Description:
Job Description:Overview:
Orrick is seeking a senior associate with 6 to 9 years of experience to help lead our global trademark and brand protection practice. Our clients range from venture-backed startups to Fortune 100 companies in technology, consumer, and life sciences. We handle every stage of a brand's life: clearance and global filing strategy, prosecution and portfolio management, launches and rebrands, acquisitions of marks and domain names, and disputes from the first demand letter through TTAB trial. We work closely with Orrick's Technology Companies Group and our corporate and IP litigation teams.
We pair experienced trademark judgment with Orrick's technology platform to deliver work faster and more efficiently. We'd love to find someone who's excited to help shape how a modern trademark practice works, and to grow with us as we build it.
Responsibilities:
What You'll Do:
- Run U.S. and international portfolios day to day, including clearance, filing strategy, prosecution, maintenance, and renewals
- Lead clearance: scope the searches, review the results, and give clients a practical read on risk
- Set office action strategy and prepare responses before the USPTO
- Oversee Madrid Protocol and national filings, and coordinate local counsel on foreign prosecution and disputes
- Handle enforcement from start to finish: investigations, demand letters, negotiations, and TTAB oppositions and cancellations
- Negotiate coexistence and consent agreements, licenses, and settlements
- Support product launches, financings, and M&A with trademark clearance and IP diligence
- Supervise junior attorneys and professional staff, and help develop the team
- Work with our technology tools every day and help evaluate new ones
Qualifications:
- 6 to 9 years of experience handling trademark clearance, prosecution, and enforcement for domestic and international portfolios
- Significant experience directing clearance searches and advising on registrability and likelihood of confusion
- Significant experience developing and drafting USPTO office action responses
- Significant experience with enforcement investigations, cease-and-desist letters, and negotiated settlements
- Significant experience with international filing and prosecution, including Madrid Protocol filings and working with foreign counsel
- Experience with TTAB oppositions and cancellations
- Experience drafting and negotiating trademark licenses
- Experience with trademark and IP due diligence
- Experience assigning, reviewing, and supervising the work of junior attorneys and staff
- Fluency with modern search, docketing, and tech-assisted drafting tools
Additional Requirements:
- A JD from an accredited law school
- Membership in the State Bar of the office where you wish to be based (or the ability to be admitted promptly)
- Strong research, analytical, writing, and communication skills, including the ability to explain legal risk in plain business terms
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with close attention to detail and strong organizational skills
How to Apply:
Please apply online at https://www.orrick.com/Careers and include a resume, J.D. transcript, and cover letter.
Search firm recruiters must submit using our Search Firm Portal. Please contact recruiting@orrick.com for agreements and login credentials.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Mariella Medina, Recruiting Manager, at mmedina@orrick.com.
