Trade Mark Attorney

Your role

You'll be a part of our Patent & Trade Mark (PTA) team based in Melbourne and will work closely with our Partners and the wider IP team, gaining exposure to some of the most complex and interesting matters in the market.

Our PTA team delivers a comprehensive patents, trade marks and designs service. We proudly hold a band one ranking for intellectual property in Chambers Asia Pacific.

At Allens, our structure means you'll get exposure to a number of different Partners within your practice group and a wide variety of work. We encourage our attorneys and lawyers to find their niche and specialise in areas they're interested in, while building a strong foundation across their field.

As a Trade Mark Attorney you will work directly with a range of local and international clients, offering a broad range of services, including:

• Brand protection advice, including availability searches, pre-filing advice and ways to optimise protection.
• Filing, prosecution and post-registration management of trade mark applications in Australia, New Zealand , as well as International Registrations.
• Disputes, including trade mark oppositions, removal actions and domain name disputes.
• Portfolio management, including coordination of foreign and International Registration filings, prosecution and maintenance of foreign trade marks and strategic filing advice.
• Manage and negotiate coexistence and licensing agreements.
• Enforcement advice, including infringement and misleading and deceptive conduct advice.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. However, flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are seeking hybrid working or are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.

About you

You will have:

• Experience as a registered Trade Mark attorney within an attorney or law firm practice (we are also open to a combination of private practice and in-house experience).
• A Trade Mark Attorney registration (or be eligible to be registered as a trade mark attorney).
• Demonstrated experience in working exclusively or principally in relation to trade mark matters.
• Outstanding communication skills, written and verbal.
• A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others.

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; generous incentive plan that recognises both billable and broader contribution, salary continuance insurance, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.
• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

How to apply?

We'd love to hear from you so please click "apply now"! If you would like to find out more, please visit "This is Allens" or listen to our Allens Confidential podcast to hear real stories from real people about life at Allens. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please phone Mikaela Downie, Talent Acquisition Executive on +61 2 9230 4248. At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at [email protected]. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align, please express your interest by emailing us at [email protected]. The right role for you might be just around the corner!