Full-Time
Legal Manager
Global Intellectual Property & Brands
IHG
Global hotel company
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United States
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Bachelor's, Certification
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- A bachelor's degree is required.
- A paralegal certificate is required.
- At least 10 years of experience as an in-house trademark paralegal is required.
- Experience with trademark management software such as Anaqua is required.
- Excellent judgment and strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills are required.
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills are required.
- The ability to work independently with minimal supervision is required.
- Manage and lead global intellectual-property enforcement, including maintaining watch notices and an evidence bank.
- Develop, implement, and manage global brand-protection and enforcement strategies, including domain and cyber enforcement.
- Coordinate enforcement matters with internal legal and business stakeholders.
- Assist the domain-name manager with trademark domain-registration strategy in major generic and country-code top-level domains.
- Manage the preliminary global trademark search and clearance process for new trademarks.
- Conduct online trademark searches, investigate and analyze results, and provide clearance opinions to the business under the supervision of global intellectual-property counsel.
- Review and approve regional hotel names involving intellectual-property implications in consultation with global intellectual-property counsel.
- Serve as lead manager for the Anaqua database, including facilitating Global IP team training and utilization.
- Track and report global brand-protection and enforcement activities using Anaqua.
- Manage United States copyright filings and maintain the company’s remaining patent portfolio.
- Manage the company copyright-compliance process in conjunction with global intellectual-property counsel.
- Maintain the company’s Proper Use of IP guidelines for third parties.
- Manage first-line communications and investigations for defensive actions when the company is accused of trademark or copyright infringement by third parties.
IHG is a global hospitality company operating and franchising a portfolio of hotel brands. The company supports hotel development, reservations, loyalty programs, revenue management, brand standards, technology, and guest services. It serves travelers, hotel owners, franchisees, corporate clients, loyalty members, and hospitality partners. Its operating model centers on a primarily franchised and managed hotel network connected through brands, distribution, commercial systems, and regional support. Teams work across hotel operations, development, revenue, technology, marketing, loyalty, finance, and owner support. Teams support coordinated daily delivery.
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