Trademark administration is a very demanding area of legal administration. There are rules to master, abstract concepts to understand and always deadlines to meet. Qualified trademark paralegals (also called trademark specialists or trademark secretaries) are in high demand and are well paid. A trademark paralegal works with one or more trademark attorneys and handles all the administrative work involved in the long and complex process for trademark clearance (searching), application, surveillance and enforcement. This usually involves a lot of formal correspondence between the trademark attorney and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It’s a profession that requires intelligence, initiative and good organizational skills. Regular paralegals cannot do this work and a considerable degree of training is required. Experienced trademark paralegals are often given a great deal of responsibility for day-to-day trademark matters.
If you are an experienced trademark paralegal
The course will provide you with a valuable and comprehensive refresher of your skills, will help you remember what you may have forgotten, and will bring you up to date with all the new rules.
If you have just a couple of years experience
The course will provide a clear, step-by-step guide to trademark administration, and teach you all that you need to know to confidently handle the administration of a trademark portfolio, in a law firm or in a corporate trademark department. The course book will be a valuable reference source.
If you are new to trademark administration
The course been carefully designed from the ground up to explain all terms and principles that you will need to understand the more complex elements of trademark administration. It requires no specific prior knowledge, just a willingness to learn. Of course, the less experience you have, the more time you may want to spend on the early chapters, but that should not be a problem. The IPlegalED course has been designed so that you can work at your own pace and stop, start, or repeat sections as often as you wish.