Job Description
Role Summary
Thomson Reuters Legal Department seeks a highly motivated Intellectual Property Paralegal to support our copyright protection efforts. In this role, you will collaborate with lawyers and business partners to investigate and triage infringement matters; formulate strategies for copyright rights protection; support all aspects of dispute/litigation management; direct post-resolution assessments to provide feedback on best practices for protecting our valuable intellectual property rights; and update process documents. As a member of the Legal Department, you will also assist in supporting other matters, according to your interests and the needs of the Department. This is a global role, with the United States as the primary geographic focus. The role will report into the Litigation practice group, and also work closely with the Innovation & Product practice group.
About The Role
In this opportunity as an
Intellectual Property Paralegal, your Major Responsibilities / Accountabilities will be:
- Assistance in management of copyright disputes and litigation
- Investigate and document instances of infringement
- Conduct legal research and formulate matter-specific strategies
- Draft correspondence and legal documents, under the supervision of a lawyer
- Coordinate with in-house lawyers, business partners and outside lawyers, as needed
- Manage matter files, budgets and schedules/deadlines; review outside lawyer invoices
- Develop process improvements in coordination with wider team
- Update internal documentation related to processes and guidance
- Collect and analyze IP enforcement data; prepare quarterly reporting
About You
You're a great fit for the role of
Intellectual Property Paralegal if you have:
- Deep experience in copyright rights enforcement and dispute management
- Exceptional organizational and process management skills
- Strong verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and data analytics stills
- The ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment of tight deadlines and high-quality standards
- Passion for the work of Thomson Reuters and its news and information businesses
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, And Experience
- Global work experience
- Understanding of generative AI technologies
- Experience with legal invoice systems, such as Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker
What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
- Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
- Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The location(s) for this role include one or more of the following states: KS, MI, MN, NY, VA. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $87,200 - $161,900. The base compensation range in other locations may vary. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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