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Position Legal executive

Industry Type: Manufacturing

Department: Legal & Regulatory

Education LLB (specialization in IPR)

Experience 3-6 years

Location - Thane
Job Description

• Support Head Legal in IP management, legal forms, stakeholder management, data management, and report delivery
• Management and protection of Intellectual property and protection including drafting and submitting trademark applications till registration.
• Assist in managing the company's intellectual property portfolio, identifying expansion opportunities and renewals
• Research new trademarks/brand name and advise on availability by carrying out national and international searches to see if the proposed trade mark is already in use.
• Monitor existing and proposed trademarks deadlines, attend to renewal and amendments deadlines and make sure they are met in good time
• Intellectual property (IP) infringements actions both online and offline, drafting of C&D notice, response to C&D, negotiate in trademark disputes and take actions in infringements, verify the sample in R&D departments.
• Audit of existing IPRs
• Review, Drafting and Negotiation of commercial contracts that involve IPRs
• Provide legal support in terms of due diligence and legal documentation to licensing of IPRs to and from third parties
• Provide legal support to team members in terms of review of draft and filing of opposition proceedings and execution of the same.
• Maintain online data base of all IPRs of Neogen business and track important milestones (renewal, expiry, third party challenges, etc) in IPR portal.