Trade Mark Paralegal

HGF; Manchester, Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading intellectual property firm in Manchester is seeking a Trade Mark Paralegal to support trade mark operations. Responsibilities include managing trade mark filings, coordinating with attorneys, and monitoring deadlines. The ideal candidate is CITMA qualified with at least 2 years of experience in paralegal work. This role offers opportunities for career development and a supportive work environment with various employee benefits, ensuring a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

27 days holiday

Bonus scheme

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave policy

Qualifications

• CITMA qualification and at least 2 years of experience in a trade mark formalities or paralegal position.
• Ability to work towards deadlines and prioritize workload.

Responsibilities

• Oversee trade mark filings to maintain clients' IP rights.
• Delegate tasks to Trade Mark Formalities Assistant and Administrators.
• Liaise with attorneys and foreign agents to progress actions.
• Monitor status of trade marks and designs.

Skills

CITMA qualified

Ability to work towards deadlines

Prioritization skills

Attention to detail

Job description

The Trade Mark Paralegal at HGF plays a vital role in supporting trade mark operations across the firm, ensuring the legal formalities of clients’ trade marks and designs are managed with precision. The position requires close collaboration with attorneys and support colleagues, handling filings, deadlines, and communications to maintain and protect intellectual property rights internationally.

Key Responsibilities:

• End to end oversight of trade mark filings to ensure our clients IP rights are maintained
• Delegate general reports and various admin duties to the Trade Mark Formalities Assistant and Administrators
• Liaise with attorneys and foreign agents to progress assigned actions within required timescales.
• Monitor the status of trade marks and designs, maintaining contact with local counsel and clients.

About You

If you are CITMA qualified and have at least 2 years experience in a trade mark formalities or paralegal position we’d love to hear from you. Being able to work towards deadlines and prioritise your workload whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy will be key attributes to succeeding in the role.

About HGF:

HGF Limited is one of Europe’s largest intellectual property specialist firms offering a fully integrated IP solution, bringing over 200 Patent Attorneys, Trade Mark Attorneys and IP Solicitors together to provide a full-service IP solution.

With 25 offices across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland & Austria, HGF’s Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys provide specialist technical and legal advice to blue chip organisations and small to medium businesses across the world. Many of our clients are household names and the work HGF does allows them to protect and exploit their inventions, new products and branding.

Why move to HGF?

• HGF takes a transparent and merit-based approach to your career development and you will have the opportunity to shape your long-term progression.
• We’re a firm with a focus on DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion), with a staff led DEI Focus Group, affinity networks and a DEI Board sponsor
• As a business we have a dedicated Learning and Development team focused on career long development of your skills along with a digital learning platformcovering a wide range of content
• Benefits including our award winning enhanced parental leave policy, 27 days holiday, bonus scheme and flexible working

HGF Values

People–People matter. We treat people fairly, with respect and compassion. We foster a friendly, inclusive and enjoyable culture for everyone to prosper in. We invest in our people and offer appropriate coaching and training to assist with development and learning. We promote a healthy work-life balance. Progression is based on merit.

Excellence– We strive to be the best. We pursue excellence in all our individual roles resulting in outstanding legal and technical advice for our clients. Our people are pragmatic, responsive and commercially minded. We do not presume but listen to understand so we can engage proactively and appropriately.

Teamwork– We stand together. We work with our clients to protect their interests, and with each other as a mutually supporting firm. We value, appreciate and listen to others, regardless of role, recognising each individual’s particular blend of talent, skill and experience. We are individually and jointly accountable and take responsibility for our actions and decisions.

Progressive– We innovate. We continually improve our services and processes through understanding, creativity, and investment. We evolve by taking opportunities and adopting new business procedures, unencumbered by historical structures or out-of-date attitudes. As a firm, we have an entrepreneurial spirit, and encourage new thinking in our people.

Please mention IP Careers when applying to HGF.