Paralegal - Trademarks (d/f/m)

Job Description Summary

This role will support the Sandoz Legal Brand Protection Team (LBT) with global responsibility for a broad range of trade mark (TM) operational tasks (with guidance from Senior IP Paralegal and relevant attorneys), helping the business achieve its growth objectives and drive patient access to cost-effective generic (Gx) and biosimilar pharmaceutical medicines.

Job Description

Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Generic and Biosimilar medicines.

Now as an independently listed company, Sandoz aims to increase its strategic focus, operate with greater agility, set clearer business objectives, enhance shareholder returns, and strengthen its culture for us, the Sandoz associates. This is an exciting time in our history, and by creating a new and ambitious path, it will provide a unique opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally.

Join us as a Founder of our ‘new’ Sandoz!

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Clearance – use internet-based trademark search databases (e.g. Corsearch) for domestic and international clearance searches; analyze and draft initial search report for relevant attorney(s).

• Protection – initiate foreign trademark filings and correspond with foreign trademark agents regarding trademark applications.

• Prosecution – handling day to day prosecution of domestic and foreign trademark applications.

• Maintenance – collaborate with in-house trademark attorneys, other LBP paralegals and external counsel to manage Sandoz’s international trademark portfolio (including assisting with trademark renewals).

• Projects/M&A – assist attorneys on trademark/domain name related aspects of projects, acquisitions & divestitures, BD&L deals.

• Data Integrity – responsible for completeness and correctness of trademark data for relevant region(s).

• Administrative – handle administrative tasks (e.g. including supporting on finance matters, dealing with POA notarization, arranging meetings) for LBP department.

• External Vendor Management – assist relevant attorney(s) with managing external vendor relationships in allocated territories/regions (including monitoring costs and assisting attorneys with any fee increase requests).

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• 3+ years of trademark experience in law firm or in-house corporate IP Department

• Experience in a pharmaceutical company is preferred.

• Expertise in managing a global trademark portfolio is preferred.

• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.

• Ability to follow complex instructions with high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Ability to research, analyze and communicate large amounts of complex data.

• Able to effectively manage and prioritize a high-volume workload to achieve tasks in a timely manner demonstrating a solution-oriented approach in a fast-moving environment.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and preferably at least one additional (European) language.

You’ll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and that’s why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200,000 learning videos and 5000+ courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities, we offer company benefits, such as:

• 30 days of annual leave
• Holiday allowance
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards, marriage celebration, etc.)
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
• Parental leave
• Other offerings, such as bike leasing

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged! 

The future is ours to shape!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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