Location: Rocky Hill, CT - onsite
Duration: 2 month contract
Pay: $35/hr
Key Responsibilities
Trademark Portfolio Management
- Maintain and update the global trademark database, ensuring accuracy and completeness of records.
- Prepare and file trademark applications, renewals, assignments, and recordals with the USPTO and through coordination with foreign counsel.
- Assist with global clearance projects, including coordinating searches, reviewing results, and reporting to business stakeholders.
Trademark Enforcement & Brand Protection
- Monitor and analyze watch notices and online brand protection alerts for potential infringement.
- Support enforcement strategies, including drafting cease-and-desist letters, coordinating takedowns, and liaising with outside counsel on opposition and cancellation proceedings.
- Assist with domain name monitoring and enforcement.
Cross-Functional Support
- Serve as primary point of contact for marketing, product development, and business teams regarding trademark usage, clearance, and brand protection guidance.
- Prepare reports and portfolio updates for business leaders and global IP stakeholders.
- Assist with internal training initiatives and compliance programs related to trademark use and brand protection.
Docketing & Deadlines
- Manage global docket of trademark deadlines, including renewals, oppositions, and other prosecution and enforcement actions.
- Ensure timely filings and communicate key deadlines to attorneys and business partners.
Administrative & Legal Support
- Coordinate with outside counsel worldwide on filings, disputes, and budgetary matters.
- Review invoices, manage accrual reporting, and support budget planning for global trademark spend.
- Maintain organized and accessible electronic files in compliance with internal guidelines.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or paralegal certificate.
- Experience in trademark portfolio management, preferably with a global company or law firm managing large, international portfolios.
- Knowledge of USPTO practice and international systems (Madrid Protocol, WIPO).
- Experience with IP docketing and portfolio management software.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize global deadlines and high-volume work.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across time zones and cultures.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; experience with SAP or other enterprise systems is a plus.