Senior Trade Mark Paralegal

We are looking for an experienced Trade Mark Paralegal to join our team to help support in managing the trade mark and design portfolios of our exciting client base.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Trade Mark Paralegal to join us (whether on a part-time or full-time basis), to support in managing the trade mark and design portfolios of our exciting client-base.

The role will be varied and extensive and will cover all areas of trade mark and design support, including:

· Preparation and filing of applications and forms with the UKIPO, EUIPO and WIPO

· Management of assignment and recordal projects

· Portfolio take-overs and reviews

· Handling client queries

· Deadline management

· Creation of both internal and external reports

· Invoicing

· Renewals

· Cost estimates

· Preparing template reports

· Docketing

· …and everything in between!

Who you are

You will be someone looking for a varied role within a close-knit team, offering autonomy and support in equal measure. You will be excited by the prospect of doing things differently and would love to have the freedom to present and implement ideas that help the firm run more effectively or efficiently. You will be comfortable with client interaction and will have an expert attention to detail.

As a Senior in the team, you must be comfortable working autonomously without supervision and instead be ready to supervise others, take ownership for projects and processes and lead in pushing the entire support function forward. There will also need to be a willingness to check work across the team for quality assurance purposes.

Given the nature of this role, it is essential that you have strong communication, organization and time management skills and that you are adept at handling international portfolios, have a strong understanding of the docketing process and regularly adopt a strategic and ‘big picture’ view as opposed to working on a case-by-case or task-by-task basis.

Given we are a small team, you must be a team player and have a broad range of experience that will allow you to hit the ground running. We are not expecting someone to have handled all areas of the role before; we can provide training where required. We just ask that you are keen to learn, develop and take on all aspects of such a varied position.

You should also have strong IT skills and a keen interest in utilising technology to create efficiencies in processes and workflows. We pride ourselves on delivering a top-quality service to clients so you will also need to be someone that shares those values.

Who we are

We are often seen as an alternative service provider in the IP space, offering our unique subscription model to clients and trying to change how portfolio management is delivered to clients. Having launched in February 2023, we have grown to a team of 11 very quickly and are hiring into the team again to support our continued growth.

It is a fast-growing firm centered around offering clients certainty and efficiency in an industry steeped in tradition.

We undertake a broad variety of IP work including:

· Availability searches and advice

· Strategic filing advice and global filing programmes

· IP strategy

· Contentious opposition and cancellation proceedings at the UKIPO

· Pro-active portfolio management and consultancy

· Anti-counterfeiting

· IP Litigation

It is a close-knit team offering the full spectrum of trade mark and design support to some of the UK's most exciting businesses and brands.

Whilst the firm works remotely, we are constantly in touch, have team meetings every week and ensure that everyone feels fully supported and integrated within the business.

The team is made up of five Attorneys, four Paralegals, a Business Administrator and an Associate Director of Operations.

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Salary:

£30,000-40,000

Requirements

You must be able to demonstrate your ability to live and work in the UK and you must have prior experience as a trade mark paralegal.

Possession of the CITMA Paralegal Qualification is desirable but not essential. The role will offer the right candidate exposure to really exciting brand portfolios, an extensive range of work and the ability to be instrumental in growing a new, agile and innovative brand in a generally dull and archaic industry that needs some shaking up!