advice relating thereto.
• Provide legal advice and counsel to cross‑functional R&D, marketing, publication, communication teams, and regional legal colleagues on a variety of trademark and copyright‑related matters.
• Manage naming agencies and vendors, oversee trademark naming process and social media handle registration.
• Advise on copyright issues, including licensing, enforcement, and content use.
• Provide guidance on the use of AI‑generated content.
• Manage and engage in online enforcement against unauthorized use of Amgen’s trademarks, including working with service providers and online platforms and initiating Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and civil actions as appropriate.
• Design, implement and oversee domain name strategy.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

• J.D. degree or LL.M. degree from an accredited law school, admission to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction; and
• Four plus (4+) years of experience practicing trademark and copyright law.

• Ten (10) or more years of experience practicing trademark and copyright law;
• Experience in all aspects of U.S. and foreign trademark prosecution and enforcement in the field of biotechnology at a law firm or biotechnology/pharmaceutical corporation;
• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, or a related scientific field;
• Experience in all aspects of copyright law, including licensing and AI‑generated content issues, and social media asset generation and management;
• Excellent analytic, legal drafting and oral and written communication skills;
• Strong management and leadership skills as well as a strong client service focus and the ability to work independently and in teams;
• Ability to think creatively and devise practical solutions to challenging problems;
• Ability to work efficiently, to prioritize workflow, to meet demanding deadlines, and to…