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About the Role

New Era Cap is seeking a paralegal to support the legal department on all legal matters affecting the company and its related entities. This role aims to increase the organization and maintenance of all workflow within the legal department.

Responsibilities

• Conduct preliminary trademark searches using domestic and international online search engines.
• Assess risk on trademark clearance issues.
• Assign and review trademark searches from Law Clerks.
• Assist with trademark prosecution and maintenance.
• Gather specimens for filing use affidavits and renewals.
• Correspond with outside counsel and international foreign associates.
• Assist in maintaining detailed trademark search records.
• Review and process Powers of Attorney.
• Review trademark watch notices for potential infringements and liaise with outside counsel.
• Assist with processing potential patentable matters and clearance for new product designs.
• Conduct initial review of various contracts, including general business, license, real estate, confidentiality, manufacturing, vendor, and services agreements.
• Assist in preparing various types of agreements globally with attorney oversight.
• Interact with and update General Counsel, attorneys, and internal business clients on legal and business matters.
• Assist in ensuring consistency of business and legal objectives in all contracts.
• Assist in research and review of unique legal issues impacting the organization.
• Process contracts for signature.
• Implement and maintain contract database.
• Assist in coordination of other legal issues and responsibilities.
• Gather evidence to support and coordinate with brand protection team concerning counterfeit actions.
• Initiate the take-down of counterfeit auctions and monitor other staff.
• Draft cease and desist letters for counterfeiters and imitators of New Era Intellectual Property.
• Compile information and respond to discovery demands.
• Gather evidence to support/defend enforcement actions.
• Gather documents to process immigration applications.
• Assist in the maintenance of the corporate database system.
• Assist with the filing of annual qualifications and registrations.
• Assist with drafting and processing of corporate governance documents.
• Help to supervise and train law clerks on various tasks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and international teams.
• Keep all sensitive matters confidential.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Knowledge or ability to learn general corporate law and intellectual property.
• Strong time management, organizational, and multi-tasking skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to balance risk and opportunity and think creatively.
• Strong writing and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work proactively and independently.
• Computer savvy with knowledge of MS Office suite, the Internet, and Internet search engines.
• Demonstrated achievement in dealing with complexity and fast-paced environments.
• Demonstrated achievement in building and maintaining relationships.
• Demonstrated achievement in being self-starting, focused, confident, resilient, and resourceful.
• Strong sense of confidentiality.

Skills

• Trademark searching
• Trademark clearance
• Trademark administration
• Patent administration
• Contract review
• Contract administration
• Corporate review
• Corporate administration
• Counterfeit management
• Litigation support
• Immigration support
• MS Office suite
• Internet search engines
• Online database query searching
• Intellectual property trademark databases
• IP Docketing Systems

Location

• Buffalo, NY

Work Type

• On-site
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1-3 years of experience

Education Level

• Associates degree required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Paralegal Degree or Certification preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $60,000 - $70,000

Benefits

• Bonus
• Generous PTO policy
• Paid parking
• Exclusive discounts on apparel and headwear
• Professional development opportunities

About the Company

• New Era Cap, LLC. is an international lifestyle brand headquartered in Buffalo, NY with an authentic sports heritage dating back over 100 years.
• Best known for being the official on-field cap for MLB, official sideline cap for NFL, and official on-court cap for NBA.
• The brand is worn as a symbol of self-expression by athletes, artists and interesting people globally.
• Since 1920, this family-owned business has hired employees who are masters of their craft.
• We are innovators, architects of culture, experts, and forward thinkers.
• We demand excellence because we pride ourselves on the quality of our products and the authenticity of our brand.
• HQ offers an inviting atmosphere, complete with an on-site café, fitness center, and Flagship store.

Equal Opportunity

• New Era Cap, LLC’s casual work environment celebrates individuality and encourages employees to showcase their personal style.
• We pride ourselves on offering competitive compensation, a generous PTO policy, along with world-class benefits designed to promote health, financial stability, and personal growth.