At Brand Protect, we have two vacancies (full- or part-time):
one for an Intellectual Property (IP) professional with 5-10 years’ experience in this area,
and the other for someone who is experienced in trade mark (TM) administration.
We can, to some extent, adjust the job description(s) to accommodate a great candidate’s experience. It is their enthusiasm and aptitude for IP - and trade marks in particular - that is vital to these roles; as well as their ability to understand the issues facing a small, specialist business that is growing rapidly.
Brand Protect is a small niche legal services firm that focuses entirely on IP. As a result, both of these roles provide the trademark specialist with an opportunity to develop relationships with clients, and to truly understand their business and enhance their competitive advantage in this area.
At Brand Protect, we aim to help all colleagues develop their IP knowledge and commercial abilities and therefore - if required - further training and CPD will be available by partner supervision and by attendance at lectures, as appropriate.
Remuneration is dependent on experience; Brand Protect is prepared to pay a salary that is significantly above average for the right candidate and to provide very flexible working conditions if required.
The office is in Ardley (close to Junction 10 of the M40) in rural Oxfordshire and is not served by public transport; extensive car parking is available.
TRADE MARK/ IP FEE EARNER
(FULL- or PART-TIME)
Working in a small business environment, the fee-earner will be in a position to influence all aspects of running a service business. It is our developing client base of corporate and SME companies that has led to our current growth and requirement to increase our number of fee-earners. Almost all our ‘new business’ comes to us through recommendation. We have a strong international reputation, and seek to build and extend our connections in the wider world.
We are aiming to recruit a ‘fee-earner’ who holds a good honours degree (or equivalent) and who: can demonstrate commercial awareness of the value of intellectual property; already has some experience and understanding of IP issues; has an enthusiasm for mastering IP concepts; and possesses excellent communication skills.
We will also consider capable staff from industry (e.g. in-house, brand or patent management roles) if they can demonstrate a track record of competence and success in IP related areas.
In general, the work focuses on: conducting searches and advising clients on the availability of trade marks for registration, use, opposition, revocation, invalidation and assignment proceedings, the prosecution of TM applications and managing clients’ TM portfolios. The complexity of work will vary depending on the fee-earner’s experience and competence.
TRADE MARK ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL
(FULL- or PART-TIME)
For this position, we are looking for an extremely capable and organized person; someone who fully understands the process of trademark application and registration and can therefore plan their work accordingly. We expect the successful candidate to have the Trade Mark Administrators qualification or equivalent experience.
The Role
The main responsibilities in this position are supervised TM fee-earning work and assisting the IP team with the conduct of their workload.
The responsibilities include:
- Assisting fee earners in the administration of their work;
- dealing with the enclosures for those items;
- responding to correspondence;
- letters to other parties and related invoices;
- ensuring clients provide appropriate data and information by phone and email,
- maintaining files, and general administration
- completing trade mark forms;
- liaising with clients, the various registries and foreign agents;
- updating our bespoke database.
The person
You are an articulate and confident person who works well in a small team. You have the desire and ability to match and exceed client expectations. You pay attention to details and have the ability to anticipate the needs of the job; you enjoy being proactive and taking responsibility. You are able to ‘multitask’ and prioritise workloads. You are computer literate and are competent and confident with using ‘Microsoft Word’, ’Excel’ and similar, and we will teach you how to use our database. You have excellent communication skills and work well under pressure.
Interested in either of these positions?
Each of these roles requires someone who is organized, pro-active, self-motivated, efficient and flexible. Comfortable working independently, you will be able to exercise discretion and to remain poised under pressure. Ability to demonstrate excellent attention to detail and reliability are vital. Hours can be flexible and designed to suit personal needs (full-time or part-time).
Interested individuals should send their CV, in confidence, to the office address or by email. Due to the volume of applications we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If you have not been contacted within 3 weeks of applying, your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be retained.
BRAND PROTECT LTD
STONECROFT CHAMBERS
SOMERTON ROAD
ARDLEY
OXFORDSHIRE, OX27 7PF
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1869 346160
bernard(at)bptm.co.uk (please replace the (at) with @ before you email us)