Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property Enforcement

Written by the T&S Network from Sony's posting.

Legal counsel role running copyright and content protection enforcement for PlayStation games and hardware in the Americas. It covers piracy, pre-release leaks, game modifications, circumvention, emulators, and counterfeit products, sitting in the Legal, Public Policy and ESG team's IP Enforcement practice.

• Counterfeits and IP

What you'd do

• Serve as lead legal counsel for the Game Protection Program in the Americas, including piracy and pre-release leak response.
• Advise on DMCA notice and takedown, counternotices, safe harbors, repeat infringers, and fair use, including contested matters.
• Advise on game mods, emulators, ports, unauthorized distribution, and workarounds for technological protection measures.
• Support anti-counterfeiting work online and in physical channels, from marketplace action and customs seizures to litigation or police referrals.
• Take an active role in online enforcement across marketplaces, social media, websites, apps, and digital services.
• Use enforcement data and intelligence to find major infringers and gaps, then write playbooks and train staff.

What it asks for

• Qualified lawyer with about 6 to 12 years of post-qualification experience in IP enforcement, in-house or in private practice.
• Working knowledge of U.S. copyright law and the DMCA, including intermediary liability and fair use.
• Experience building and running IP enforcement strategies, ideally including online enforcement, investigations, and anti-counterfeiting.
• Experience with IP enforcement in China (preferred)

Worth knowing

• Background check at the offer stage, which may include criminal checks for some roles.

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