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The Hershey Company
Senior Counsel, Patents
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An Intellectual Property Lawyer is a legal professional who works closely with businesses, guiding them through the process of acquiring, protecting and using intellectual property such as patents and copyrights
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Login or Register Home Daily Jobs Post A Job Employers Create A Company Post A Free Job Post A Featured Job Search Resumes Job Seekers Dashboard Create A Resume Pricing Senior Counsel, Patents A Chocolate and Cocoa Products Company 14 minutes ago Hershey, PA 8 Years Full Time 129949 Not Specified Patent, Patent Prosecution Share on Apply now
Oversee a global patent portfolio, including budget management and outside counsel/vendor relationships.
Provide strategic legal guidance that influences enterprise-wide innovation, intellectual property, and risk management decisions.
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About The Hershey Company The Hershey Company (NYSE:
HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey's, Reese's, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more. At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today. Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose. The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose. How will you fit in the big picture? The Senior Counsel, Patents serves as a strategic legal advisor to The Hershey Company and plays a critical role in protecting, strengthening, and leveraging our global patent portfolio. This position partners closely with R D, innovation, digital, and business teams to protect innovations across food products, packaging, manufacturing processes, and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled solutions. The role helps drive business growth through proactive intellectual property strategy, risk management, and stakeholder education. What Will You Do? Lead identification, protection, prosecution, and maintenance of patentable inventions across products, packaging, manufacturing processes, and emerging technologies. Conduct patent landscape analyses, freedom-to-operate reviews, and competitive intelligence assessments to support innovation and mitigate risk. Draft, review, and negotiate patent-related agreements, including technology transfer, joint development, research collaboration, and IP licensing arrangements. Manage patent disputes, oppositions, and litigation activities in partnership with external counsel. Develop and deliver patent and intellectual property training for employees, driving compliance with global patent laws and company policies.Oversee a global patent portfolio, including budget management and outside counsel/vendor relationships.
Provide strategic legal guidance that influences enterprise-wide innovation, intellectual property, and risk management decisions.
Minimum Education & Requirements Experience:
Juris Doctor (JD) with USPTO bar registration. Minimum 8 years of progressive patent law experience, including patent prosecution, enforcement, and portfolio management. (Note:
This exceeds the L60 minimum requirement of 7+ years of relevant experience.) Experience within a corporate legal department and/or law firm environment. Experience supporting consumer packaged goods (CPG), food, manufacturing, or related industries preferred. Demonstrated expertise in global patent laws, patent portfolio strategy, and intellectual property risk management. Knowledge of food regulatory and compliance requirements preferred.Education:
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