What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intellectual Property Paralegal position at Ascension Global Staffing & Executive Search?
Ascension Global Staffing & Executive Search, a Hispanic Women Owned & Operated National Recruiting Firm stands at the forefront of innovation and excellence. Led by a visionary team with a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion, our firm is dedicated to identifying and attracting top talent across the nation. With a unique blend of cultural insight and professional expertise, we pride ourselves on creating an environment that fosters success for both employers and candidates.
Ascension Global Staffing & Executive Search is seeking an Intellectual Property Paralegal for its client's Tampa office.
The IP Paralegal supports attorneys in delivering the highest level of service to internal and external clients alike for patent and trademark prosecution, IP portfolio management, proceedings at the Patent Office, and supports litigation in federal and state courts. As a contributing team member, the IP Paralegal is pro-active in balancing multiple work demands, taking personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of his/her work and maintaining client and Firm confidentiality.
Duties
- Prepare formal documents and file U.S. patent, trademark, and copyright and applications, coordinate filing of foreign applications
- Prepare documents and review patent and trademark related documents, such as correspondence and filings covering all aspects of U.S. patent and trademark prosecution.
- Coordinate and communicate with clients, draft correspondence, prepare office action response shells, prepare Information Disclosure Statements and prior-art reference management, assignment recordations, inventor declarations, application data sheets, continuing applications, etc.
- Support litigation activities in federal and state courts, including preparing pleadings, docketing, filing, drafting case summaries, drafting discovery responses and supporting the trial preparation process
- Perform legal research
- Support IP portfolio management clients, including maintaining dockets and preparing regular reports of outstanding matters, coordinating foreign filings and opposition proceedings, and participating in regular client status calls.
- Assist with prosecution docketing tasks as needed.
- Correspond with foreign associates, oversee payment of foreign associates' invoices, and prepare reporting letters to clients.
- Perform on-line research via public access websites, U.S. and foreign patent offices.
- Organize and maintain electronic client files.
- Update monthly status reports for select clients.
- Complete special projects including assignment, intake, and due diligence projects, as assigned.
- Support Patent Office adversarial proceedings such as TTAB cancellation and opposition proceedings, and PTAB ex parte and inter partes proceedings
- Additional duties as assigned.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or paralegal certificate required.
Experience
- 5 years of paralegal, IP Administrator, or other relevant experience required.
- Experience using PattsyWave or similarIP docketing systems
- Experience using PAIR, EFS-Web, ePCT andPCT-SAFE, eCO
- Experience using Compulaw preferred
- Certification and training in an eDiscovery platform (e.g., Relativity) preferred.
