Intellectual Property Attorney

We are currently seeking an Intellectual Property Attorney for a large packaged foods manufacturer with strong brand recognition on a national scale. 

Responsibilities:

• Support a small but sophisticated legal team on a wide variety of intellectual property and marketing matters including advising on trademark, trade secrets, licensing, and advertising law.
• Assist in the management of the company’s and subsidiaries’ IP portfolio including handling registrations, brand protection, and managing outside counsel.
• Counsel marketing teams on licensing agreements and review marketing materials for advertising compliance, including rules and regulations surrounding marketing food products to children.
• Review and revise commercial contracts to ensure IP portfolio protection and assist with other daily legal duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5 - 10 years of trademark and trade secret experience, patent experience is helpful but not a primary focus.
• Experience working in-house or directly advising on fast-moving consumer goods products with food and beverage specific experience beneficial and preferred, but not required.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills, in particular direct experience drafting licensing agreements, and ability to assist in the management of a large IP portfolio.
• Experience reviewing marketing materials for compliance with state and federal rules, regulations and industry best practices.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work closely with marketing and advertising teams as well as other legal professionals and internal business leaders.

Compensation, Benefits & Location:

This role offers a range of highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace that includes health benefits, 401K and more.  Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiomites predominately work remotely, with the exception that some clients require on-site presence.

Axiom is the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.

Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities: Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in each stage of the recruitment process. To request an accommodation to complete the application form, please contact us at benefits@axiomlaw.com and include “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line. 

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