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About the Role

Lead Unity’s IP and Litigation function, partnering closely with the Chief Legal Officer and internal IP team. Develop and drive the legal strategy for Unity’s IP portfolio and serve as the senior legal leader for all non-employment litigation and disputes.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute enforcement and defense strategies across patents, trademarks, trade secret and copyrights.
Partner with a team of IP professionals and outside counsel to build and implement Unity’s global IP strategy.
Engage in invention harvesting and patent prosecution.
Develop our trade secret strategy, including training on identification and protection of trade secrets.
Align our global trademark portfolio with business needs, including enforcement as needed.
Guide our organization around copyright issues, including risk assessment and dispute avoidance.
Partner with the legal department’s product attorneys on open source compliance and licensing processes.
Support IP due diligence for M&A and IP-related agreements.
Strategically lead IP disputes and litigation, from pre-suit assessment through resolution.
Lead and set strategy for all of Unity’s litigation, arbitration, and disputes worldwide.
Manage the litigation docket and outside counsel, including budgets, staffing, motion practice, trial and appellate exposure, and settlement.
Oversee company-wide non-employment litigation management practices.
Coordinate with the CLO, Finance, and other legal team leads on disclosure considerations, insurance and D&O coverage, and communications with the Board and executive team.
Partner with the business and with legal’s commercial, privacy, and regulatory counsel to identify dispute risks early, avoid disputes, and resolve them practically.
Respond to and manage government inquiries, subpoenas, and investigations.
Prepare and deliver training on IP, litigation readiness, document retention, and dispute avoidance.
Manage a budget, including total litigation spend, outside counsel, and settlements, with forecasting and regular reporting to the CLO.
Lead, and develop a team of legal professionals.

Requirements

10+ years of experience, including leading IP strategy (patent, trademark, and/or copyright) and complex litigation in a global organization or law firm, and creatively and practically partnering with the business.
JD from an accredited law school, with admission to at least one state bar.
Demonstrated experience managing complex IP and commercial disputes through all stages, including trial or appellate exposure, and directing outside counsel.
Experience managing a broad litigation docket across multiple practice areas (e.g., commercial, securities, privacy/consumer, regulatory) is strongly preferred.
Experience with IP enforcement, defense, litigation management, and risk mitigation in a an advertising technology or software environment.
Experience with IP strategies and issues relating to generative artificial intelligence.
Experience with a public company, including securities litigation and related disclosure and insurance considerations, is a plus.
Admission to practice before the USPTO is preferred.
Sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language.

Skills

IP strategy
Litigation
Patent
Trademark
Trade secret
Copyright
IP enforcement
IP defense
Open source compliance
M&A due diligence
Commercial litigation
Contract litigation
Securities litigation
Privacy litigation
Regulatory litigation
E-discovery
Budget management
Team leadership

Location

San Francisco
New York

Work Type

In office 3 days per week strongly preferred
Periodic travel to key hubs and events

Experience Level

10+ years of experience

Education Level

JD from an accredited law school
Admission to at least one state bar

Salary/Compensations

Zone A: $233,600 - $350,400 USD gross
Zone B: $264,000 - $396,000 USD gross
Zone C: $311,400 - $467,200 USD gross

Benefits

Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
Commute subsidy
Employee stock ownership
Competitive retirement/pension plans
Generous vacation and personal days
Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs
Office food snacks
Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
Employee Resource Groups
Global Employee Assistance Program
Training and development programs
Volunteering and donation matching program

About the Company

Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month.
The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity.
Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality.
For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

Equal Opportunity

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.
Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators.
If you have a disability that means there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.