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Walmart Canada · 5 months ago

Senior Paralegal - Intellectual Property Trademarks

Bentonville, AR

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$33/hr - $63/hr

2+ years exp

Walmart Canada is seeking a Trademark Senior Paralegal to join their Intellectual Property Center of Expertise. The role involves supporting trademark attorneys with trademark-related inquiries, maintaining trademark dockets, and ensuring compliance with trademark filing and prosecution practices.

DeliveryRetailShopping

Responsibilities

Support a global trademark portfolio by applying expert knowledge and understanding of U.S. and foreign trademark filing and prosecution practices and trademark formalities

Coordinate, support, and supervise outside counsel during all stages of trademark review, clearance, and opinion work, including trademark filing, prosecution, and renewals, managing of deadlines and facilitating signing and filing of documents

Manage and maintain an internal trademark database, ensure data quality, and generate dashboards and reports to track relevant trademark statistics and metrics

Establish and maintain internal best practices and procedures to support the company’s trademark program, including keeping and updating process documents and outside counsel guidelines

Assist trademark attorneys on all matters related to trademarks and copyright

Respond to routine business inquiries related to trademark and copyright matters

Develop and conduct training for business teams and other internal groups

Qualification

Trademark law expertiseAnaqua proficiencyParalegal certificationDocket managementProcess improvementTraining developmentFashion law familiarityAttention to detail

Required

A nationally recognized paralegal certification or an ABA accredited paralegal degree AND 2 years' experience as a paralegal, legal analyst, or otherwise performing the responsibilities of a paralegal as defined by Walmart's job description

OR 3 years' experience as a paralegal, legal analyst, or otherwise performing the responsibilities of a paralegal as defined by Walmart's job description

OR a juris doctorate degree from an accredited law school

Preferred

A national recognized paralegal certification in a relevant specialty area of the law (for example, NALS, NALA)

Relevant specialty area of law in a law firm or corporate legal environment

Bachelors: Law

Benefits

Competitive pay

Performance-based bonus awards

Medical, vision and dental coverage

401(k)

Stock purchase

Company-paid life insurance

PTO (including sick leave)

Parental leave

Family care leave

Bereavement

Jury duty

Voting

Short-term and long-term disability

Company discounts

Military Leave Pay

Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.