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Licensing Counsel Officer

AIT Solutions, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Technology Licensing Officer (TLO). This position will work primarily with innovations/ inventions from Asian Institute of Technology and Innovation Lab [iLab] at AIT Solutions.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing a portfolio of intellectual property;
• Soliciting and analyzing invention disclosure from the inventors/ innovators.
• Conduct state-of-the-art search, prior art search, validity search, and infringement or freedom-to-operate search.
• Completing patent application forms and patent agreements.
• Formulating patent strategies and coordinating with external patent counsel;
• Drafting of agreements (MOU, MOA, funding/ sponsored research agreements, collaboration agreements/ consortium agreement, inter-institutional agreements, non-disclosure agreements, license agreements).

Requirements:

1. Master degree in a technical or business discipline.
2. Two years of relevant experience within the academic/ research institute and/ or industrial environment, ideally involving the identification and commercialization of intellectual property (IP) through licensing.
3. Experience in conducting prior art search, assessing commercial potential/ market opportunity of the innovation.
4. Experience in preparation of agreements (MOU, MOA, funding/ sponsored research agreements, collaboration agreements/ consortium agreement, inter-institutional agreements, non-disclosure agreements, license agreements).
5. The candidate should have excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills; good negotiation skills; the ability to interpret and manage numerous complex agreements; the ability to manage and coordinate multiple and diverse projects simultaneously through to completion; be highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently in a team environment and can establish priorities.

This position will be located at the AIT Solutions, Asian Institute of Technology Campus.