Lead IPR Legal

About TVS Motor

TVS Motor Company is a reputed two and three-wheeler manufacturer globally, championing progress through Sustainable Mobility with four state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Hosur, Mysuru and Nalagarh in India and Karawang in Indonesia. Rooted in our 100-year legacy of Trust, Value, and Passion for Customers and Exactness, we take pride in making internationally aspirational products of the highest quality through innovative and sustainable processes. We are the only two-wheeler company to have received the prestigious Deming Prize. Our products lead in their respective categories in the J.D. Power IQS and APEAL surveys. We have been ranked No. 1 Company in the J.D. Power Customer Service Satisfaction Survey for consecutive four years. Our group company Norton Motorcycles, based in the United Kingdom, is one of the most emotive motorcycle brands in the world. Our subsidiaries in the personal e-mobility space, Swiss E-Mobility Group (SEMG) and EGO Movement have a leading position in the e-bike market in Switzerland. TVS Motor Company endeavors to deliver the most superior customer experience across 80 countries in which we operate. For more information, please visit www.tvsmotor.com.

Educational qualifications preferred:

• Bachelor or Master in Engineering
• Bachelor or PG Diploma in IP Law from reputed institute

Required Work Experience:

Position description:

• Be passionate to review & initiate actions to protect IP of TVS-M designs / products (current & future)
• Design and develop a robust IP culture, system for capturing potential inventions / ideas from all stakeholders across NPD
• Facilitating innovation & conversion of ideas into qualified Invention Disclosures for appropriate protection in timely manner to built competitive edge, implement best-in-class practices, standardise and enhance productivity through digitilisation
• Evaluate ideas for patentability through inventor (s) interview / interactions against business impact & NPD, evaluate designs, diligently analyse patent issues, provide FTO legal opinions and drive alternate solution, IP generation cum protection in timely manner, follow, maintain & upgrade SOPs' from time to time.
• Review IP feedback - analyse & dispose concerns from stakeholders, effectively built conviction with stakeholders and manage projects independently as well as in liason with legal associates
• Draft specifications, review IDF’s & ensure appropriate protection, review jurisdiction based draft claim & recommend for final specification and successfully defend through hearing / legal proceedings
• Be well versed with industry best practices, best case laws, case studies and apply in major jurisdictions to protect IP. Plan & execute invalidation, opposition, licensing, litigation projects in liason with legal associates from time to time
• Accountable for continuous improvement, building suitable means to upgrade legal knowhow of IP laws (domestic & foreign), prioritise customer requirements and meet project timelines
• Responsible for building strong IP portfolio in collaboration with technical heads through risk management and be cost centric, handle other forms of IP including design registrations, copyrights etc. as essential
• Be a strong team player as well as a positive individual contributor to work with technical teams and overcome patent hurdles, FTO challenges, resolve claim interpretation issue
• Identify IP in NPD, design, technology & recommend for protection, enable overcoming IP hurdles.
• Systematic daily work management to Study & qualify IDF for adherence, adequacy.
• Conduct invention mining reviews & evaluate ideas.
• Draft the specification meeting legal requirements.
• Verify specification against SOPs and process dockets.
• Study FER (First Examination report) & Prior Arts.
• Conceive & develop prosecution strategy.
• Draft FER response meeting legal requirements.
• Verify FER response against SOPs & submit.
• Analyse and provide recommendations for FTO/alerts, drive alternate solutions to overcome IP hurdles.

Functional competency:

1) Product and engineering knowledge

2) Information search analytics and analytical tools

3) Standardisation & Problem solving

4) Communication (Techno-legal)

5) IP legal (India, EP, US, UK)

Behavioral competency:

1) Personal effectiveness

2) Team effectiveness and leadership

3) Customer centricity

4) Rigor in execution

5) Business acumen

Why TVSM?

At TVSM, we always challenge ourselves to build a better, connected & sustainable future. We need the most innovative and diverse Digital Minds to develop tomorrow ‘s reality. We offer great benefits and rewards, as you'd expect from a world leader in automotive Industry. We are a merit driven, equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. TVSM is one of the most emotive motorcycle brands in the world. Our subsidiaries in the personal e-mobility space, Swiss E-Mobility Group (SEMG) and EGO Movement have a leading position in the e-bike market in Switzerland. TVS Motor Company endeavors to deliver the most superior customer experience across 80 countries in which we operate.