Associate Corporate Counsel, Legal Product, IP, and Marketing

Elastic

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On-site
Location
Canada
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$106,800–$168,900 / yr
Posted
44 days ago
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This role $138k
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This role pays less than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $119,050–$221,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $138k versus about $170k for comparable roles.

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About Elastic

Elastic is the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash). It sells search, observability, and security products built on that search engine, primarily through its Elastic Cloud managed service.

Elastic currently has 240 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Associate Corporate Counsel, Legal Product, IP, and Marketing

Associate Corporate Counsel - Legal Product, IP, and Marketing joins the legal team to support product development, intellectual property management, and marketing initiatives. This role involves managing patent prosecution, invention harvesting, and global trademark and copyright portfolios while ensuring brand protection through enforcement actions. The individual will provide counsel on AI governance, open-source licensing, and dependency management while drafting commercial contract clauses related to data rights and warranties. Key responsibilities include conducting legal research for M&A diligence and providing trade compliance support regarding export laws like EAR. The ideal candidate possesses a technical background in science or engineering, holds a JD or LLB, and is admitted to the US or Canadian Patent Bar. They must navigate complex issues involving generative AI, software engineering, and large-scale data platforms while translating technical concepts into clear legal analysis for internal stakeholders.

What you'll do

  • Manage day-to-day patent prosecution and identify innovative ideas for inclusion in the company's IP portfolio.
  • Oversee global trademark monitoring, copyright registrations, and filing deadlines across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Execute brand protection strategies including domain name disputes and social media takedowns.
  • Advise engineering and product teams on open-source licensing, AI model weights, and data usage risks.
  • Draft commercial contract clauses related to AI, intellectual property, and third-party dependencies.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure product readiness for launch and compliance with internal guidelines.
  • Conduct legal research and due diligence for technology partnerships, M&A activities, and litigation.
  • Provide backup support for trade compliance by analyzing export laws as they relate to software products.

What we're looking for

  • 2–5+ years of experience in patent prosecution and/or litigation and intellectual property or product law.
  • A bachelor's or advanced degree in a science or engineering field.
  • Admission to the US or Canadian Patent Bar is required.
  • A JD from a US law school or LLB from a Canadian law school (preferred).
  • Experience in or academic background in software engineering (preferred).
  • Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, or managing patent applications and translating technical concepts into legal analysis.
  • Experience with SaaS, enterprise data platforms, or open-source products (preferred).
  • A desire to build and strengthen workflows and "productization" processes (preferred).

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