The Intellectual Property (IP) Law Department is seeking an IP Paralegal to join this exciting team in support of Saint-Gobain North America. The individual will be responsible for assisting Division IP Counsel across multiple company businesses in a variety of IP-related responsibilities, including IP workflow, contract review and organization, IP due diligence, and trademark clearance and usage. The role will be hybrid and Malvern-based in order to support on-site IP and administrative functions.

Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• IP Workflow: Work with Division IP Counsel and external law firms to develop and maintain best in class workflow for worldwide patent prep and pros

• Contract-related responsibilities: Work with Division Counsel across numerous business units to:

• Assist with reviewing and negotiating changes to our standard contract forms

• Assist with the review, redline and negotiation of various vendor, partner, and other strategic agreements, including development agreements, confidentiality agreements, license agreements and other IP-related agreements

• Establish and maintain system for standardizing and cross-referencing various IP-related agreements.

• IP/Trademark-related responsibilities:

• Work with Division Counsel to assist with IP due diligence and trademark clearance searches

• Assist with trademark clearance projects, including U.S. screening and full searches and international screening and external counsel searches

• Advise internal teams on trademark usage guidelines

• Administrative-related responsibilities:

• Proofread and edit IP-related documents to ensure accuracy and consistency

• Prepare reports on IP portfolio status and contribute to strategic planning for IP management

• Other on-site administrative support or team project work for IP counsel as required

• Bachelors degree is preferred

• Paralegal certificate is preferred

• 5+ years paralegal experience supporting patent prep and pros and contract preparation

• Experience supporting trademark clearance and usage is strongly preferred; experience can be at a law firm or in-house

• Familiarity with Anaqua platform is strongly preferred

• Intermediate usage of Office360 (Word, Excel)

At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home (http://bit.ly/purpose-sgna) .

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