European Patent Professional - Attorney

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we're guided by a shared purpose - helping people be their best in the moments that matter - and we live up to our purpose every day by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We're solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of our safety and security ecosystem. That's mission-critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. We're solving for safer by connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that's critical to connect those in need with those who can help. The work we do here matters.

Department OverviewThe Qualified European Patent Attorney will work in an innovative and collaborative Motorola Solutions Patent Strategy and Operations (PS&O) group focused on a broad range of next generation public safety technologies, including but not limited to, cloud computing, data and video analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, media processing and distribution, call routing technologies, call taking and dispatch applications, in-field mobile device applications, in-vehicle mobile applications, security camera technologies, video security processing and analytics, push-to-talk (PTT) broadband and land-mobile radio (LMR) technologies, and other technologies.
Job Description

The Patent Professional may be responsible for one or more of the following: 

• attending and participating in patent committee review meetings, 
• identifying high-value disclosures that would be additive to our existing portfolio, 
• working with inventors to properly capture their ideas and inventions and submitting corresponding disclosures to the proper patent committee for consideration,
• participating in innovation scrubs of product and/or software releases,
• writing, filing, and prosecuting English-language patent applications in the European Patent Office (EPO) and/or in foreign patent offices, 
• securing and preparing source code created in Poland and elsewhere for registration with the United States Copyright Office; and 
• overseeing outside counsel on certain aspects of outsourced patent cases. 

The Patent Professional may also be assigned a particular business unit or R&D center and be the lead 'patent contact' for that business unit/center, including handling client training and development, understanding client business and existing patent portfolio(s), and guiding businesses in generating high-value, high-impact assets inside and outside of their day to day respective business activities.

The Patent Professional will work and interact with other MSI Patent Attorneys, Agents, Engineers, and Administrative Professionals on a daily basis, both inside and outside of the PS&O group.

While most supported inventor groups will be located in Krakow, Poland, others are located internationally, including but not limited to, Chicago and other US cities (US), Penang (MYS), Glasgow (UK), Melbourne (AUS), Copenhagen (DK), and Tel Aviv (ISR), so some flexibility in scheduling will be required. 

The Patent Professional may be expected to periodically participate in invention mining / harvesting sessions. Some litigation / licensing support may also be periodically requested by litigation / licensing leads in the PS&O and/or Business Legal groups.

The Patent Professional may also be asked to mentor inventors with nascent ideas to help expand and develop them to meet the company’s strategic portfolio needs. 

The Patent Professional may be further requested to aid in managing the current issued patent portfolio and the strategic focusing of that portfolio. This may include making and/or assisting with annuity decisions, foreign filing decisions, patent classifications, portfolio analysis, mining existing applications for additional coverage, competitive analysis, and identification of further strategic focus areas.

Candidates should have strong organization, leadership, and communication skills to draft English-language invention disclosures and/or draft and prosecute English-language patent applications with high quality and efficiency, as well as teach, advise, and develop patent awareness skills in supported business and engineering groups. Candidates should also be timely, autonomous, dependable, and personally accountable.

While the main location for this position is expected to be at or near Czerwone Maki 80, 30-392 Kraków, Poland, depending on project assignment, location, and schedule, some travel may be required to other European locations and/or to other International locations (as set forth above).

Basic Requirements

Required or Preferred Knowledge, Skills:

• Undergraduate or Graduate college degree (first or second cycle qualification, ISCED Level 6 or 7) in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Systems or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.

• European Patent Office Qualification is preferred, although will consider those in the process of obtaining such qualification as well.

• Extensive knowledge of EPO patent laws and introduction to and/or knowledge of foreign patent laws.

• Relevant intellectual-property experience in a law firm or a corporate law department preferred.

• Demonstrated work experience drafting, editing, and/or reviewing patent disclosures and/or patent applications in stated field(s) of expertise.

• Knowledge and/or awareness of any of one or more of wireless and/or wired networked technologies and components, broadband (3G, 4G, 5G), land mobile radio (LMR), internet protocol, session initiation protocol (SIP), radio frequency transmission and interference concepts, wireless transmission and reception encoding and decoding techniques, software development (OOP, Agile Dev., etc.), cloud development and deployment principles, UIUX concepts, video encoding and decoding, audio encoding and decoding, artificial intelligence, machine learning, CNNs, LLMs, data analytics, mixed reality, video and audio analytics, blockchain, and/or security (physical and electronic) and encryption a plus.

• Ability to present technical materials to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Demonstrated experience in successfully working in a multi-discipline legal and/or technical office and the ability to work with and across multiple legal and/or technical disciplines.

• Experience and/or awareness of U.S. and Int’l export control requirements and/or processes.

• Great interpersonal and team-work skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

• Current registration with the European Patent Office (EPO) via passage of the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) or current progress towards such passage. National registration as an Attorney in Poland a plus but not required.

• Prior familiarity with EPO’s Espace and CMS systems, Google Apps for Business, and/or Lecorpio preferred but not required

In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. 

Also, to reward your work you’ll get the following:

• Private medical coverage, Multisport

• Life insurance (two annual income), 

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan – 15% discount for buying Motorola’s Stock units, 

• Employee Pension Plan – 3,5 % of the month’s salary gross, which goes to the retirement account

• Yearly salary increase (depends on individual performance)

• Yearly bonus (depends on company performance)

• Flexible working hours (usually day starts between 7-10), 

• Hybrid work‎

• ‎Comfortable work conditions (high-class offices, parking space)

• ‎Lots of sports activities are Moto football league, Wakeboarding, Snowboarding, e-gaming league, etc.

• ‎Access to wellness facilities and integration events

• ‎Motorola Solutions is supporting CSR activities and encourages employees to participate

Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced

Referral Payment PlanNo

CompanyMotorola Solutions Systems Polska Sp.z.o.o

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please email [email protected].