Intellectual Property and Marketing Counsel, Oura
$126-165k
Salary dependent on location + Equity packages
Health monitoring smart ring
Open for applications
Health monitoring smart ring
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$126-165k
Salary dependent on location + Equity packages
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Oura's mission is to make health a daily practice.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. and active member of a state bar in good standing
- At least 5-7 years of experience in-house or in private practice focusing on intellectual property (including trademarks, copyrights, marketing, and the ability to identify patent issues)
- Advertising and regulatory experience are a plus but not required
- Experience providing practical advice on a wide variety of legal issues in a fast-paced environment
- A track record of drafting and negotiating agreements with an emphasis on trademarks and copyrights
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A dedication to client service and attention to detail
- Strong presentation skills and an ability to educate others about intellectual property in engaging and impactful ways
- A familiarity with protecting consumer brands in the technology space
- A passion for branding
- Ability to work well as part of a team and independently. Ability to provide concise and practical legal advice to a wide variety of business clients and across a broad range of matters with limited supervision
- Strong project management abilities and organizational skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive and confidential material
- Detail oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
What the job involves
- Provide support on a broad range of IP matters, including domestic and international trademark, copyright and design clearance, enforcement, transactions, and domains
- Conduct U.S. and international clearance searches to determine the availability of proposed trademarks, taglines, product names, product designs, and other consumer-facing content
- Manage trademark prosecution and enforcement matters with U.S. and foreign Intellectual Property offices as well as with third parties
- Liaise with and supervise outside law firms, vendors, and internal business partners as needed for pending IP matters
- Draft legal documents, including cease and desist letters and Notices of Opposition
- Review advertising and promotional materials across all forms of media to monitor for marketing and regulatory issues
- Conduct risk assessments and advise on claim substantiation requirements, right of publicity clearances, and draft disclosures
- Structure and review Terms and Conditions for marketing promotions, including domestic and international sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions and incentives
- Draft and negotiate IP licenses (i.e., music, product placement) and marketing agreements with third parties
- Assist with third-party market analysis
- Provide education and proactive counseling to the business to manage risk and enhance IP protection
Our take
As smart watches with health and wellbeing monitoring functions are now an everyday norm, Oura is offering similar wearable technology with its series of rings. It’s one of a number of companies gaining serious traction in the market, along with the likes of Circular and Movano.
The company gained an early profile after its collaboration with Gucci which created mainstream publicity and may have given it a leg up on the competition. With the smart ring market forecast to keep growing, Oura certainly finds itself in a promising position as it moves to build out its operations and refine the product.
The bottom line for Oura will be customer satisfaction and demand, which does make its mixed reviews so far a little troubling. That said, the announcement of its new "Circles" social feature, on top of an integration with InsideTracker and acquisition of "wave to pay" company Proxy, all look set to increase the functionality of the ring and could well win more consumers over.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Dec 2024
$125m
SERIES D
Nov 2024
$75m
SERIES D
Total funding: $353.3m
Company benefits
- Beautiful workspaces in San Francisco by Pier 31, Oulu and Helsinki (Finland)
- Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
- Wellness benefits
- An Oura Ring of your own
- Personal learning & development budget of 750 USD/EUR
- Unlimited course offerings from Coursera
- Five (5) total days of work time to devote to employee development training
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 20 days of PTO
Company values
- Not Me, We: Ubuntu - At Oura, we are one team. We each have a significant role to play–but we don’t win in silos. We know in order to succeed, we must do it together. We embrace the diversity of our locations, perspectives, and experiences to succeed as one company
- We Are Human First - Humanity is present in all that we do. We are passionate about building products that celebrate and support uniqueness, inclusivity, and diversity. We meet people where they are, as they are, and prioritize accessibility, by connecting with kindness and empathy
- We Find Solutions - We confront obstacles head-on. Even if we disagree, we share one common goal: solving the problem, together
- Trust Matters - If we say we’ll do something, we do it. We always show up with integrity, and we prioritize privacy– because it doesn’t just matter to us, but to you, as well. We do the right thing, even when no one is looking. It is vital to us that our community and teammates know that they can rely on our products, information, and perspective
Company HQ
Linnanmaa, Oulu
Articles
Leadership
Tom Hale
(CEO, Not Founder)Seasoned senior board member and advisor at multiple high growth companies including Cars.com, Volara, and HomeAway.
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