Counsel, Intellectual Property

Role Purpose: This Counsel position resides within the IP Analysis & Insights team, which is responsible for advising NBCUniversal divisions worldwide regarding rights and other intellectual property issues that arise across all phases of its business. Responsibilities: Assuming a pivotal role in identifying, validating, and enhancing intellectual property opportunities as well as contributing to strategies across NBCUniversal’s worldwide footprint Reviewing and interpreting development, production, and distribution agreements to provide advice on issues such as property acquisition (including chain of title and scope of the grant), distribution rights (including via new media / streaming), remake / sequel rights, live event rights, merchandising / interactive rights, and theme park rights Analyzing copyright and related issues associated with the exercise of rights in cutting-edge, technologically sophisticated new use cases Advising NBCUniversal business and legal divisions, both verbally and in writing, regarding deal terms and contractual language in draft agreements related to intellectual property rights Providing timely production clearance/risk advice in connection with active projects Efficiently navigating multiple electronic databases and reviewing corporate files and other sources for relevant rights information about current and library properties Supporting transformational enterprise initiative that seeks to evolve the way rights are acquired, analyzed, managed, and shared across NBCUniversal