IP Counsel, Trademarks & Domains

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced IP Counsel to help protect some of the world's fastest-growing technology brands. In this role, you will share ownership of Anthropic's global trademarks and domains practice, spanning clearance, prosecution, portfolio management, and enforcement, partnering closely with other members of our IP team, outside counsel, and business teams.

Anthropic's brands are among its most valuable assets, and you will help protect them at the pace the AI industry moves. Our trademark practice spans a rapidly growing global portfolio, a high-volume enforcement program, and naming decisions for some of the most visible products in technology. This is a hands-on role for an attorney with deep trademark expertise who wants their work to matter and who is aligned with Anthropic's mission of responsible AI development.

Key responsibilities

Run trademark clearance for new model, product, and feature names, delivering clear, risk-rated recommendations that let teams move quickly and confidently

Manage global trademark prosecution and portfolio strategy in coordination with outside counsel, including filing strategy, office actions, and portfolio maintenance across many jurisdictions

Lead trademark and domain enforcement end to end: assess potential infringements, select the right enforcement mechanism, work with outside counsel as necessary, and drive matters to resolution

Help oversee our online brand protection program, working with our external vendor and IP Legal Specialist to action infringements and impersonations at scale

Manage domain portfolio strategy, including acquisitions, disputes, and recovery

Respond to inbound trademark demands and support trademark-related litigation

Counsel marketing, product, and go-to-market teams on brand usage and naming, translating IP risk into practical guidance

Build the playbooks and processes that let a lean team run a world-class global brand protection practice

Minimum qualifications

Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and meet the local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel where you'll be based

Have substantial trademark and domain practice experience spanning clearance, prosecution, portfolio management, and enforcement

Have current, hands-on experience: running clearances, shape filing strategies, and make enforcement calls yourself

Have managed global trademark and domain portfolios, including UDRP proceedings and online enforcement

Exercise sound judgment about which matters to pursue, and can explain that reasoning clearly to lawyers and non-lawyers alike

Work collaboratively with legal colleagues, outside counsel, and business partners, and are motivated by the work itself

Preferred qualifications

10+ years of trademark and domain practice

Prior in-house experience at a technology company, with a track record of partnering with business teams to enable speed in a risk-adjusted way

Experience protecting brands in AI or other rapidly evolving technology fields

Experience building or scaling high-volume enforcement and takedown programs

Experience navigating brand disputes with commercial, community, or publicity dimensions

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. 

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary: $335,000 — $385,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experienc …