Our course will help new and experienced brand paralegals master the basics and nuances of brand practice. With the help of experienced and practicing professionals, we cover everything you need to improve your brand awareness. Alt Legal Connect 2023 is a unique virtual brand conference that will take place from February 6 to 8. Join some of the best, smartest and most forward-thinking brand experts from leading boutique and solo firms, as well as in-house legal departments, for three days of invaluable content, networking and more. 18 www.altlegal.com/blog/alt-legal-ip-docketing-blog/alt-legal-webinar-ip-trademarks-new-media-hashtags-trademarks-amp-brand-protection archiving software can often significantly reduce the personnel costs associated with brand support. Basic software often schedules deadlines, sends reminders, and organizes documents. Alt Legal`s software also automatically detects quotes, adds them to the bar registry, organizes and is accessible to company employees and (if lawyers agree) clients, and provides simple tools to fill out trademark applications effortlessly. Using sophisticated branded software is useful for trademark administrators and lawyers. The software makes storing and managing IP portfolios easier and less risky for administrators. It also allows many lawyers to reduce the cost of training directors (for example, they can sometimes use a clerk instead of a paralegal), reduce staff turnover of directors by reducing directors` stress, and increase accuracy and efficiency. Effective software can reduce significant filing errors and make trademark filings more efficient for newcomers and seasoned veterans. Starting at just $50/mo, Alt Legal`s software is a must-have tool for any brand practice.
If you enjoy working from home, you`ll also receive suggestions from Lindsey and Elissa on how to convince stakeholders to move on after the coronavirus crisis is over, as well as professional resources for finding virtual paralegal positions. Of course, as with any legal transaction, it is important that only licensed lawyers practice legal practice. Nehal worked with Charles Amoako, a lawyer and intellectual property technologist, and Gabe Kneisley, a designer, to develop a file system that was specifically tailored to trademarks and didn`t require much manual data entry. So the three got involved and listened to the brand community to create a new paradigm for software anchoring that was modern, powerful and automated. Contact Bri Van Til, Director of Education to learn more: bri@altlegal.com Elissa Blabac, Senior Paralegal at Kelly Weiner PLLC Law Firm Valuable Assets Paralegals are especially important in the practice of trademarks in any law firm. By working with lawyers, paralegals not only interact with clients and manage brand deadlines, but they also often help with other aspects of trademark law. Paralegals often research existing trademarks, find relevant case law, and prepare for legal proceedings. Although they cannot represent clients in court, trademark paralegals often perform most of the other functions that a trademark lawyer may need to perform. Like other trademark paraprofessionals, paralegals often help lawyers manage their trademark deadlines so that filings do not expire.
The median salary of a branded paralegal is about $47,000 per year. Because there are many significant delays for trademark lawyers, and because the absence of a single deadline could cost a lawyer hundreds or thousands of dollars, precise details of the case are crucial. Case clerks typically help track deadlines, record extensions, and organize data to ensure bids are up to date. Brand writers usually don`t need extensive brand or even legal experience, but they do need to have strong organizational and time management skills. Full-time employees are most often hired by law firms or companies with large brand portfolios. The median salary of a record author is about $36,000 per year. Nehal Madhani, CEO of Alt Legal, began his career as a lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis. After a few years of practice, he realized that his passion was using legal technology to solve the inefficiencies of legal practice. When Nehal launched his first legal technology company, he experienced the complexity and inefficiency of brand tracking. Most of the steps were manual, and the process of tracking bids and deadlines seemed archaic.
He knew there had to be a better way. 5 www.altlegal.com/blog/alt-legal-ip-docketing-blog/in-2deep-how-to-effectively-respond-to-2d-refusals 2 www.altlegal.com/blog/alt-legal-ip-docketing-blog/uncommon-knowledge-priority-and-common-law-trademark-rights 4 www.altlegal.com/blog/alt-legal-ip-docketing-blog/a-matter-of-principal-clarifying-principal-v-supplemental-registers A brand secretary often acts both as an administrative assistant and as a manager of mark. This person is usually responsible for managing the plethora of documents that trademarks need: requests, forms, responses, etc. This role is often fulfilled by those new to the field of trademarks and/or legal work. Brand secretaries often interact directly with customers, so good oral and written communication skills are crucial for this task. Brand secretaries sometimes help manage trademark logs and deadlines, especially when supported by technologies such as trademark registration software. The median salary of a brand secretary is about $43,000 per year. 17 www.altlegal.com/blog/alt-legal-ip-docketing-blog/whats-your-major-malfunction-breaking-down-the-usptos-strange-new-breed-of-failure-to-function-refusals We are currently building the Trademark Administrators` Exchange, a place where trademark and other administrators, paralegals, paralegals, dockers and more can share resources and learn from each other. We are building an email-based conversation space and thread where brand administrators can ask questions, provide resources, connect and support each other. 13 www.altlegal.com/blog/alt-legal-ip-docketing-blog/the-challenging-new-frontier-of-marijuana-ip 15 www.altlegal.com/blog/alt-legal-ip-docketing-blog/alt-legal-connect-session-summary-getting-into-the-weeds-cannabis-law-and-ip-protection 19 www.altlegal.com/blog/alt-legal-ip-docketing-blog/alt-legal-webinar-no-more-reservations-for-bookingcom-courts-confirm-its-a-trademark We are pleased to offer a free course at Help Them paralegals and brand administrators to learn and refine their knowledge of brand tracking. Taught by top paralegals and lawyers in law firms and in-house departments, our course features both introductory sections on intellectual property and advanced sections on trademark issues, from research and mooring to ethical obligations and more. 22 www.altlegal.com/blog/keep-it-on-the-44downlow/ Elissa Blabac is a senior paralegal with the law firm of Kelly Weiner PLLC.
She is a brand specialist who has been working for over 15 years, both in-house and with law firms of various sizes that manage large and small IP portfolios, and has been working remotely for 7 years. 1 altlegal.thinkific.com/courses/alt-legal-trademark-paralegal-course 27 www.altlegal.com/blog/alt-legal-ip-docketing-blog/the-uspto-will-require-foreign-applicants-to-have-us-attorneys your source for all things learning, networking and sharing in the community of paralegals and IP administrators. 14. www.altlegal.com/blog/altlegal-events/webinar-up-in-smoke-how-to-protect-cannabis-brands. New technologies for IP professionals, especially modern registration software, can help you streamline some of your most tedious work. Of course, the idea of switching to a new recording system may seem like a headache, especially if you imagine a painful, expensive, and time-consuming migration, followed by hours of videos, training, and manual reviews, only to end up with a system that doesn`t look too different from your previous system. Typical buyer`s remorse. But the transition to a new registration system no longer needs to be this way. With modern IP docketing software like Alt Legal, the migration is free, painless, and usually completed in less than a week. Find out why it`s worth upgrading to Alt Legal. Alt Legal takes a different approach to automation, and this difference leads to automation beyond simply filling in and updating records.
Our software automatically identifies, lists and updates uspto trademark applications and deadlines. Beyond our direct connections with the USPTO and CIPO, we integrate CompuMark to provide data and calculate renewal and usage times for more than 180 additional jurisdictions. A guide published by Alt Legal on how to use USPTO coordinated classes to perform knock-out searches. This webinar was recorded on September 9, 2022. One of the office`s most common – and feared – actions is based on Article 2(d): Likelihood of Confusion. IP Resources – Organized by the Alt Legal team, this page contains a list of useful websites and practical resources to help IP practitioners in their day-to-day practices. The TTABlog was developed by trademark expert John Welch and contains the latest news about the Trademarks First Instance and Appeal Board (TTAB). A USPTO manual with three sections on the maintenance and use of the automated design mark database: (1) the General Guidelines, (2) the Design Search Code section, and (3) an alphabetical index. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a global forum for INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY services, policies, information and cooperation with 193 Member States. We are pleased to offer free training to law students so that they can learn how to use Alt Legal and gain confidence when reviewing a case. In addition, they can learn more about IP law and practice and use all the free resources available to the Alt Legal community, including: 20 www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-ExamGuide-3-20.pdf you will do with Alt Legal.