IP Transactions Associate Job in Bengaluru at Unitedlex

UnitedLex is hiring for the role of IP Transactions Associate!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Assisting the IP Transaction Lawyer and Brand Rights team with various aspects of intellectual property transactional work.
• Managing and organizing legal documents, conducting research, auditing IP records, organizing and managing intellectual property records in Anaqua, and assisting with the preparation of IP-related agreements and documents.
• Assisting the IP Transaction Lawyer and Brand Rights Team in the IP due diligence for transactions, including review IP assets, and agreements.
• Generating reports on IP related rights, agreements, conflicts, searches in Anaqua.
• Generating reports from commercial databases or publicly available databases.
• Conducting research on use of IP assets and competitors’ presence and rights.
• Analyzing data to identify risks and gaps.
• Assisting in addressing gaps identified in the due diligence.
• Assisting in reviewing and drafting IP-related agreements, including licenses, assignments, and various transactional agreements/documents.
• Maintaining and organizing IP-related documents in Haleon systems and in Anaqua.
• Maintaining and updating Haleon data management systems as needed.
• Communicating with clients, attorneys, and external parties to coordinate and gather necessary information for IP transactions.
• Assisting with trademark offices transactional activities, including filing trademark assignments, confirmatory assignments, changes of ownership etc.
• Assisting in handling legacy Pfizer, Novartis, GSK transactional issues.
• Handling administrative tasks related to IP transactions, such as time, deadline and task tracking.
• Assisting in the creation and maintenance of the ULX Trademark Dashboard.
• Reviewing incoming mails related to trademark matters.
• Analyzing and managing applicable deadlines and response dates during prosecution.
• Supporting renewal and recorded activities.
• Entering relevant trademark details including, but not limited to, deadlines, ownership and associated trademark recordables, licensing, renewals in the docketing tool.
• Supporting the management of Power of Attorney (PoAs)
• Forwarding docketed matters to the applicable attorney, outside counsel, or staff for appropriate response.
• Maintaining files and documents relevant to applicable matters in document management system.
• Assisting in daily quality assurance review for trademark filings, as well as general audits to review portfolios.

Requirements:

• Experience or familiarity with intellectual property (IP) law, especially trademarks.
• Proficiency with IP management tools like Anaqua and document management systems.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with attorneys, clients, and external parties.