IP Paralegal

Paralegal – Intellectual Property & Brand Management

Paralegal/Analyst, Intellectual Property (“IP”) & Brand Management will handle base-level legal forms/agreements and provide patent and trademark support to IP legal colleagues, under the direction of legal counsel, support IP-Trademark review committees (IRCs), and support the IP team in various other aspects. This role will work with other legal colleagues to fulfill our operations mission for assigned strategic department initiatives in the area. This role will liaise with leaders of other corporate functions such as R&D and Business Development and will report to the Director of Legal Operations.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate, develop, manage, and implement global brand protection strategies with responsible IP legal attorneys and business stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain good working and cohesive relationships with business stakeholders in marketing, sales, communications, quality, and business development.
• Coordinate, develop, and implement IP litigation support with responsible IP legal attorneys.
• Facilitate and manage contract drafting and negotiation support for the R&D business including CDAs, MTAs, Research Agreements
• Manage, coordinate, and facilitate IP innovation and enforcement education for business clients.
• Manage, coordinate, and facilitate bi-annual review/update of virtual patent marking (VPM) with responsible IP legal attorneys.
• Participate as a contributing member to IP Trademark Review Committees (IRCs) providing IP Innovation, brand integrity, and enforcement perspective to project decisions.
• Support IP litigation process as needed.
• Handle miscellaneous IP including both patent and trademark work as assigned by various members of the IP team.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 5-8 years of experience as a paralegal or directly engaged in a similar legal support role.
• Bachelor’s degree and paralegal certificate
• Experience in contract drafting and negotiations, litigation support, education, and training.
• Prior experience in either a public company legal department or a law firm handling IP matters
• Exceptional organizational skills; detail-oriented and proactive.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize projects, working well under pressure to meet specific deadlines.
• Impeccable integrity and accountability and service-oriented.
• Work well under pressure to meet specific deadlines.
• Technically savvy, proficient in Microsoft Office, and able to learn new software systems quickly.
• Possesses clear and concise verbal and written communication skills Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.