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Job Opportunity At Apple Media Services: Apply Now!

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About the Organisation

Apple Media Services legal group seeks an exceptional lawyer to join our India team. You will be focused on providing full legal support across matters that impact the Apple content services business, including for the Apple TV app, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Podcast, the App Store, and other services from Apple. We are passionate about media and technology, and we want someone like-minded to join our team! You will have hands-on experience in the entertainment and media industries and will have a strong understanding of the sophisticated rights issues at play across content types, particularly music and video. You will have experience of advising on regulatory matters, preferably with experience of liaising with regulators. You will be knowledgeable about the digital audiovisual and music market, the entertainment industry, and content distribution issues, either from having worked at a law firm or a media industry organization, digital content distributor, film studio, or record label. Working for a company that invents entire industries means you will be challenged to creatively apply your legal and commercial experience to new and often unexplored scenarios.

Qualifications

  • Supporting and advising the various business teams at Apple in India and internationally.
  • Acting as a contact point in India to represent Apple services with key industry partners, organizations, and institutions.
  • Tracking complex regulatory issues across all content types and advising the business on the impact of pending regulations on their business plans.
  • Working on a range of commercial agreements related to different types of content distribution, including movies, TV episodes, music, podcasts, and other content from Apple.
  • Working on due diligence exercises for product launches.
  • Managing projects and a significant contract workload whilst staying organized and keeping internal legal teams and business teams regularly updated on progress.
  • Working on the resolution of third-party disputes and consumer matters.

Description

Demonstrate relevant legal experience (private practice and/or in-house experience).

  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate complex issues in a clear way to a large audience, both internally and externally.
  • Knowledge and experience of the media and entertainment industry in India. Experience of working at a key partner, industry organization, film studio, or record label
  • Experience in drafting and negotiating sophisticated and groundbreaking commercial license agreements.
  • Outstanding negotiation, problem-solving, communication, and drafting skills.
  • Ability to exercise good judgment, make difficult decisions, break down complex issues, and balance risk with business needs.
  • Ability to issue spot and advise on legal and commercial implications while supporting business objectives and goals.
  • Have a strong work ethic and demonstrate the ability to work in a collaborative and team-driven working environment.
  • Confident in balancing multiple projects when working towards strict deadlines, with strong organizational skills.
  • Passion for building positive relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners.

Education and Experience

Qualified lawyer with specialization in entertainment law, copyright law, and commercial law. The role can be based out of Bangalore OR Mumbai.

Application Procedure

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Apple threatens to exit UK over $7-billion lawsuit

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Tech giant Apple has threatened to quit the United Kingdom markets if asked to pay $7 billion by the local courts over a patent infringement lawsuit. Apple’s lawyers have said paying such an exorbitant amount over the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Optis Cellular is “commercially unacceptable.”

According to a report by This is Money, if forced to pay the amount by the courts in the UK, the US company could quit its operations in the region.

Optis Cellular Technology, which owns globally-distributed patent families relating to 3G and 4G LTE essential technologies, sued Apple for patent infringement after the iPhone creator refused to pay a licence fee worth $7 billion for using ‘standardised’ smartphone technology in its products.

According to the report by This is Money, though Apple is a leader in smartphones, it does not own the technology used in iPhones and pays licence fees to companies like Optis. A UK high court judge had passed a ruling last month confirming that Apple had infringed two Optis patents that help iPhones connect to 3G and 4G networks.

As per a Bloomberg Law report, Apple does not want to commit to taking a licence before the rate is determined. The trial date set for next week will focus on whether Apple is an “unwilling licensee.” If so, it could mean a possible sales ban in the UK. If the court rules in favour of Optis, this would result in companies committing to take a court-determined rate once a patent is found valid and infringed. Refusal to do so could lead to their products being banned in the UK.

The trial, among the first of its kind, has implications for companies sued in global disputes over patents essential to technological standards. They may have to commit to take a court-determined rate once a patent is found valid and infringed or risk their products being blocked from the UK markets.

If Apple decides to quit the lucrative UK market, it would not just spell an end to the sale of iPhones in UK but also discontinuation of services and upgrades to its existing customers.

This is not the first court battle that Apple is facing with Optis in the UK. Another case filed by Optis over patent infringement comes up for trial in 2022.

Last year, the UK Supreme Court had pronounced a ruling that a UK court should set the rate that Apple must pay for all of its iPhone patents worldwide though the court only considers the infringement of UK patents. If it is enacted, it is a sure sign of the British authorities trying to rein in the US giants who have a strong grip on the UK markets.