Intellectual Property Paralegal

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

CLEARANCE TYPE:
None TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time Description At  Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Intellectual Property Paralegal to join the Intellectual Property, Technology, & Information team within its Law Department, working from the company’s Northern Virginia location. The paralegal will report to the Director and Corporate Counsel for Intellectual Property (IP) and Information Governance, support the corporate licensing practice, and serve as a key partner for the administration, upgrade, and migration of the department’s electronic IP management tools.

They also will work as a critical part of a team assisting IP legal counsels and collaborating with other IP paralegals on core IP activities, including capture, review, and docketing, outside counsel management, budget and invoice review and processing, metrics, reporting, and general administrative support.

The paralegal’s responsibilities may include, among other things:

Supporting IP Counsels on IP docketing, management, licensing and transactional matters

Serving as a primary point of contact for IP and portfolio management tools (e.g., IP registration, docketing, licensing, and reporting), including handling support requests with vendors.

Managing maintenance fee/annuities in collaboration with other company IP paralegals and sector business partners

Assisting IP counsel with managing outside counsel handled patent/trademark filings

Supporting IP counsel on transactional matters, including IP licensing administration and management

Administering internal IP related databases and using them to generate, schedule, and automate reports for metrics, budgets, and dashboards

Collaborating with sector business partners and other IP paralegals to provide requested information regarding matters in IP portfolio

Working on trademark renewals and use declarations, specimen collection

Performing preliminary trademark searches using US, EP, and Int’l databases

Collaborating with and providing general support for patent and trademark activities to assigned IP counsel

Setting up matters in IP management software and billing systems

Reviewing and confirming outside counsel invoices

Supporting recurring metrics and reporting

Collaborating with other company IP paralegals and IP portfolio management practice leader (attorney) in IP asset management, enterprise portfolio operations and related strategic initiatives

Developing and maintaining standard operating procedures and training materials for users of electronic IP management tools

Perform administrative duties (up to 20% of time) to support attorneys and facilitate department operations, including managing correspondence and calendars, scheduling travel and meetings, coordinating logistics and other arrangements, preparing and submitting expense reports, maintaining files and records, and handling routine client and vendor communications

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