Senior IP Paralegal
E.L.F. BEAUTY
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Oakland • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $100,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Assist in managing trademark portfolio and coordinate with outside counsel under guidance
- Perform and analyze trademark clearance searches, and provide guidance on product names and slogans
- Review and analyze trademark watch notices
- Coordinate with outside counsel for new filings, prosecution, and other trademark matters
- Review advertising and marketing materials for proper trademark usage and accuracy of marketing claims and sufficiency of corresponding substantiation
- Support intellectual property legal compliance initiatives, including internal training, trademark use guidelines across multiple jurisdictions, and issue spotting
- Communicate with internal business teams regarding brand protection/IP prosecution needs and deadlines
- Collect Statements of Use and first use dates for trademark prosecution
- Formal document management: obtaining signatures for trademark and patent documents (i.e. declarations, assignments, Apostille certification, powers of attorney)
- Conduct online investigations of possible infringements
- Conduct copyright searching and application filing
- Manage matters efficiently with appropriate supervision, escalating issues as needed and coordinating with senior members of the legal department and outside counsel when required
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and paralegal certificate or equivalent experience required
- 10+ years of law firm and/or in-house paralegal experience
- In-house experience with managing a global portfolio is preferred
- Strong understanding of domestic and international trademark processes
- Proficiency in conducting trademark clearance searches and managing trademark watch notices
- Advanced proficiency in the use of IP portfolio management and docketing software, and MS Office for the creation and editing of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
- Working knowledge of patents, copyrights, trade dress and domain names
- Highly motivated and excited to learn all facets of intellectual property
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Self-motivated with exceptional attention to detail
- Must be highly organized and experienced at tracking multiple matters simultaneously
- Ability to work independently, take ownership of assignments and adhere to deadlines
- Willingness to assist, when and where needed
- Experience within the beauty/cosmetics/skincare industry or consumer products industry desirable but not required.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- retirement savings plan
- gender neutral parental leave
- unlimited paid time off
- annual company-based performance bonus
- equity
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
trademark portfolio managementtrademark clearance searchestrademark watch noticesintellectual property compliancecopyright searchingpatent managementtrade dressdomain namesdocument managementlegal research
Soft Skills
strong verbal communicationstrong written communicationattention to detailorganizational skillsself-motivatedability to work independentlyownership of assignmentsability to meet deadlineswillingness to assistmotivation to learn
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeparalegal certificate