[Hiring] Trademark Paralegal @Greenberg Traurig

Role Description

Join our Global Trademark and Brand Management Team as a Trademark Paralegal located in our Denver, Washington D.C. or Orange County, CA office. The Trademark Paralegal will assist multiple attorneys in the firm’s Global Trademark and Brand Management Practice.

• Manages a full docket of trademark-related deadlines, sends timely reminders to clients and attorneys, and ensures that deadlines are handled.
• Conducts in-house trademark screening searches on the TESS, SAEGIS, Corsearch, and WIPO Global Brand Database.
• Prepares and files U.S. trademark applications, renewal applications, non-substantive office action responses, use declarations, extensions of time, and other USPTO filings.
• Prepares and files international applications and extensions of international registrations with the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO).
• Files Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) complaints with the Forum and WIPO.
• Records documents such as assignments, name changes, and lien releases with the USPTO’s Assignment Recordation Branch.
• Files documents with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and prepares non-substantive procedural filings for filing with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
• Communicates professionally and accurately with clients to collect information and instructions related to trademark searches and filings.
• Instructs and supervises trademark prosecution and trademark enforcement matters handled by foreign law firms and coordinates the preparation, execution, notarization, legalization, and apostille of documents filed with international trademark offices.
• Investigates infringing uses of trademarks.
• Intakes client requests for searches and filings and coordinates attorney handling of matters.
• Creates customized trademark records reports for clients.
• Supports client development activities.

Qualifications

• Must have a broad understanding of the USPTO’s Trademark Electronic Application System and how to prepare and file various types of trademark prosecution and maintenance documents via TEAS.
• Experience with the USPTO’s Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals and know how to file various types of trademark appeal and opposition/cancellation documents via ESTTA.
• Demonstrate effective organizational, time management, project management, communication, and timekeeping skills.
• Experience creating technically proficient written communications without typographical errors.
• Demonstrate proficiency with various technologies common in trademark and brand management.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Certificate in Paralegal studies from an accredited institution preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Certified Paralegal a plus.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience as a trademark paralegal at a law firm or five years’ experience as a trademark professional.
• Proficiency with Windows-based software and Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, and other informational databases required.

Benefits

• Expected pay range: $40.86 to $49.03 per hour.
• Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience, location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
• Full-time employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, health insurance with an optional HSA, short-term disability, long-term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K, vacation, sick time, and an employee assistance program.
• Additional voluntary programs include: voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary critical illness and cancer insurance, and pet insurance.
• Commuter and Transit programs may also be available in certain markets.