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- Job Title

- Trademarks Paralegal

- Job Location

- Dubai

- Job Type

- Business/Professional Services & Support

- Expertise

- Description

**The Team**

Clyde & Co has the pre-eminent intellectual property (IP) practice in the Middle East with the largest full-service IP team of any international law firm. The IP practice has an unrivalled level of experience across all specialist areas of IP including the development of IP strategies, through to registration, commercialisation, and enforcement of IP rights. Uniquely, the IP practice works very closely with the firm's technology, media & telecommunications (TMT) practice and together, these teams provide a specialist IP and TMT powerhouse in the region. Whilst largely operating out of the Dubai office, the practice has team members in our offices in Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.

**The Role**

Provide administrative support to the trade marks professional team, particularly to allocated lawyers and to ensure they are fully supported in trade mark administrative functions.

**Key Responsibilities**
Trademarks
- preparing trade mark specifications;
- preparing trade mark cost estimates and draft advice regarding filing strategy; considering adverse examination reports from the UAE Trade Mark Office or foreign agents, preparing draft advice to clients, preparing draft responses to the Trade Mark Office or to agents; preparing reminder or follow up letters to agents or clients;
- assisting with the preparation and drafting of notices of opposition and counter statements for the UAE; compiling availability search results and presenting results in letter or table format to the lawyers.
- preparing draft Deeds of Assignment, preparing draft Powers of Attorney
- reviewing official trade mark forms for filing, renewals and amendments.
- record of changes of name / address and record of assignments as prepared by IP Administrators managing the prosecution of trade mark cases, including, prioritising according to timelines given, suggesting solutions, managing communication of proposals to clients and drafting letters to Trade Mark Offices for lawyer review.
- compiling documents and evidence to attach to declarations or affidavits ensuring that exhibits are correctly annexed
- accurately reflect the corresponding statements in the affidavit or declaration and that the document is finalised ready for execution.
- working with the IP Administrator team to ensure that instructions from lawyers to file, renew or otherwise deal with trade marks are carried out accurately and within the required timeframe. This also includes managing the file opening process for new matters to ensure that our procedures are followed.

**Clyde & Co in the Middle East and Africa**

With over 34 years' experience in the region and the largest presence of any international law firm in the Middle East, we pride ourselves on being able to help clients recognise and overcome the challenges of doing business in the Middle East and Africa.

In the Middle East, our more than 55 partners and 150 legal professionals work from five offices located across the region. Our Dubai office acts as a central hub for our Middle East and Africa regional operations that include, in the Middle East, offices in Abu Dhabi in the UAE, Doha in Qatar, Cairo in Egypt and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Our large regional presence enables us to support our clients across the full spectrum of their corporate and commercial needs throughout the GCC and wider Levant.

Our deep sector knowledge covers insurance, energy, transport, infrastructure, marine and trade as well as aviation, education, finance, healthcare, hospitality, and technology.

**About the firm**

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, helping organisations successfully navigate risk and maximise opportunity in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity and enable global prosperity, namely: insurance, aviation, marine, construction, energy, trade and natural resources.

Globally integrated, Clyde & Co offers a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. It is committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves and provides an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment including through a commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

The firm has 490 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide.

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