IHG
Global hotel company
Manager – Global Intellectual Property & Brands
About the job
- 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 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 for the company, including maintaining watch notices and an evidence bank.
- Develop, implement, and manage global brand protection and enforcement strategies, including domain and cyber enforcement.
- Ensure collaboration and communication on enforcement matters with key internal legal and business stakeholders.
- Assist the company domain name manager with domain name registration strategy for company trademarks in top generic and country-code top-level domains.
- Manage the preliminary global trademark search and clearance process for new trademarks.
- Conduct online trademark searches, review and investigate results, and analyze findings to 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 as necessary.
- Serve as lead manager for the Anaqua database to facilitate Global Intellectual Property team training and utilization of Anaqua.
- Facilitate tracking and reporting of global brand protection and enforcement activities using Anaqua.
- Manage U.S. copyright filings and maintain the company’s remaining patent portfolio.
- Manage the company’s copyright compliance process in conjunction with global intellectual property counsel.
- Maintain the company’s Proper Use of Intellectual Property guidelines for third parties.
- Manage first-line communications and investigations in defensive actions when the company is accused of trademark or copyright infringement by third parties.
About the company
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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