# IP/Product Counsel

**Company:** [Chainguard](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/chainguard)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $200k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** open source licensing, mit license, apache license, bsd license, gpl, lgpl, mpl, trademark law, copyright law, patent law, terms of service, product counseling, technology transactions, ip portfolio management, ip enforcement
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> IP/Product Counsel will own and scale Chainguard’s intellectual property portfolio, advise engineering and product teams on open source licensing and product launches, and lead enforcement efforts. The role requires 5+ years of legal experience with strong IP expertise, particularly in trademark, copyright, and open source licensing.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own and grow Chainguard's international IP portfolio.
- Lead IP enforcement efforts, including cease-and-desist actions involving customers or competitors who violate licensing terms.
- Serve as a legal resource for open source licensing questions from engineering.
- Advise product teams on licensing, IP, and terms of service considerations across concurrent product and feature launches.
- Draft and review product terms and terms of service for new launches.
- Advise on licensing considerations in partner and joint development agreements.
- Partner with product and engineering teams early in development to identify and address legal considerations before launch.
- Build scalable IP processes, templates, and resources as the function grows.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of legal experience with a strong foundation in intellectual property law, including trademark and copyright.
- Strong knowledge of open source licensing, including permissive and copyleft licenses such as MIT, Apache 2.0, BSD, GPL, LGPL, and MPL, as well as dual licensing.
- Comfort working proactively to build and protect company IP and reactively when enforcement is required.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Patent experience.
- Experience advising on product launches, product roadmaps, product terms, or terms of service.
- Experience with technology transactions.
- Strong IP experience may offset lighter product counsel experience.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $200,000–$225,000 USD.
- Remote-first culture with team meetups, destination summits, and a monthly coworking, phone, and internet stipend.
- Stock options upon hire and promotion, with participation in secondary offerings and a 10-year exercise period.
- 100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents.
- Flexible time off.
- Paid parental leave: 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

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