Perplexity
IP Paralegal
$130K–$210K
San Francisco +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
Washington D.C. - Experience
- 10+ years as an IP paralegal, with a mix of in-house and law firm experience.
About the job
Manages Perplexity’s patent and trademark prosecution and portfolio operations, while supporting copyright, trade secret, open-source, diligence, and other IP matters and improving workflows with agentic AI tools.
What you'll do
- Manage patent and trademark workflows, including docketing, deadlines, filing coordination, portfolio maintenance, and reporting.
- Coordinate outside counsel and billing, administer the patent rewards program, and support copyright, trade secret, open-source, diligence, commercial, and litigation matters.
- Build and maintain IP workflows and systems, and use agentic AI tools to improve docketing, disclosure intake, prior-art gathering, and portfolio reporting.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience as an IP paralegal, with a mix of in-house and law firm experience.
- Hands-on experience supporting patent and trademark prosecution, including docketing, filing coordination, and portfolio maintenance.
- Demonstrated AI tool fluency and curiosity about applying agentic AI to IP operations.
- Experience managing outside counsel relationships, invoice review, budget tracking, and outside counsel guidelines.
Nice to have
- Paralegal certificate, associate's degree in paralegal studies, or bachelor's degree.
- Direct experience with open source license compliance review, patent rewards programs, IP diligence, litigation support, portfolio analytics, or IP management systems.
Pay
$130K – $210K (base salary)
AI focus
Use and help evolve agentic AI tools for IP workflows such as docketing, disclosure intake, prior art gathering, and portfolio reporting; identify opportunities to improve program efficiency.
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