Intellectual Property Counsel

Vor 7 Tagen

Genf, Genf, Schweiz L'OCCITANE Vollzeit

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Intellectual Property Counsel to join our Global Legal Team. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for handling IP portfolios for some of our premium beauty and wellness brands, including L'OCCITANE en Provence, Melvita, Erborian, and others, on a worldwide basis.

Main Responsibilities:

  • IP Rights Portfolios Management:
    • Manage IP rights applications and registrations, including responding to refusals with external counsel.
    • Conduct trademark watches and coordinate IP litigations, oppositions, cancellations, and enforcements.
    • Coordinate IP rights renewals, including evidence of use.
    • Handle recordals, such as changes of ownership and names.
  • IP Advice, Searches, and Clearances:
    • Conduct IP rights searches and clearances.
    • Advise and provide IP ad hoc analysis, opinions, and assistance to the business.
    • Draft and negotiate IP contracts, including copyright, coexistence, models, and settlement agreements.
    • Deal with image rights issues.
  • Other Ad Hoc IP Tasks:
    • Execute an audit of the IP right portfolios to ensure the scope of protection is safe.
    • Gather and prepare evidence for IP prosecution, litigation, and enforcement matters.
    • Set and control budgets, review invoices.
    • Prepare POAs and other relevant IP documents, arrange notarization, apostille, and other legalization.
  • Brand Protection:
    • Conduct domain name surveillance, assess risks, and launch proportionate responses.
    • Handle online and offline lookalikes and brand abuses enforcement when appropriate.

Requirements:

  • Master's degree in IP Law.
  • +6 years' in-house experience in IP, in a corporate international environment (experience in law firms is a plus).
  • Strong experience in IP contracts and trademarks searches/clearances.
  • Fluent in English (including drafting skills), French is a real plus.
  • Strong customer-centricity mindset and business acumen, results-focused, proactive problem solver.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and develop strong relationships at all levels and across functions.
  • Ability to anticipate, efficiently manage multiple queries and issues, and meet deadlines.
  • Strong team player with the ability to work independently.
  • Precise with attention to details, hands-on approach, and able to deal with ambiguity.
  • Appetite for challenges and at ease in an international environment with remote and multicultural teams.
  • Travel requirements: occasional trips to the US or EU.

What We Offer:

  • Working for a unique company, strongly committed to the planet and people (B Corp certification).
  • Working with passionate colleagues coming from all over the world.
  • A unique culture centered around entrepreneurship, where everyone is expected to collaborate, experiment, and move fast.
  • Internal mobility opportunities.
  • Monthly allocation and discount for store products.
  • Attractive Social Insurances coverage.
  • 5 weeks annual leaves and 3 extra days offered as public holidays.
  • Flexible and hybrid work arrangement.
  • Attractive Parental Leave Policy.
  • Public transport allowance.

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