Legal Job | Trade Mark Legal Associate – Unilever Intellectual Property at Unilever: Apply Now!

About Unilever

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is a British-owned Indian final goods company headquartered in Mumbai.[3] It is a subsidiary of the British company Unilever. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products, water purifiers, and other fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs).

Eligibility

Key Skills

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) with preferably a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property
• 6-8 years of experience in international trade mark portfolio management, including trade mark clearance searches, prosecution matters, trade mark renewals and enforcement matters.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Essential

• Strong knowledge of trade mark and copyright laws, regulations and practices.
• Proven ability to apply legal principles and assessments in connection to IP risk management, in particular the similarity of trademarks and the likelihood of confusion.
• Strong English language drafting and legal advisory skills.
• Achieving outcomes and results by influencing the way resources not in your control are utilised.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work with colleagues across multiple time zones, countries and cultures.
• Willingness and drive for process excellence.

Preferable

• Experience with conducting trade mark opposition and cancellation proceedings and drafting IP-related agreements.
• Understanding the commercial aspects of IP legal counselling.
• Experience within a consumer goods environment.
• Previous people management experience.
• Self-motivated

Leadership Behaviors

• Execution Responsibility
• Bias for Action
• Growth Mindset
• Consumer and Customer Focus

Responsibilities

The Unilever IP Legal team are responsible for the protection, enforcement and monetization of our 400 brands and the underlying portfolio of Intellectual Property Rights. As part of the extended team, we are hiring a Powerhouse resource to support our Trade Mark team with a wide variety of activities, including the following:

• Conduct trade mark screening searches, analyse search results to determine the availability of proposed trade marks and prepare advice for the BG Trade Mark Counsel(s). Where required, instruct our external law firm(s) to undertake further searches and provide legal advice.
• Prepare instructions to our external law firm(s) for the filling and prosecution of trade mark filling projects, as well as collating supporting documentation and preparing cost estimates where required.
• Collate evidence of Unilever’s use of our trademarks to support our annual trade mark renewal cycle and the preparations of Statements of Use, as well as for trade mark prosecution, opposition and cancellation matters.
• Conduct trade mark watch services to identify infringing third-party trade mark applications and provide recommendations to the BG Trade Mark Counsel(s).
• Support with trade mark enforcement, infringement and opposition matters, including the conducting of OSIN investigations, drafting pre-action correspondence and settlement agreements.
• Support with anti-counterfeiting and grey market enforcement, including the drafting of witness statements, preparing evidence and updating case management software.
• Support with the drafting and execution of IP-related agreements, including copyright assignments.
• Manage requests from our legal colleagues and business partners for the preparation of authorisation letters, trade mark portfolio reports, obtaining copies of trade mark certificates and other ad-hoc trade mark requests.
• Support with the integration and/or divestiture of IP assets resulting from M&A activity, including trade mark assignment records.
• Support with the management of our Domain Name portfolio, including the regular auditing of our portfolio to identify opportunities to lapse.
• Manage the trademark precedent bank, updating with new templates, playbooks and other know-how materials.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations and other materials to engage our business partners, provide insights and educate them on Unilever Intellectual Property.
• Act as a Line manager for a small team of associates.

Location

UniOps Bangalore Centre

Application Procedure

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