IP Litigation Specialist

Intellectual Property // Litigation // Am100 Law Firm! // Apply now!

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Salary: $85,000 - $100,000 per year

A bit about us:

Top Am100 Law Firm seeking an IP Litigation Specialist to join their team! An ideal candidate for this role will have 5 + years of of IP Litigation experience.

Why join us?

Competitive Compensation
401(k) Plan
Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, ID Theft Insurance, plus Short- and Long-Term Disability
Generous PTO, Sick Time & Paid Holidays
Parking/Transit Reimbursement
Collaborative Work Environment: Join a team of 1,200+ attorneys across 25+ offices, including one of the largest IP practices in the nation
Work-Life Balance: Annual billable requirement of 750 hours

Job Details

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Maintain the secondary docket and manage cases and files, including uploading emails and documents to the docketing and document management systems, updating client portals and attending status meetings
• Prepare and maintain internal docket reports, charts and to-do lists
• Draft, format and proofread documents, memos, correspondence, spreadsheets and presentations
• Prepare and send reporting letters to clients, outside counsel and vendors

Patent:

• Manage the docket and patent prosecution for assigned client portfolios
• Coordinate invention harvesting meetings and prosecution tasks
• Report USPTO and foreign patent office notices to clients and outside counsel
• Draft formalities and other prosecution templates, and compile and e-file U.S. patent applications with the USPTO
• Review filed and issued patent communications for errors, determine patent expiration dates and prepare certificates of correction
• Prepare and update IDS charts and client portfolio spreadsheets

Trademark:

• Manage the docket and trademark prosecution for assigned client portfolios
• Coordinate trademark searches, maintenance reminders and prosecution tasks
• Report notices from the USPTO, WIPO, TTAB, foreign trademark offices and the Copyright Office
• Draft trademark maintenance reminders

Litigation:

• Coordinate project files and draft communications about ongoing litigation tasks
• E-file and send documents to clients, witnesses and court officials
• Set up review databases, archive data, draft basic search queries and generate data reports
• Run quality checks on document productions
• Calculate and manage litigation timelines
• Travel occasionally to help at depositions, mediations and trials

Non-billable:

• Open files and run conflict checks in Intapp, and help with engagement letters and intake
• Coordinate client estimates, accruals and invoicing, and oversee invoice payments, expenses and reimbursements in Chrome River
• Schedule attorney travel and track attorneys’ CLE credits

Qualifications Needed:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 5+ years of related experience supporting an intellectual property practice (patent, trademark and/or IP litigation)
• Strong knowledge of USPTO rules and procedures, including electronic filing, formalities, IDS and certificates of correction
• Experience with IP docketing and portfolio management, plus trademark prosecution and maintenance, including WIPO and TTAB matters
• Proficiency with an IP docketing system, Intapp, Chrome River, iManage, Adobe and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Proven ability to manage multiple portfolios and deadlines with close attention to detail
• Ability to meet a 750-hour annual billable requirement and complete 8 hours of technical training each year
• Ability to travel occasionally for depositions, mediations and trials

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