Counsel, Law​/Legal

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Full Time Orlando, FL, US

21 days ago Requisition

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Threat Locker® is a global cybersecurity leader that stops cyberattacks before they happen. The company’s Zero Trust Platform prevents breaches from both known and unknown threats by allowing only explicitly trusted software and activity across endpoints, networks, and cloud systems. Built to deploy quickly and scale across complex environments, the platform reduces operational overhead while keeping business running uninterrupted. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with offices in Dublin, Dubai, and Brisbane, Threat Locker protects over 70,000 organizations worldwide.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Threat Locker is seeking a Corporate Attorney – Intellectual Property & Employment Law to join our growing Legal team in Orlando, Florida. This role will have a balanced focus across intellectual property and employment matters and will work closely with leadership, internal counsel, Human Resources, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and other teams throughout the organization.

This is not a narrowly focused legal role.

We’relooking for an attorney who enjoys solving practical business problems, can move quickly in a fast-paced technology environment, and is comfortable taking ownership of matters frominitialanalysis through resolution.

JOB SCOPE

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• Advise the company on intellectual property matters involving trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, software, and other proprietary technology.
• Draft and prosecute U.S. and international patent applications, particularly in software as a service.
• Prepare and respond to Office Actionsandconduct examiner interviews to advance prosecution strategy.
• Perform prior art searches, patentability analyses, and freedom-to-operate (FTO) assessments.
• Draft claim charts and support invalidity and non-infringement analyses.
• Collaborate directly with engineers,marketing,and internal counsel toprotect products.
• Stay current on developments in software, AI, and emerging technologiesimpactingIP strategy.
• Assist with developing,maintaining, and protecting
  
  Threat
  
  Locker’sglobal intellectual property portfolio.
• Manage trademark clearance, applications, registrations, renewals, enforcement, and related matters in coordination with outside counsel where appropriate.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and leadership toidentifypotentially protectable inventions, technology, and other intellectual property.
• Review intellectual property provisions in commercial agreements, technology agreements, licenses, confidentiality agreements, and other contracts.
• Advise internal teamsregardingownership, licensing, use, and protection of software, content, data, branding, and other intellectual property.
• Assist with open-source software, third-party licensing, and related intellectual property compliance issues.
• Monitor and address potential infringement or unauthorized use ofThreat
  
  Locker intellectual property.
• Manage intellectual property disputes and coordinate with outside counsel when necessary.
• Help develop andmaintaininternal policies and procedures designed to protect confidential information, trade secrets, and other intellectual property.

EMPLOYMENT LAW

• Advise Human Resources and company leadership on federal, state, and local employment law matters.
• Provide practical legal guidanceregardinghiring, employee relations, performance management, discipline, accommodations, leave, wage and hour issues, and terminations.
• Review and develop employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreements,…