Key Responsibilities

1. Legal Research: Perform targeted legal research on complex or evolving areas of patent and trademark law, including case law and regulatory changes.
2. Patent Drafting Assistance: Assist in preparing patent application documents, including specifications, claims, and drawings.
3. Prior Art Searching and Analysis: Conduct comprehensive prior art searches using specialized patent databases (USPTO, EPO, Orbit, Google Patents) to assess the novelty and non-obviousness of new inventions. Summarize search results for R&D engineers.
4. Inventor Disclosure Process: Manage the intake and tracking of invention disclosures from R&D teams and assist with preliminary patentability assessments.
5. Patent Portfolio Management: Help maintain the patent docket, track deadlines, and monitor the status of pending applications.
6. Trademark Clearance and Search: Conduct and analyze trademark clearance searches to evaluate the availability and registrability of proposed new brand names, logos, and slogans.
7. Monitoring and Enforcement Support: Conduct online monitoring for potential trademark infringement and assist in gathering evidence for enforcement or opposition proceedings.

Ideal Candidate:

1. Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Law or a related field. Patent Agents are also encouraged to apply.
2. Ability to conduct thorough research using various databases and resources.
3. Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to distinguish subtle differences between similar technologies.
4. Meticulous attention to detail.
5. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to synthesize complex legal or technical information clearly and accurately.
6. Interest in intellectual property law, patents, and innovation.
7. Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
8. Technical background or degree in Electrical Engineering (preferable not required) for better understanding of invention disclosures.