Openings
Trademark Associate
Chicago, IL US
Job Description
Trademark Associate - Chicago
Our client is a top firm, seeking a trademark associate with 3-5 years of experience for its IP practice in Chicago. The salary range for this position is between $205k to $220.
Qualifications
- 3-5 years of experience in U.S. and foreign trademark clearance, prosecution, and enforcement.
- Experience managing trademark portfolios, advising clients on brand protection, and providing counsel on copyright and trademark licensing matters.
- Experience in TTAB proceedings and trademark disputes, drafting pleadings, and response briefs.
- Knowledge of copyright law, including transfer and licensing agreements.
- Prepare cease and desist letters, demand letters, and DMCA takedown notices.
- Experience negotiating and drafting licensing, assignment, and work-for-hire agreements for trademarks and copyrights.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and analytical skills; team focused.
- Strong analytical skills; team focused; strong client management skills.
All candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Meet Your Recruiter
Kate McNamara
National Legal Recruiter
kmcnamara@lawseek.com
Kate joined Marina Sirras & Associates in 2011. She is a national legal recruiter, specializing
in the placement of partners, counsel, and associates in all practice areas, including:
- Intellectual Property – lawyers and patent agents (patent prosecution, IP litigation,
trademark, and technology/life sciences transactional roles) - Corporate lawyers (funds, capital markets, M&A, securities, and finance)
- Litigation lawyers (commercial, securities, and arbitration)
Clients include major international law firms, midsized general practice firms, specialty boutique
firms, and corporations. Prior to recruiting, Kate worked as a legal assistant for several law
firms, including Pennie & Edmonds, a former intellectual property firm in New York City. She
earned a B.S. in Human Resource Management.