Intellectual Property Paralegal

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Intellectual Property Paralegal
The candidate will support the management and strategic development of YETI’s intellectual property portfolio. Manage current day-to-day IP prosecution matters and portfolio management responsibilities and who is willing to take initiative and work with inventors, content creators, and other departments with positivity and enthusiasm. Additionally, this position may also conduct advertising and marketing reviews, assess claims and appropriateness of substantiation, and otherwise help support the marketing approval process at YETI. Support all stages of the patent lifecycle, including identification, filing, prosecution, maintenance, defense, litigation, and other corporate matters as they relate to IP.Understand both U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, including the following: US filing and prosecution procedures, PCT and International procedures, Docketing, Information Disclosure Statements, etc. Annuities/Renewals management. Formal document management: obtaining signatures for patent and trademark documents (i.e. declarations, assignments, Apostille certification, powers of attorney). Coordinate and manage U.S. and foreign trademark filings, prosecution, and maintenance. Prepare and file trademark applications, SOUs, extensions of time, amendments to allege use, Sections 8 & 15 declarations, and other filings with the USPTO.Manage trademark prosecution deadlines. Collect evidence of use for trademark prosecution. Perform and analyze trademark clearance searches. Review and analyze trademark watch notices. Communicate with outside counsel, foreign associates, attorneys and internal staff members regarding IP prosecution needs and deadlines. Conduct online investigations of possible infringements. Conduct copyright searching and application filing. Review advertising and marketing materials for proper trademark usage and accuracy of marketing claims and sufficiency of corresponding substantiation.

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