Legal Assistant (IP/Online Brand Enforcement)

Purpose of Role

Safenames is a domain name registrar and brand protection service provider which manages the portfolios of some of the largest global corporate businesses in the world. The Safenames Legal department provides a specialist legal service with an emphasis on online brand protection and domain dispute resolution.

As a Legal Assistant, you will be providing administrative support to the Legal department and conducting evidence-led investigations relating to trademark infringements online. You will also be administering the legal process to protect our client's brands, including website/domain takedowns, drafting of cease and desist letters, as well as assisting in filing complaints through arbitration.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Conduct investigations into potential trademark violations and brand abuse on the Internet
• Assist in implementing and enforcing brand protection strategies
• Exercising decision-making skills on trademark and brand protection matters
• Draft and prepare accurate, well-written reports for clients on the implementation and enforcement of online brand protection strategies
• Administer the legal process for enforcing client’s trademark rights online
• Maintain our internal legal case and policy databases
• Occasionally attend meetings, conferences and training workshops

Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge

Essential:

• Law Graduate (2.1 minimum)
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain effective professional internal and external relationships
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to take responsibility for own workload and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to exercise judgement in cases, based on evidence and to present cases/arguments clearly and rationally
• Excellent communication skills with an emphasis on concise and accurate comprehension, and written skills
• Capable of factual analysis and identifying relevant issues
• Ability to absorb knowledge fast and apply it in real-time
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a team-oriented environment
• High level of initiative and self-directed in own development
• Highly proficient IT skills
• Experience with meeting client needs by providing a professional, proactive service

Desirable:

• Sufficient knowledge of trademarks, domain names, IP infringement and/or social media very desirable
• Strong interest in brands and brand protection
• Previous experience in a paralegal/legal assistant role

About Safenames Legal

We are recognised as one of the top representatives for domain name arbitration and online enforcement. As specialists in Domain Name Law, Safenames Legal has over 15 years’ experience in online brand enforcement, and our success rate and customer satisfaction are both testimony to this.

Safenames Legal offers clients a wide range of legal consultancy services in relation to domain names owned by third parties. We represent clients within a variety of industries; from commercial banks that wish to recover domains previously used for phishing, to technology companies that require the deactivation of websites used to circulate malicious software. No matter what the challenge, we have built up a vast amount of experience in helping different clients successfully navigate the domain dispute process.