as of September 23, 2026 · updated daily from the CounselLedger tracking ledger · free to candidates
San Francisco and the Bay Area are the country's densest IP market — patent prosecution and litigation, technology transactions and licensing, trade secrets, and the open-source and data questions that come with a tech economy. Firms and in-house teams at the platforms, startups, and life-sciences companies compete hard for IP associates and counsel.
These are the current San Francisco intellectual property openings we track across firms and in-house departments, associate through senior counsel. Listings are verified, refreshed daily, and blind — exploring never signals anything to your current employer until you choose to move.
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Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Counsel
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Snowflake · Menlo Park, CA · Senior Counsel
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StackAdapt · San Francisco, CA · Counsel
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Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Counsel
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Guardant Health · Palo Alto, CA · Counsel
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Mistral · San Francisco, CA · Counsel
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Futurewei Technologies, Inc. · San Jose, CA · Senior Counsel
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Genentech · South San Francisco, CA · Senior Counsel
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Black Sesame Technologies Inc · San Jose, CA +4 benefits · Counsel
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Reed Smith LLP · San Francisco, CA · Counsel
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AbbVie · South San Francisco, CA · Senior Counsel
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Larson Maddox · San Jose, CA · Counsel
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Larson Maddox · San Jose, CA · Counsel
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Scale AI · San Francisco Bay Area · Senior Counsel
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StackAdapt · San Francisco, CA · Counsel
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals · Palo Alto, CA · AGC / Deputy GC
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BioSpace · Palo Alto, CA · AGC / Deputy GC
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Adobe · San Jose, CA · Attorney
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Verrus · San Francisco Bay AreaMedical insurance +5 · Attorney
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Marina Sirras & Associates LLC · San Francisco, CA · Attorney
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Squire Patton Boggs · Palo Alto, CA · Attorney
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We Are Legal Revolution · San Jose, CA · Attorney
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BioSpace · Palo Alto, CA · AGC / Deputy GC
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Marina Sirras & Associates LLC · Palo Alto, CA · Attorney
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DLA Piper · San Francisco Bay Area · Attorney