Senior Trademark Paralegal

Senior Trademark Paralegal

Department: Legal

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: US-California-San Jose

Compensation: $121,200 - $166,700 / year

Align is looking for a Senior Trademark Paralegal to join its rapidly growing and collaborative legal team. As a member of Align’s IP team, you will support the development, management, and protection of Align’s brands. You should be enthusiastic about brands and trademarks, a team player, proactive about your role and duties, and be intellectually curious.

Currently, we have an opening for a full-time Sr. Trademark Paralegal. The position will be based in San Jose, California.

The Sr. Trademark Paralegal will assist with the enforcement, prosecution, and maintenance of Align’s global trademark rights. The Sr. Trademark Paralegal is expected to provide high quality work product in both appearance and substance, to take proactive steps to perform the below responsibilities, and to set goals and timelines to achieve desired outcomes. This position works directly with the Global Trademark Team in analyzing complex legal issues and executing strategic solutions.

• The prosecution of trademarks globally, including trademark applications, office actions, statements of use, maintenance, and other filings
• Providing support with trademark, copyright, and domain enforcement globally, including trademark oppositions and cancellations, UDRP proceedings, and trademark litigation, by assisting with the collection and preparation of evidence, among other duties
• Conducting trademark monitoring and reviewing watch notices according to Align’s scope of enforcement
• Running preliminary trademark clearance searches
• Preparing and filing copyright applications
• Managing the trademark docket
• Creating and maintaining internal trademark and enforcement management systems and tools
• Creating guidelines and internal resources to improve Align’s internal efficiency with respect to brand and copyright assets
• Providing IP due diligence support as needed
• Managing the processing of legal documents, such as notarization and apostilles
• Supporting trademark vendor and law firm operations, including opening matters, updating matter records, and assisting with invoicing
• Providing substantive assistance to the Global Trademark Team in all aspects of global trademark practice
• Performing other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent;
• 6-10 years experience as a paralegal, including minimum of 3-4 years experience in the trademark practice at a law firm
• Excellent organizational, time management, and project management skills
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to meeting deadlines across multiple projects
• Effective written and spoken communication skills, including the ability to work with internal and external partners to gather feedback and opinions
• Familiarity with IP-specific tools and software for portfolio management, enforcement, and IP docketing (e.g., Saegis, WebTMS, Brightflag, among others)
• Solid ability to understand general business operations, issues, and dynamics beyond the scope of basic legal issues
• Experience with international trademark practices and laws (including Madrid filings)
• Familiarity with conducting trademark clearance searches, including common law searching and trademark searching vendors
• Experience with internet issues, domain names, and copyright prosecution
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work as part of a team, as well as the ability to work independently and balance competing priorities
• Exercise of good judgment; curiosity, flexibility, and motivation
• Experience in the medical device field is a plus

If provided, base salary or wage rate ranges are the range in which Align reasonably expects to set a candidate’s pay for the posted position. Actual placement depends on the individual skills and experience level of a candidate plus the total compensation and equity across team members. For other locations outside of the primary location, the base salary range will be adjusted geographically.

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