Certified Paralegal
Posted on: 17 Jan 2021
Winston-Salem, NC
Job Description
Responsibilities
* Maintain the Company's domestic and foreign patent, trademark, copyright, and domain name portfolios and manage the docketing for the same. This includes but is not limited to assisting with clearance, filing, prosecution, enforcement/defense and renewals, and preparation, review, and execution of co-existence and/or settlement agreements.
* Assist in the development of both registration and enforcement strategies for all of the Company's intellectual property;
* Assist with intellectual property licensing issues;
* Assist with intellectual property litigation including but not limited to issuing litigation holds, document review and production, and ESI discovery;
Coordinate patent and trademark meetings and organize agendas and other meeting materials;
* Serve as a point of contact for outside intellectual property counsel, both domestically and internationally;
* Conduct legal review of all product labels, packaging and advertising/promotional materials for legal compliance including ensuring that intellectual property identification is represented appropriately;
* Review product claims to ensure that they can be properly substantiated;
* Assist with IP due diligence projects;
* Other duties as assigned by managing attorney.
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience Required:
* Years of Experience: Minimum of 1-2 years of paralegal experience in a law firm or corporate setting.
* Degree(s): A Bachelors degree from a four year college or university is preferred; Completion of an ABA-approved paralegal program is preferred or equivalent combination of both education and experience.
* Certification(s): Paralegal certification is required or the candidate must be willing to complete the certification within one year of employment.
* Technical Competencies: Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint is required. Proficiency in Corsearch, CPI and SharePoint is preferred.
* Skills Required: Working knowledge of intellectual property; Excellent written and oral communications skills are essential, as are strong interpersonal skills and customer service orientation; Must be able to work independently and manage priorities and substantial workflow in a fast-paced work environment. Sound business and legal judgment and the ability to understand and respond to business needs are also necessary qualities.
* Skills Preferred: Intellectual property litigation experience; Global IP portfolio experience.
To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status
EOE/AA: Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled
Only applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact us directly:
Telephone: 877.999.5553
Email: HBI_TA@hanes.com
Hanesbrands Inc.
Winston-Salem, NC
HanesBrands is a socially responsible manufacturer and marketer of leading everyday basic apparel under some of the world's strongest apparel brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia, as well as in Australia and South Africa. Our iconic innerwear and activewear apparel brands found in the United States and elsewhere include Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, Maidenform, JMS/Just My Size, Wonderbra and Gear for Sports. Outside the United States, we also have dominant national and regional brands, including DIM, Nur Die/Nur Der, Lovable, Abanderado, Shock Absorber, Zorba, Sol y Oro, Rinbros, Track N Field and Ritmo.
We are the world’s largest marketer of basic apparel. We sell bras, panties, shapewear, sheer hosiery, men's underwear, children's underwear, socks, T-shirts, sweatshirts, fleece and other activewear. In the United States, we sell more units of intimate apparel, male underwear, socks, shapewear, hosiery and T-shirts than any other company.
Founded in 1901, Hanes has a long history of innovation, product excellence, and brand recognition. In fact, nearly 90 percent of U.S. households have our company's products in them. We revolutionized Tagless T-shirts and underwear, we invented the sports bra and the stretch-cup T-shirt bra, we were the first to advertise a bra on national television (Playtex), and we are innovating with ComfortBlend and temperature-control X-Temp fabrics and seamless Smart Sizes bras.
Our Sell More, Spend Less and Make Acquisitions strategies are driving growth and creating value for our shareholders, consumers, retailers, employees and communities. Hanes has made more than a half dozen acquisitions, including Maidenform Brands, Gear for Sports and Knights Apparel in the United States and DBApparel in Europe.
Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., Hanes is a member of the S&P 500 and is ranked No. 490 on the Fortune 500 list. The company has approximately 65,300 employees in more than 40 countries.
Unlike most apparel companies, Hanes primarily operates its own manufacturing facilities. More than 90 percent of the apparel units that we sell worldwide and in the United States are manufactured in our own plants or those of dedicated contractors.
We take great pride in our strong reputation for ethical business practices and the success of our Hanes for Good corporate responsibility program for workplace practices and community and environmental improvement. The company is the only apparel producer to ever be honored by the Great Place to Work Institute for its workplace practices in Central America and the Caribbean. In the United States, the company has earned the Forbes magazine Best Place to Work honor. Hanes has won U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star sustained excellence recognition for seven consecutive years. Hanes has significant goals for reducing energy use, carbon emissions and water use and publicly reports its progress each year.
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IndustryManufacturing
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No. of Employees67,200+
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