Company: Ecolab
Position: Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Trademark, Copyright & Marketing Claims
Location: St. Paul, MN
Description:
Join a stable, growing, global Fortune 500 company, at our main research and development facility in Eagan, MN (just south of St. Paul), as an experienced Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel to support our extremely valuable portfolio of marks. This person will be an integral member of the Legal team responsible for leading and managing the Global Trademark & Marketing legal team to protect and leverage the global trademark portfolio and support Ecolab’s businesses on all aspects of marketing legal matters.
What You Will Do:
- Provide legal advice on all aspects of trademark and copyright law, domain name, social media, marketing, advertising, and internet issues
- Manage trademark clearance, providing clients with trademark availability and infringement analysis, risk mitigation strategies, and brand protection options to maximize brand equity
- Develop and provide global marketing, trademark and copyright in-house training and education
- Support Ecolab’s businesses on all aspects of marketing legal matters, including claims generation and substantiation, enforcement and defense of claims, promotion and sweepstakes compliance, and global marketing legal strategy and risk mitigation
- Partner with the Sustainability team to implement and manage the environmental marketing claims review process to ensure compliance with rapidly evolving laws and regulations
- Work with members of various internal and external teams on negotiations and drafting of license, sponsorship, and settlement agreements
- Own global responsibility for prosecution and enforcement of trademark portfolio, including anti-counterfeiting efforts
- Advise and consult with clients in all levels of the organization, including senior leadership, to identify and assess critical legal issues and strategic opportunities from a global perspective, and provide business partners with an analysis and range of possible legal solutions in the areas of trademark, marketing, and copyright law
- Responsible for trademark, copyright, and domain name due diligence and integration in M&A activity
- Exercise solid, independent judgment related to company legal matters
- Manage outside counsel and the overall Global Trademark & Marketing legal budget
Contact: To apply, please click on the link below. Contact Shana Kirshtner at Shana.Kirshtner@ecolab.com with any questions.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- JD degree with strong academic performance
- Possess 8+ years of experience, preferably at a quality law firm and in-house, and with global experience in managing a large trademark portfolio
- Strong general knowledge of US and international trademark law, policies, and processes
- Experience managing a team of paralegals
- Familiarity with FTC and National Advertising Division
- Ability to form strong relationships with business leaders and serve as a counterpart to the Marketing teams, and to communicate with them effectively
- Ability to execute in a complex matrixed environment