Trade Mark Attorney

at  Allens

Trade Mark Attorney
Your role
You’ll be a part of our
Patent & Trade Mark
(PTA) team based in Melbourne and will work closely with our Partners and the wider IP team, gaining exposure to some of the most complex and interesting matters in the market.
Our PTA team delivers a comprehensive patents, trade marks and designs service. We proudly hold a band one ranking for intellectual property in Chambers Asia Pacific.
At Allens, our structure means you’ll get exposure to a number of different Partners within your practice group and a wide variety of work. We encourage our attorneys and lawyers to find their niche and specialise in areas they’re interested in, while building a strong foundation across their field.

As a Trade Mark Attorney you will work directly with a range of local and international clients, offering a broad range of services, including:

• Brand protection advice, including availability searches, pre-filing advice and ways to optimise protection.
• Filing, prosecution and post-registration management of trade mark applications in Australia, New Zealand , as well as International Registrations.
• Disputes, including trade mark oppositions, removal actions and domain name disputes.
• Portfolio management, including coordination of foreign and International Registration filings, prosecution and maintenance of foreign trade marks and strategic filing advice.
• Manage and negotiate coexistence and licensing agreements.
• Enforcement advice, including infringement and misleading and deceptive conduct advice.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. However, flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are seeking hybrid working or are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.
About you

You will have:

• Experience as a registered Trade Mark attorney within an attorney or law firm practice (we are also open to a combination of private practice and in-house experience).
• A Trade Mark Attorney registration (or be eligible to be registered as a trade mark attorney).
• Demonstrated experience in working exclusively or principally in relation to trade mark matters.
• Outstanding communication skills, written and verbal.
• A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others.

Your development
In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.
Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.
Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; generous incentive plan that recognises both billable and broader contribution, salary continuance insurance, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.
• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.
How to apply?
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At Allens, we’ve been building legal careers for 200 years; longer than any other firm in Australia. The impact of our people extends to almost every sphere of business, government, the judiciary and the wider legal profession. We continue to provide opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds to build outstanding careers and shape the world around them.
Through our alliance with Linklaters, we work in a global network of 41 offices in 26 countries. Our size and global reach provide exceptional opportunities for career development, including both on-the-job learning and formal training and development opportunities.
Our commitment to high performance is balanced with a focus on wellbeing, with a culture that’s inclusive, supportive and collaborative. We prioritise connection and value the unique contribution of everyone at the firm.
We’re proud to hold some of the world’s longest ongoing client relationships, some of which stretch back almost 170 years, and our client base includes 55 of the world’s top 100 companies and more than 75 of Australia’s top 100 companies

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