Senior Paralegal, Trademark

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Trademark Senior Paralegal supports Walmart’s global trademark and copyright portfolios by maintaining dockets, monitoring deadlines, and ensuring compliance with U.S. and foreign formality requirements. Collaborate with and assist trademark attorneys, outside counsel, and business clients, with trademark-related inquiries and generate dashboards and reports to track internal trademark statistics using Anaqua.

Requirements

• Experience as a paralegal in the trademark practice area.
• Experience with Anaqua or a similar IP management system.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize workloads and manage multiple deadlines.
• Familiarity with managing large dockets.
• Keen attention to detail.
• You are process-minded and look for opportunities to streamline for improved efficiency and effectiveness.
• Familiarity with fashion law and experience conducting product reviews.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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

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.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• 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 disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
• Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart (Live Better U program)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees