Trademark Docketing Paralegal

The Trademark Docketing Paralegal partners with trademark attorneys on law changes and deadline calculations, conducts database audits, and drives improvements to enhance the speed and accuracy of docketing processes while developing and enforcing departmental protocols.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Review and process a large volume of e-mail, mailings, correspondence and pleadings related to trademark matters from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, clients, foreign counsel and other foreign trademark/patent offices.
Maintain trademark attorney case dockets using web-based system. Keep detailed records of all entries to address questions about deadlines and procedures.
Serve as the primary contact for escalated docketing issue resolution and inquiries.
Thoroughly reviews correspondence, documents, and written docketing requests to ensure all deadlines are identified and docketed. This includes quality review of other team member's assigned work and providing feedback to ensure accuracy. Guides team members to learn and apply changing information.
Train and coach team members, to ensure accuracy in docketing entries and compliance with team standards.
Develop training materials and standard operating procedures
Provide expertise and guidance on complex trademark docketing issues. Research applicable country laws
Partner with trademark team regarding law changes and local rules specific to governing calculation of docketing deadlines to ensure that all dates docketed are accurate.
From a technical strategic perspective, work to improve the quality and efficiency of the docketing process, ensuring that firm standards and controls are robust and lead to an increase in the speed and accuracy of services delivered by the department.
Partner with the trademark team to conduct regular audits of trademark databases and docketing systems
Develops, maintains and helps enforce Docketing Team protocols.
Assists the Docketing Manager with other duties as needed, including advanced reporting, complex docketing procedures, and assigning work to other team members.
Performs additional duties and tasks assigned, demonstrating flexibility and a commitment to supporting the firm's overall objectives.

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