Total 3 Others Patent Attorney job vacancies in Art / Design / Entertainment category in The United States of America

About The Role

• Singapore’s market for IP services continues to enjoy significant growth thanks to the country's status as an IP Hub, changes to the Patents Act and the availability of Government and private funding.
• To meet this demand, we are looking for attorneys qualified in Singapore, UK, Europe, Australia or New Zealand, preferably with at least one year's post-qualification experience.
• Initially, the successful candidate will be working with the partners and professional staff to manage existing clients. Over time, the candidate will be expected to build their practice which will include participating in the firm’s business development activities to strengthen our domestic and regional client base further.

About You

• We welcome dynamic and personable candidates to join our friendly and supportive working environment and contribute to the fast growing IP scene in Singapore. The successful candidate is encouraged to qualify as a Singapore patent attorney and the firm will offer assistance in achieving this goal. Depending on your professional qualifications and subject to receiving appropriate exemptions, this may involve passing only the qualifying examination in Knowledge of Patent Law and Patent Practice in Singapore.

About Us

Marks & Clerk Singapore LLP is part of the international Marks & Clerk Group with 20 offices worldwide. We have won the Managing Intellectual Property award for ‘Singapore Prosecution Firm of the Year’ for five out of the past six years, being credited for the quality of our work. We are listed in the top tier for patent and trade mark work in Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars guide and Asia IP’s annual survey. Our patent practice is also consistently listed in the top tier of the Asia Legal Business IP rankings and IAM Patent 1000. Most recently, our office obtained the highest number of ranked individuals in the IAM Patent 1000 rankings for Singapore, with 2 of our Partners also listed in the IAM Global Leaders Guide.

We are delighted to be recognised by IAM as the “Singapore Patent Firm of the Year 2019” at its inaugural Global IP Awards, which is a further testament to our leadership position in Singapore. The IAM Patent 1000 2020 guide says we are “a clear market leader in the country’s patent prosecution sphere” and that the Marks & Clerk Singapore team “has come to be known for its high quality, responsiveness and understanding of clients’ needs.”

More Info on Becoming a Patent Attorney

Further information about training to be a Patent Attorney can be found on the following websites:

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Website: https://www.ipos.gov.sg/

Patent examiners may choose to perform their duties throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

As a U.S. patent examiner, you will use your specialized background to review applications to determine whether patents can be granted for inventions. Patents give inventors the right to exclude others from making or selling their inventions for a limited time. That means that patent examiners are critical to protecting American innovation!

As a Design Patent Examiner, you will spend your time:

• Performing work in the examination of applications for United States patents pertaining to the form, appearance, and ornamentation of articles of manufacture.
• Uses professional knowledge of designs and practices to evaluate the invention claimed in each patent application.
• Uses a broad knowledge of past and current developments in design to uncover previous inventions, as represented by domestic and foreign patents, supply catalogs, style books, etc., that affect the novelty claimed in the application.
• Uses well developed visual aptitude, specialized knowledge of patent laws, rules, regulations and procedures to determine whether the application and its claimed invention meet all legal requirements for the granting of design patents.

New patent examiners receive top-notch training during the first months on the job that will give you the tools you need to be successful in your role.

At the GS-7 level, you will perform basic patent examining functions with extensive instructions from the supervisor. You will receive months of valuable training that will help you do your job well. This training will develop the ability to apply technical concepts to the patent examining. Your assignments will pair performance of productive work with supervised on-the-job training.

Almost all of a patent examiner's work is performed using a computer and is visually demanding.

Note: If you are a student who will be graduating soon, you can still apply! Applications will be accepted from students who expect to complete their qualifying education within 9 months from the date of application. The USPTO requires verification of successful completion before your start date.

As a Supervisory Trial Attorney (Associate Regional Counsel for Litigation), you will:

• Actively participate in setting policy in all matters affecting HUD programs and administration in the field office jurisdiction and exercise independent judgment and discretion in formulating responses to legal issues.
• Participate with U.S. Attorneys in preparing and handling cases involving HUD and participate with private attorneys in handling cases involving HUD-funded activities.
• Defend the agency in state court proceedings and before the Merit System Protection Board, Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Board of Contract Appeals, Government Accountability Office, and other administrative bodies and tribunals.
• Render formal opinions, which are controlling within the jurisdiction, and provide advice on legal questions which arise in connection with the program responsibilities of the Department.