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Deputy General Counsel (Patent & Innovation Strategy) – Equity Partner

Location: Remote Jurisdiction: Canada / United States (bonus: EU or international patent familiarity) Employment Type: Volunteer (Equity Partner) Commitment: Minimum 20 hours per week Department: Legal Frontier Innovators (LFI) – Patent & Intellectual Strategy Reports To: General Counsel

What You’ll Be Doing This role isn’t about filing forms—it’s about defending the IP spine of a next-generation ecosystem. You’ll operate at the frontier of patent law, legal engineering, and invention strategy across blockchain, AI, real-time infrastructure, creator tools, and immersive interfaces.

You're not here to be reactive. You’re here to build , architect , and lock down the legal rights of innovation that haven’t even been released yet.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Crafting and managing patent strategies for novel AI systems, smart contract logic, UX inventions, token ecosystems, and decentralized compute layers
• Evaluating innovation disclosures and invention statements with product, engineering, and research teams
• Defining the IP fence for Anime Universe's proprietary systems, including UI frameworks, orchestration engines, and economic protocols
• Preparing provisional filings, PCT strategies, and utility/model filings across jurisdictions
• Collaborating with the General Counsel and external counsel on IP protection tactics, enforcement logic, and innovation positioning
• Supporting trade secret policies and innovation pipelines internally

What We’re Looking For

• You are a licensed patent agent or lawyer (Canada or U.S. bar; U.S. PTO bar highly preferred)
• You have 7–10+ years in patent prosecution, IP strategy, or invention analysis
• You understand both hardware-adjacent filings and pure software logic protection
• You have previously supported engineering, R &D, or product teams on how to articulate and structure IP
• You are comfortable working with ambiguity, draft-stage products, and abstract logic
• Bonus: experience in blockchain frameworks, digital content delivery, AI architecture, or runtime UX layers

Who You Are You see law not as a shield, but as a design space. You understand the importance of protecting core invention as the market explodes into AI-native, creator-owned, immersive economies. You can balance speed with legal rigor. You know when to draft, when to disclose, and when to hold.

Compensation

• Equity Partner (standard vesting)
• Tokens (subject to regulatory approval)
• No initial cash salary—this is a builder seat with long-term upside
• Remote-first, async, minimum 20 hours/week

How to Apply Email your CV and short letter of interest to hr@animeuniverse.com. Share one example of how you’ve helped secure or shape a strategic patent portfolio for a next-gen technology company.

Best regards, Anime Universe Recruitment Team