Trademark Clearance, Manager

工作 ID 10114092 地點格倫代爾, 加利福尼亚州, 美國 有意工作的公司 Disney Experiences 日期已公佈 Mar. 04, 2025

申請

工作概要:

About the Role & Team:

This person will be an integral team member of the Disney Experiences Business Affairs (BA) Department. The person will have day-to-day responsibilities for managing the trademark clearance operations and strategies across the Disney Experiences (DX) businesses. This person is expected to work in a highly collaborative fashion with other Business Affairs and Legal members of The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) and members of the DX creative, product development, licensing, marketing, finance and franchise management groups to gain an understanding of business objectives to make decisions regarding legal strategies.

What You Will Do

Scope of duties: Manages trademark clearances and trademark filing strategies by researching, evaluating and communicating available information to make appropriate recommendations about trademark filings to business clients and internal partners.

Manage BA trademark clearance operations, including tracking and processing trademark clearance requests, and auditing and improving clearance operations for efficiency.
Manage trademark clearances and trademark filing strategies by reviewing, evaluating and communicating available information to make appropriate recommendations about trademarks to business clients and internal partners.
Summarize trademark legal opinions for all consumer product franchise teams to manage and minimize risks to the Company and licensees. Consult with IP Legal and business clients on scope of use and any creative changes required to mitigate risk.
Consult with IP Legal and provide business plans with recommendations for trademark filing strategies.
Collaborates with business clients when necessary to ensure budgetary compliance.
Meet regularly with franchise teams to determine business strategy in order to analyze best practices for trademark clearances and filings as necessary for new properties, logos, brands, taglines, character names, locations, and elements.
Provide Business Affairs IP risk support to TWDC franchises relating to consumer product clearances and branding guidelines.
Review and approve packaging, product development, branding, and marketing style guides and assets for trademark, contract, brand guidelines, and other intellectual property issues.
Prepare and deliver trademark clearance presentations on trademark principles and Business Affairs operations.
Collaborate with IP Legal to gather evidence such as proof of use, business plans, licensee information, and financial information to support trademark filings, claims, oppositions, and cancellations.
Collaborate with IP Legal on trademark clearance, filing, maintenance, and enforcement strategies.
Work with business clients to report possible pirated products to the Antipiracy team.
Works on other projects as assigned.

Requirements/Qualifications

3 or more years experience in handling intellectual property issues and related matters, particularly with respect to trademark clearances, prosecution, and maintenance.
Strong interpersonal skills (collaborative ways of working within team, cross-functionally and with business clients), analytical skills, and verbal and writing skills (discussion, analysis, succinctly summarizing key issues).
Experience using U.S. Patent and Trademark Office programs and commercial trademark clearance programs.
Experience using trademark docketing programs.
Experience managing trademark filings and office actions with the USPTO, preparing identification and classification of goods and services, and collecting use and specimen evidence.
High energy and enthusiasm, self-motivated, able to work independently.
Advanced working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to a rapidly-changing environment.
Ability to communicate effectively with business counterparts, understand business/ marketing strategies, assess risks and counsel appropriate action.
Superb organizational strength, capability to manage a large workload and juggle many competing priorities.
Operationally driven and comfortable applying technological solutions to drive efficiencies.
Consumer product experience a plus.

Education

B.A./ B.S., or equivalent; and/or qualified paralegal by certification or education and work experience as set forth by the American Bar Association and/or applicable state codes.

The hiring range for this position in California is $78,200 to $104,800 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

申請

關於Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences 透過世界各地的主題公園、度假村、郵輪、獨特的度假體驗、產品等，將迪士尼故事和特許經營權的魔力帶入生活。迪士尼在旅遊業中大放異彩，在美國、歐洲和亞洲擁有六大度假勝地；一流的郵輪航線；廣受歡迎的度假擁有權計劃；以及屢獲殊榮的家庭探險導遊業務。此外，迪士尼的全球消費品業務還包括全球領先的授權業務、全球最大的兒童出版品牌、全球最大的跨平台遊戲授權商之一，以及遍佈全球和網絡的迪士尼商店。

關於 The Walt Disney Company:

Walt Disney Company 連同其子公司和聯營公司，是領先的多元化國際家庭娛樂和媒體企業，其業務主要涉及三個範疇：Disney Entertainment、ESPN 及 Disney Experiences。Disney 在 1920 年代的起步之初，只是一間卡通工作室，至今已成為娛樂界的翹楚，並昂然堅守傳承，繼續為家庭中每位成員創造世界一流的故事與體驗。Disney 的故事、人物與體驗傳遍世界每個角落，深入人心。我們在 40 多個國家/地區營運業務，僱員及演藝人員攜手協力，創造全球和當地人們都珍愛的娛樂體驗。

這個職位隸屬於 Disney Consumer Prod & Interactive Media，其所屬的業務部門是 Disney Experiences。

Disney Consumer Prod & Interactive Media 是提供平等就業機會的僱主。求職者都會獲得聘僱考量的機會，不分種族、宗教、膚色、生理性別、性傾向、社會性別、性別認同、性別表達、原國籍、血統、年齡、婚姻狀態、軍人或退伍軍人身份、醫療狀況、遺傳資訊或殘疾狀況、或者聯邦、州級或地方法律所禁止的其他任何基本特徵。Disney 提倡讓所有人的想法和決策都有助我們發展、創新、創造最好故事的商業環境，並與瞬息萬變的世界息息相關。

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