Senior Trademark Counsel - Intellectual Property

AbbVie Inc; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Trademark Counsel to join its Intellectual Property group in Irvine, California. This role entails developing trademark strategies, providing legal advice, and managing brand protection efforts across pharmaceutical and aesthetic products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in trademark prosecution and a Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) participation

Short-term and long-term incentive programs

Qualifications

• 7+ years of U.S. and OUS trademark prosecution experience.
• State bar admission not mandatory.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or aesthetics industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement trademark and copyright strategies.
• Prepare, file, and prosecute trademark applications.
• Provide legal advice on brand protection and anti-counterfeiting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Research skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school

Job description

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.

Job Description

AbbVie is searching for an in-house Senior Trademark Counsel in its Intellectual Property group. This position will be based in AbbVie’s Irvine, California office.

Working both individually and in cross-functional teams, the in-house Senior Trademark Counsel will develop and implement trademark and copyright strategies across AbbVie’s Aesthetics and Pharmaceutical products and product candidates.

Responsibilities:

• Perform US and OUS trademark searches, including online searching; analyze third party goods, services, trademarks and service marks and provide legal advice relating thereto
• Prepare, file and prosecute US and OUS trademark applications and consult with internal commercial colleagues and outside counsel as appropriate
• Monitor watch notices and challenge and defend trademarks in opposition, cancellation, and other proceedings
• Maximize AbbVie’s competitive trademark positions through creation and implementation of intellectual property strategies
• Provide legal advice and counsel to cross-functional R&D, marketing, publication, communication, and other colleagues on a variety of trademark and copyright-related matters
• Conduct trademark and copyright-related due diligence in support of business development activities
• Provide trademark-related legal advice relating to and in support of the company’s brand protection, anti-counterfeiting, and product protection activities
• Partner with and support other departments on brand protection, anti-counterfeiting, and product protection issues
• Manage and engage in online enforcement against unauthorized use of AbbVie’s trademarks, including working with service providers, industry collaborations and online platforms and initiating UDRPs and civil actions as appropriate
• Manage trademark recordations with customs

Qualifications

• Juris Doctoratedegree from an accredited law school
• State bar admission (specific state admission not required)
• 7+ years of law firm or in-house U.S. and OUS trademark prosecution, searching and enforcement experience
• Strong legal, analytical, research, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects to meet deadlines
• Must be self-motivated, detail-oriented with high work standards
• Ability to work well collaboratively and independently
• Willingness and ability to work with and coordinate activities with a large number of individuals across various US and OUS departments
• Ability to think creatively and devise solutions to challenging problems
• Ability to manage and serve a wide range of client groups within the company by recognizing and responding quickly and pragmatically.
• This role is a hybrid opportunity requiring three (3) days onsite in either our North Chicago, IL or Irvine, CA offices.

Preferred Experience:

• Juris Doctorate from a nationally recognized law school
• Admitted to practice law
• Pharmaceutical or aesthetics industry experience preferred
• Experience in online brand protection preferred

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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