Paralegal Ip

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Paralegal, IP
The candidate will proactively and autonomously support in-house patent litigation counsel and other legal professionals through all stages of US IP litigation matters including interacting with external counsel and Global functional colleagues. Proactively and autonomously support in-house attorneys and other legal professionals on all aspects of Company’s BD activities, including collaborating with BD colleagues. Contribute to projects relating to IP litigation and BD processes/operations, driving the successful implementation of new and revised processes and guidelines. Develop, coordinate and successfully implement various projects to support legal/IP and business unit goals and objectives. Litigation database document and information management and updating internal knowledge databases to record and report litigation events, updates and outcomes (e.g. Memotech, OneNote, SharePoint). Familiarity with patent and litigation databases (e.g. PatBase, Espacenet, PACER, etc). Communicate with internal stakeholders and external counsel on various IP litigation and BD issues. Work with the in-house paralegal team to assist in managing the patent litigation budgeting process, including working with colleagues on the finance team. Work with the discovery team in disclosure exercises and litigation holds; assisting in review of disclosure documents, where necessary. Work with General Legal and other general legal paralegals on key department projects to support Legal function. Prepare for and attend meetings with internal stakeholders and external counsel (including agenda management, minute taking and follow up, at lead attorney’s instruction). Prepare Terms of Engagement with legal vendors. Contribute to the procurement of specialist IP services. Perform research as requested using computer and printed resources. Analyze and adapt processes in order to improve efficiency and identify administrative processes and/or procedures in need of review and revision to ensure efficient and effective use of resources. Assist in the preparation of draft analytical litigation and BD documents e.g. status reports and updates, legal research, and assistance with disclosure. Review, draft, amend and handle execution of standard patent and legal documents such as Powers of Attorney, settlement agreements, and notice letters.

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