Legal Counsel - Brand Protection
Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organization
This role’s primary purpose is brand protection and managing adidas’s North America anti-counterfeiting program. This involves becoming an expert in adidas products, educating and training law enforcement and a network of investigative partners on the authenticity of adidas products, managing brick & mortar enforcement and raids, and conducting online monitoring and takedowns.
Key Responsibilities
This role’s primary purpose is brand protection and managing adidas’s North America anti-counterfeiting program. This involves becoming an expert in adidas products, educating and training law enforcement and a network of investigative partners on the authenticity of adidas products, managing brick & mortar enforcement and raids, and conducting online monitoring and takedowns.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage an efficient and cost-effective anti-counterfeiting strategy that aligns with the company’s business objectives and goals.
- Counsel the businesses on trademark enforcement for online and offline matters.
- Provide education and proactive counseling to the business to minimize risks and enhance intellectual property protection.
- Conduct Intellectual property clearance and legal risk analysis on business initiatives and counsel the business on the same.
- Support on intellectual property aspects of licenses, sports marketing contracts and other agreements.
- Draft contracts as needed.
- Support defense of intellectual property claims and litigation.
- Legal team
- Business clients, partners
- External law firms
- Proficient in trademarks and copyright
- Ability to provide strong customer service, demonstrate understanding of client’s needs and willingness to serve
- Ability to work in a fast paced department; ability to manage tight timelines
- Proficient in the internet
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, a must
- Self motivated; ability to work independently and with initiative but can also work as a team.
- Strong skills in research and investigation
- Law degree and bar admission
- 3-5 years law firm or in-house experience practicing in trademark brand protection
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Seniority level
Not Applicable -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Legal and Administrative -
Industries
Manufacturing, Retail, and Sporting Goods Manufacturing
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