Paralegal, Intellectual Property – Marketing
Restaurant Brands International
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Miami • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide critical support to the Marketing and IP lawyers within the RBI Legal Department
- Work directly with external intellectual property counsel and may assist with the review of marketing materials
- Administer and manage the Company’s IP matters and deadlines for Canada, the U.S. and International
- Review marketing materials for proper usage of IP and to assess IP clearance needs
- Conduct trademark searches in partnership with in-house and outside counsel
- Support in-house counsel on infringement matters, including drafting memos for identification of infringements, drafting cease and desist letters, submitting online takedown requests, etc.
- Correspond with outside counsel regarding IP matters and track all matters
- Review and conduct initial mark ups of marketing materials, including contest rules, POP materials and agreements
- Prepare basic draft agreements (releases, licenses, settlements, etc.)
- Collaborate with in-house and external counsel on IP budgets and invoices
- Work closely with business partners and in-house counsel to minimize risk to the company as it relates to IP and marketing materials
- Develop training materials, resources and presentations for the marketing and branding teams
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years legal clerking or paralegal experience at a law firm or in-house legal department
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in legal administration, law clerk or paralegal studies or related field from an accredited College or University
- Experience with international trademark portfolio management preferred
- Experience in an Intellectual Property practice group with specialized knowledge of trademarks and IP prosecution (registrations, renewals, examiner reports, oppositions, clearance searches, usage and infringement)
- Experience instructing external IP counsel would be considered an asset
- Experience in marketing/advertising review would be considered an asset
- Proven ability to work independently with business partners
- Strong organizational, administrative and communication skills
- Strong drafting skills (memos, letters, contracts, basic agreements, coexistence agreements, etc.)
- Proficiency in Excel would be considered an asset
- Attention to detail, takes pride in quality of documents
- Comfortable working in a team environment, yet demonstrates ability to work independently
- Ability to work in a flexible and dynamic environment; willingness to assist others and work on a variety of tasks
- Able to handle sensitive matters with discretion and professionalism
- Organized and demonstrates ability to work effectively in multi-tasking environment with high volume workload
- Bilingualism (English and French, and/or other language) would be considered an asset
Benefits
- Health insurance
- global paid parental leave program
- free telemedicine and mental wellness support
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal clerkingparalegal experiencetrademark portfolio managementintellectual propertyIP prosecutiondrafting memosdrafting cease and desist lettersconducting trademark searchespreparing agreementsproficiency in Excel
Soft skills
organizational skillsadministrative skillscommunication skillsattention to detailability to work independentlyteam collaborationflexibilitydiscretionmulti-taskingprofessionalism
Certifications
post-secondary degree in legal administrationdiploma in law clerk studiesparalegal studies