Legal Manager - IPR

Job Requirements

Job Details

Key Roles & Responsibilities

1. Intellectual Property Portfolio Management, Advisory & Risk Assessment:

• Collaborate closely with internal business teams, product development teams, R&D/invention teams and external law firms to ensure effective protection and enforcement of intellectual property assets.
• Conduct comprehensive trademark availability and clearance searches, analyse search results, assess risks, and provide recommendations for adoption and registration of new brand names, taglines, product names, and logos.
• Maintain, monitor and update the Intellectual Property database, tracking of applications, registrations, renewals, oppositions and related actions and generate periodic reports and dashboards on the same.
• Review proposed brand names, advertising campaigns, packaging, promotional materials, product designs, digital content, and marketing collateral from an IP risk perspective and advice the business teams.
• Support creation and implementation of IP awareness programs and training sessions for employees.

2. Filing & Registrations

• Coordinate with business teams, innovation teams, external counsel and IP attorneys for filing and prosecution of trademark, patent, design, and copyright applications.
• Facilitate collection and review of supporting documents, forms, declarations, specifications, drawings, evidence of use, and other filing requirements.
• Track progress of applications and coordinate responses to examination reports, office actions, oppositions, hearings, and other proceedings before Intellectual Property Offices.
• Support the development and protection of new innovations, inventions, product designs, collections, and branding assets through appropriate IP filings.

3. Monitoring & Anti-Infringement Actions

• Conduct regular monitoring of the marketplace, e-commerce platforms, social media channels, websites, trade exhibitions, and retail outlets to identify unauthorized use or infringement of intellectual property rights.
• Investigate potential infringements, counterfeiting activities, passing off, copyright violations, trademark misuse, and design infringements.
• Draft and issue cease-and-desist notices and settlement communications against infringing parties.
• Coordinate with external counsel for initiating appropriate civil, criminal, administrative, customs, domain name, or online enforcement actions. Monitor ongoing litigation matters, manage documentation, and provide status updates to stakeholders.

Work Experience

Collaborate closely with internal business teams, product development teams, R&D/invention teams, and external law firms to ensure effective protection and enforcement of intellectual property assets.

Be capable of making legal research and legal recommendations to resolve problems or improve process.

High level of technical competence with ability to work on number of computer applications including Microsoft Office and Google applications (Excel / Sheets, Word / Docs and PPT /slides) etc.