Job Description

Division
Legal
Department
IP & CGA Legal
Job Purpose
Execute legal operations and provide assistance and support to the respective Team Leads, independently handle and end to end manage finalization of basic commercial agreements and legal documents. Undertake legal research and assist the respective Team Leads in projects
Key Accountabilities (1/4)
1.Trademarks

• Independently conducting Trademark searches in India and International jurisdictions.
• Advising Business on registrability and use of trademarks by providing a detailed risk notes.
• Assisting Business in product launches by advising on commercial risks associated with transactions and their potential impact on business, and suggesting appropriate risk mitigating measures.
• Drafting and responding to Examination Reports, Notices of Oppositions, counterstatements, Affidavits in support of opposition and Affidavits in support of application.
• Attending Show Cause Hearings.
• Timely Renewal of Trademarks.
• Branding/coining of trademarks.
• Evaluating and advising on international trademark office actions and oppositions.
• Review of trade dress and packaging and advising on the registrability and usability of the same across jurisdictions.
• Drafting of Cease and Desist Notices.
• Advising on disparagement and misuse of trademarks.
• Conducting Trademarks Due Diligence and advising on viability of the brands.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of Trademark, Copyright and Patent Assignment Agreements.

Key Accountabilities (2/4)

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of Trademark and Copyright License Agreements
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of Settlement and Franchise Agreements
• Updation and management of Trademarks Database and sharing quarterly updates with relevant stakeholders of all trademark matters
• Advising and reviewing of all trademark and copyright related litigations, briefing attorneys, counsels and in-house Legal Team and Business colleagues as in-house Trademark expert
• Understanding the practice and procedure relating to protection and enforcement of intellectual property rightsWorking on all IP litigations with the Litigation Team

Key Accountabilities (3/4)
2.Copyright

• Drafting and reviewing of disclaimers.
• Drafting and Reviewing of Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for websites and mobile applications.
• Reviewing and advising on videos and advertisements and content being put out by the company on various social media.
• Handling of all copyright work and all legal work related to domain names.
• Review of content of Conditions and disclaimer for online content.
• Review of Patient Information LeafletDrafting of consent letters.

Key Accountabilities (4/4)
3.Commercial contracts

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating of trademark assignment and license Agreements
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating of CDA/NDA, Service Agreements
• Review, advising on and negotiating IP clauses in various commercial agreements, across territories
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various commercial contracts like supply distribution agreements, service agreements, material transfer agreements, product registration agreements, in-licensing agreements.
• Flag off to business teams, the risks that may arise to Company and/or affiliates
• Ensure that the business team takes appropriate internal approvals before agreeing to close an agreement

Major Challenges

• Volume of assignments i.e., basic commercial agreements and critical commercial agreements and opinions/dispute resolution. Independent handling of basic commercial agreements end to end and support to Reporting Manager is required for timely handling of volume of assignments.

Key Interactions (1/2)

• Business and Functional team members to understand business/functional requirement in drafting, collation of documents/information and updating them (regularly).

Key Interactions (2/2)

• Counter Parties to negotiate and finalisation of the agreements
• External Counsels/Law Firms to share briefs and seek opinion on case-to-case basis.

Dimensions

• Quality of output
• Turnaround time
• Value addition in commercial contracts and litigation etc.
• Reducing dependency

• In-house drafting
• Cost effectiveness

Key Decisions

• End to end management of basic contracts and legal documentation
• Value addition in deal documents
• Strong management of projects and litigation

Education Qualification
Qualified LLB
Relevant Work Experience
2 to 5 years of total legal experience

Skills Required