“New job postings reveal that Apple is shopping for lawyers to reinforce its litigation team as the company continues to vigorously defend its intellectual property,” Josh Ong reports for AppleInsider.
“Discovered by AppleInsider, two separate postings for a Sr. Patent Litigation Counsel and Legal Counsel, Litigation appeared on Apple’s job board on Friday,” Ong reports. “The job openings come just days after Reuters reported that Apple lead patent counsel Richard “Chip” Lutton is leaving the company. B.J. Watrous, who formerly served as deputy general counsel at Hewlett Packard, will take over as Apple’s new Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, according to his LinkedIn profile. According to the report, Apple has been on a ‘hiring spree’ for its intellectual property team, reportedly bringing on litigation specialist Noreen Krall from Sun Microsystems.”
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