Intellectual Property Paralegal

2 Weeks ago • 2-4 Years • Legal

About the job

SummaryBy Outscal

Must have:
  • Intellectual Property
  • Licensing Experience
  • Drafting Skills
  • Time Management
Good to have:
  • Trademark Portfolio
  • Enforcement Actions
  • Legal Counsel
  • Global Clients
Perks:
  • 401K Matching
  • Bonus Time-Off
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Company Description

Intellectual Property Paralegal, Business & Legal Affairs

Location:
New York, NY USA

Salary: $75,000-$85,000

Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work.

Overview

Join our Peanuts Worldwide team within WildBrain today to become part of the story! From Peanuts shows and specials on Apple TV+ to interactive experiences worldwide, fans of all ages celebrate the Peanuts brand through thousands of consumer products, as well as amusement park attractions, cultural events, social media, and comic strips available in all formats from traditional to digital. Peanuts Worldwide, is a division of WildBrain Ltd., a global kids media and content company headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide.

Job Description

About the Role

Peanuts Worldwide is seeking an Intellectual Property Paralegal to join our dedicated team, providing crucial support to our Peanuts Worldwide group! Reporting directly to the SVP of Business & Legal Affairs, this role will play a key part in building and protecting on a global basis the Peanuts brand. As the Intellectual Property Paralegal, the candidate will specialize in global brand protection and enforcement and anti-counterfeiting efforts for consumer goods and services and media.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with brand protection and anti-piracy enforcement, and monitor and verify overall anti-counterfeiting measures
  • Manage development and maintenance of various brand enforcement strategies including preparing draft letters and takedown notices from templates
  • Manage domestic and international customs clearance requests including liaising with account executives, agents and licensees
  • Assist Business & Legal Affairs team and liaise with outside legal counsel in managing trademark opposition and cancellation actions, managing and updating trademark portfolios, providing support on trademark and copyright infringement and other enforcement actions, collecting and organizing information and materials from various sources, communicating with internal stakeholders
  • Take ownership of assignments related to intellectual property processes, manage timelines, and ensure deadlines are met in a fluid and fast-paced global work environment
  • Additional responsibilities may be assigned

Qualifications

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and/or paralegal associate degree or other relevant certification required with a strong interest in intellectual property
  • Experience working in the Licensing or Intellectual Property field an asset
  • Excellent drafting, organizational and time management skills, including the ability to coordinate multiple complex, confidential files and to provide excellent service to internal and global clients
  • Ability to work easily with changing priorities, timelines and processes, and to prioritize workload and problem solve
  • Extensive computer and database experience, and proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel required

Additional Information

What We Offer 

Working at WildBrain is more than a job — it’s the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. We offer competitive family-focused benefits, we invest in our people and their future with 401K matching, plus bonus time-off, because you deserve it!  

Our Commitment 

Diversity and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.  

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required. 

WildBrain is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. 

About WildBrain 

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° franchise management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands around the world. With approximately 14,000 half-hours of kids’ and family content in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart. 

Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show; Snoopy in Space; Camp Snoopy; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Chip and Potato; Teletubbies Let’s Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered approximately 1.5 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most loved family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide. 

WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com

About WildBrain:  a parent company of Peanuts Worldwide

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° IP management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. With approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart.  

Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show; Snoopy in Space; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Chip and Potato; Teletubbies Let's Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered over 1 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most-viewed family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.   

WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.  

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$75000L - $85000L/yr (Outscal est.)
$80000L/yr avg.
New York, New York, United States

About The Company

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° franchise management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. Our mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans, both young and young at heart.


We are passionate producers of award-winning content, bringing creative excellence across all formats and all stages of the creative process for WildBrain’s owned content and partner projects through our Vancouver studio, London-based digital studio and House of Cool in Toronto. 


We’re not just content creators; we’re also leaders in engaging audiences with that content across all platforms worldwide, taking an innovative, data-driven approach that blends content distribution and digital marketing to supercharge brand awareness and fan engagement. 


When it comes to franchise management and licensing, we’re the experts. Our franchise teams manage such beloved global brands as Peanuts, Strawberry Shortcake and Teletubbies, and we work with some of the top brand partners worldwide. Our in-house agency, WildBrain CPLG, is a trusted licensing partner for leading brands, offering expertise in building consumer products and location-based entertainment programs with global reach and local expertise. 


Above all, our core values ensure our community at WildBrain remains anchored in creativity, openness and a commitment to Belonging – so everyone can pursue their passions and thrive. Find out more about Belonging @ WildBrain on our website. 


WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). 

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