IP paralegal

Role Details

• The oversight and management of IP cost controls, including budgets and opex.
• Construction and implementation of global brand and trademarks databases. Docketing of trademark documents and patent litigation documents. Maintenance of internal IP databases.
• Monitoring budget and processing invoices.
• Support IP EMENA team with its broader global remit and oversight of India and US IP teams on patent, trademark and regulatory matters and workstreams.

The Role

• Monitoring IP budget and processing of invoices.
• Day-to-day admin support to our IP EU team.
• Create, populate and maintain global brand and trademark database for Accord
• Trademark searches. Support in the evaluation of Freedom to use and registration analysis of brand names proposed by the EMENA Regulatory/Marketing teams
• Support in registration of trademarks and docketing of registration files.
• Maintenance of domain names database.
• Docketing and responding to parallel import requests.
• Support in M&A: revision of documents and preparation of summaries and presentations.
• Support in patent litigation cases, docketing of documents, preparation of presentations.
• Maintenance of internal IP databases.
• Coordinate signature process for IP documents and contracts.
• Docketing India and US IP workstreams and admin/coordination support across our network.

The Person

• Customer Focus
• Time management
• Action Oriented
• Peer Relationships
• Competence in Excel and MS Suite
• Ability to support our relevant internal teams with trademark information
• Good analytical & communication skills
• Very good command of English
• Business and commercial awareness
• Experience of working independently and as a part of a team
• Education in relevant field