Trade Mark Paralegal/Administrator

Trade Mark Paralegal / Administrator
Cambridge, CB25 9PD
£23,000 - £35,000 per annum, dependant on experience
Permanent, Full time, (Optional 9-day fortnight working pattern available)

Closing Date: 31 October

Its an exciting time to join us!

We are looking for a Trade Mark Paralegal/Administrator to join our busy trade marks and designs renewals team.

Providing exceptional service to a range of local and international clients, you will assist with renewal matters dealing with Registries and associates in a diverse range of countries from the biggest world economies to remote islands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administration tasks around renewals and maintenance, including reminders, new cases, instructions, supporting documents, monitoring for client documents/information and confirmations of renewal and Certificates and records processing on our IP management database.
• Billing responsibilities
• Covering team members when they are absent or when one may be particularly busy.
• The role will sometimes extend beyond renewals to include various recordals e.g. registrable transactions, TM mergers, seniority and replacement.

Trade mark renewals and formalities isn't for everyone. It's volume based, deadline heavy and requires good organisation. So, if you are super organised, enjoy dealing with different territories daily and are able to work autonomously and as part of a team, whether that's the Renewals Team or the fee earning teams with ultimate client responsibility, this could be for you!

Essential skills and experience

Ideally, we are looking for candidates with experience of trade mark renewals or formalities, but consideration will be given to candidates with transferable skills (not necessarily from law) including new graduates.

• Be adaptable in meeting the needs of a range of clients.
• Proficient IT skills with experience of working with databases and case management systems.
• Strong written and verbal English language skills are critical.
• An excellent attitude Stobbs is a team and our culture of support and care is central to the firm.
• Accountability - you will take responsibility for ensuring your work is carried out with care, thoroughness and accurate attention to detail.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

Firm culture is important at Stobbs - friendly, social, approachable and where we look after each other. We regularly provide our own social and professional events. We manage the rights of some fantastic clients - obviously that means our advice has to be legally sound, but it's also about it being business savvy. We have high standards but learn from our mistakes. Were not internally competitive (well, except when it comes to sports and quizzes!). We're certainly not run with an iron fist; we want our people to bring their whole selves to work, wanting to perform well, learn from mistakes and to feel comfortable asking questions and learning, and helping us continue to improve and be the best we can be.

Our head office is north of Cambridge, with an office in central London. We are trying to strike a good balance of supporting people to work flexibly while delivering for our clients and making Stobbs an attractive place to work. Our current hybrid working policy is a minimum requirement of two days in the office, encouraging people in more if possible. We may expect you to be based in the office full-time during the first six-months. Those seeking a part-time role may also be considered.

The company

Stobbs is a niche intellectual property practice that recognises that to give the best advice on brands, you need to take a more strategic and holistic approach than pure trade mark expertise. To that end, we launched the concept of Intangible Asset Management.

We have a breadth of capability that goes far beyond the scope of any other IP firm and encompasses trade marks, designs and copyright, litigation, disputes, commercial contracts, brand intelligence, brand extension (licensing), systems, online brand enforcement, anti-counterfeiting and brand restructuring.

Formed in 2013 with 18 people, today we have over 200 professionals based in Cambridge, London, Dublin, Eindhoven, Munich and US.