Position: Senior Trademark Prosecution Paralegal
Location: New York, NY, USA
Comp Package: Base salary to $120K, paid overtime, yearly bonus, full benefits, tuition reimbursement, 401K+, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Manage trademark searches and provide clearance analysis
- Handle all types of filings at the USPTO and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
- Assist attorneys in preparing for trademark clearance, prosecution, and maintenance
- Analyze chain of title information for trademarks and prepare appropriate assignments and maintenance documents
- Draft and review IP assignments, security agreements and releases
- Prepare record cover sheets/electronic filings for documents to be recorded at USPTO or Copyright Office
- Arrange for legalization of assignments for recording in foreign trademark and patent offices
- Manage trademark prosecution docket for due dates and cancellations
- Draft trademark/service mark applications, affidavits of use, maintenance/renewal filings and assignment agreements
- Responsible for communication with foreign trademark counsel and agents regarding registration and maintenance matters
- Manage and train junior paralegals
Requirements:
- 10+ years of Trademark prosecution experience in a law firm
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Knowledge of USPTO and TTAB rules and procedures
- SAEGIS and trademark docketing software’s
- Excellent research and communication skills, and strong analytical and organizational skills
- Willingness to travel and work overtime, as needed