Senior Ip Paralegal

The Opportunity

Our customer, an AM global healthcare company, seeks a Senior IP Paralegal for a 6-month contract (potential to turn permanent). This will be a hybrid role in Deerfield, IL, with hybrid mode 3 days a week in the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a docket for a large multinational portfolio of patent and trademark registration and applications and execute any needed actions in advance of due dates/deadlines.
• Maintain electronic files corresponding to that portion of the patent and trademark portfolio being managed by the position.
• Manage Outside Counsel and Foreign Associates and provide needed documentation in fulfilling filing, prosecution, and opposition instructions.
• Manage instructions and secure payment of annuity and maintenance fees.
• Execute trademark clearance search strategies formed after consultation with IP counsel. Review clearance results with IP Counsel and communicate results to Business Clients.
• Review weekly communications from the trademark watch service.
• Collaborate and cooperate with attorneys to prepare patent and trademark portfolio schedules for Business Development mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures and assist with analyzing information about potential targets and their patent and trademark portfolios.

Ideal skills & Qualifications

• Knowledgeable about Global Patent and Trademark Prosecution Docketing/procedural workflows for the different countries.
• Paralegal Degree and 5+ years of patent and trademark experience – law firm and/or corporate.
• Prior work history with maintaining a Patent and Trademark Docket using Docketing Software.
• Familiarity with Patent and Trademark IPR/Opposition practices and procedures.
• Experienced in reviewing results provided by trademark watch services and determining which trademarks may pose a risk of likelihood of confusion with trademarks and communicating the risk to IP counsel.

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Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: $50.00 - $75.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• This role is a hybrid position. Can you be in the office 3 times a week in Deerfield, IL?
• Are you comfortable for a 6 month contract?

Experience:

• Patent and Trademark law: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: On the road