Trademark Docketing Coordinator
LOCATION: Silicon Valley, CA
SALARY AND BENEFITS: Base salary to $114K, DOE, plus generously paid overtime, competitive bonus structure, medical, dental, & vision benefits, great PTO, 401k match and much more!
ORGANIZATION: Top Ranking California Based Law Firm
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintain a Trademark File Intake/Transfer Tracking System
- Review documents for court and filing deadlines
- Enter deadlines into the IP docket database
- Audit newly received trademark files
- Input new trademark and dispute matters into docket
- Provide relevant information from the docket database, as requested by attorneys and staff
- Streamline docketing procedures, including the maintenance of rule sets in the docket database
- Calculate deadlines based on regulations and court requirements
- Monitor and ensure deadline accuracy of electronic court filings
- Liaise with attorneys and key staff to provide information about the docketing system and any changes to rules and regulations
- Update client specific customer numbers when applicable
- Forward transfer correspondence to new counsel for transfer-out files
- Purge files being transferred out of the firm
REQUIREMENTS:
- 4+ years of related trademark prosecution or U.S. docketing experience in a law firm environment
- Knowledge and experience with automated docketing, and other calendaring programs
- Working knowledge of US and Foreign trademark rules and practices
- Experience in preparing trademark formalities for filing in the USPTO
- Excellent research skills
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to operate with minimal supervision, while complying with strict deadlines
- Ability to manage multiple priorities at once
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, with the ability to learn new software and operating systems
- Impeccable attention to detail
