Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property Enforcement
Sony Interactive Entertainment
United States, San Mateo · USA-CA-San Mateo · USD 209,800-314,600 · 6-10 years experience · Hybrid · Posted Sep 30, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 6-10 years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- United States, San Mateo · USA-CA-San Mateo
- Salary
- USD 209,800-314,600 · Base salary
About the role
- Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking an experienced lawyer to join its IP Enforcement practice as Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property Enforcement in San Mateo, CA.
- This role combines sophisticated and technically complex copyright and content protection work with online and offline enforcement, addressing issues such as piracy, pre-release leaks, and game modifications.
- You will serve as the primary legal contact for IP enforcement in the Americas, focusing on supporting PlayStation Studios and SIE’s Game Protection Program.
Responsibilities
- Serve as lead legal counsel for SIE’s Game Protection Program in the Americas, developing strategies to combat piracy, respond to pre-release content leaks, and address unauthorized game modifications affecting PlayStation titles.
- Partner directly with PlayStation Studios and production, security, and release teams to identify content-protection risks and develop proactive strategies throughout the game development and release lifecycle.
- Provide practical and strategic copyright advice, particularly relating to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), including notice and takedown procedures, counternotices, safe harbors, repeat infringers, fair use, and complex or contested matters.
- Advise on emerging and technically complex copyright issues involving game modifications, user-created and unauthorized in-game content, emulators and ports, infringing apps and services, unauthorized distribution, and circumvention of technological protection measures.
- Work with investigators, technical and security teams, data specialists, outside counsel, and other partners to develop evidence and translate legal and technical intelligence into effective enforcement action.
- Support the IP enforcement needs of SIE’s hardware and merchandise businesses in the Americas, developing practical strategies to protect PlayStation products and intellectual property.
- Help shape SIE’s broader Americas enforcement strategy, using data and intelligence to identify significant infringers, enforcement gaps, and opportunities for targeted action.
- Support anti-counterfeiting efforts across online and physical channels, including marketplace enforcement, investigations, cease-and-desist activity, Customs and border enforcement, administrative and criminal actions, and escalation to litigation or law enforcement when appropriate.
- Partner with colleagues across SIE’s IP Litigation, Brands, and Patent teams on significant enforcement matters, including strategic litigation and design-related enforcement.
- Develop enforcement policies, playbooks, procedures, and best practices, and provide practical guidance and training to internal stakeholders and external partners.
Requirements
- A qualified lawyer with approximately 6–10 years of post-qualified experience in intellectual property enforcement, gained in-house and/or in private practice.
- Strong knowledge and practical experience of U.S. copyright law and the DMCA, including online enforcement, notice and takedown processes, counternotices, safe harbors, fair use, and intermediary liability.
- Experience developing and executing IP enforcement strategies, ideally involving online enforcement, investigations, anti-counterfeiting, and escalation to litigation or law enforcement.
- Strong legal judgment and a pragmatic approach to enforcement, with the ability to prioritize high-impact matters and balance legal risk, enforcement objectives, and commercial considerations.
- Ability to work effectively with technical, investigative, and business specialists and translate complex information into practical legal strategies.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the independence and flexibility to operate effectively across regions, cultures, and time zones in a global organization.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience advising on video games, software, digital content, or other technology products, particularly involving game modifications, emulators, piracy, pre-release content protection, or technological protection measures.
- Experience with game or content protection programs, including pre-release leak response, game security, DMCA anti-circumvention, or other technically complex copyright enforcement matters.
- Experience working with online marketplaces, platforms, intermediaries, or specialist enforcement providers on copyright, trademark, or anti-counterfeiting matters.
- Experience with IP enforcement in China, including online or offline anti-counterfeiting, investigations, administrative enforcement, or litigation.
- Familiarity with design law and design-right enforcement, including design patents and/or registered designs.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Matching 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Wellness program
- Employee discounts for Sony products
- Bonus package
Workplace
- Hybrid - 2 days per week in the San Mateo office
Skills
- U.S. Copyright Law
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
- IP Enforcement
- Anti-counterfeiting
- Content Protection
- Litigation