Trade Mark Attorney Careers

Work Environment:

Being a trade mark attorney (specialist lawyer), you'd give advices to clients regarding protecting and registering trade marks.

As trade marks could be signatures, brand/company names, logos, or other unique aspects of a service or product. Registered trade-marks are lawfully protected by being used or copied in illegal manner.

Your job would include:

• negotiating into disputes, and taking action if trade mark rights of client are broken
• dealing with licensing, renewals of present trade marks and transfer of ownership
• performing investigations to know if a projected trade name/mark exists already

• giving back up to barristers and solicitors if case appears to court
• recommending clients on how to protect and utilize trade marks
• drafting contracts
• registering trade-marks on behalf of your clients
• recommending clients regarding selecting and registering trade names/marks
• coping with UK and overseas registration-authorities
• giving advices on different property matters such as design and copyright

Qualification, Education and Experience:

Generally, you'll require minimum 5 GCSE grades (A to c) and 2 A levels, or similar qualifications, to get into this work and enroll to study for professional examinations by the ITMA (Institution of Trade Mark Attorneys).

You must apply for a trainee position with an appropriate employer like a big company with an intellectual property division, or a company of private practice trade mark attorneys. Since most of your training would include work experience.

You might have a benefit with a degree in law, which could be useful to discover work chances with a company of trade mark attorneys, and you'd be excused from few professional examinations. Though, this isn't necessary as few employers would allow trainees without any degree in law.

If you've experience in related legal work although you don't have qualifications, still you might be allowed for training. For information, contact ITMA.

Training Details:

When you begin work as a trainee within a company of trade mark attorneys, you'll be trained at the work and also study to pass professional examinations which will let you to enroll with Register of Trade-Mark Agents.

To be a qualified trade mark attorney, you'll also participate into a new education and training scheme which will include:

• a law course on part time basis offered by Queen-Mary University, London (beginning with a 2 week intensive course, after that 4 teaching days for a month over subsequent 5 months)
• a requirement of work experience for about 2 years, maintaining a training-diary as proof (the requirement can be decreased if you've related experience of work)
• a practice course on part time basis offered by Nottingham Law-School

You can decide to persist with the preceding qualifying scheme of 5 Foundation examinations and 3 Advanced examinations, if you're a part qualified student associate of ITMA.

If you're an entitled barrister or solicitor, you'll be excused from few practice phases and modules of the law. For additional details regarding membership and qualification, visit the website of the ITMA.

You must stay updated with newer developments within law all through your vocation. You should participate in minimum 16 hours of continuing professional development every year, to stay on the Register of Trade Mark Attorneys.

Skills and knowledge:

• an understanding of associated competition, copyright and patent laws
• excellent analytical abilities
• a high standard of accurateness and concentration to details
• outstanding written and verbal communication abilities
• a comprehensive knowledge of trade mark laws in UK and overseas
• excellent negotiating abilities

Salary and Other Benefits:

• Initial remunerations for trainees can be about £21,000-£26,000 for a year.
• By qualifications and experience, income can boost to about £31,000 to £51,000.
• Top remunerations can get to £110,000 annually.

Working Conditions:

Usually, you'd work for normal office hours, on weekdays. Sometimes, you might be required to work overtime to meet up a target.

This job is chiefly office based although you might be required to voyage to meet clients. Sometimes, overseas travel might be required, based on location of your clients.

Different Opportunities:

You can discover most work chances with companies of patent agents with a division specializing into trade mark work or private trade mark practices. You can work with big companies having adequate trade-mark interests to necessitate their own attorney.

Employment openings may be publicized by nationwide press, legal recruitment organizations, and websites of the ITMA. By experience, you can advance to senior managerial position and get partnership in a company.

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