EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEY

The company

The Swatch Group Ltd is the world's largest manufacturer of Swiss quality watches, watch movements and components. The Group has 16 watch brands, including Blancpain, Breguet, Omega, Longines, Rado, Tissot and Swatch. Not only does the Swatch Group manufacture and assemble all the models sold by its 16 brands and its two multi-brand retail companies; it also supplies parts and components to the entire watchmaking industry. The Swatch Group’s strength lies in the fact that, taken together, its production companies supply virtually all the components for the Group's timepieces, from design right through to assembly.

I·C·B Ingénieurs Conseils en Brevets SA is the affiliated company of The Swatch Group Ltd that handles all patent related matters. Swatch Group has approximately 2’800 existing patent families, representing more than 20,000 national patents.

For its Neuchâtel office, I·C·B Ingénieurs Conseils en Brevets SA is recruiting an

European Patent Attorney

Job description

• Providing intellectual property services to all companies of the group
• Protecting the innovations made in the various companies of the group
• Drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications in various countries throughout the world
• Oppositions, infringing risk and validity assessments
• Licence agreements and patent enforcement

Profile

• You are qualified before the European Patent Office
• You have qualifications in the mechanical, physics or micro-technical field
• You have 7-10 years of experience in a related function

Languages

• You are fluent in French and English.