Role: Experienced Trade Marks Assistant

We are a top-tier, great team of dedicated individuals who support each other to foster confidence, flexibility, enthusiasm and a ‘can do’ attitude. We now have a permanent full-time, trade marks assistant role in Melbourne.

Your New Role

This role will include:

• preparing trade mark applications
• entering filing, acceptance and grant details into existing cases
• updating and maintaining deadlines on existing cases
• entering relevant dates in respect of filings and examinations, including deadlines, instructions sent and acknowledged, and responses filed
• reviewing attorney reminders and liaising with attorneys to ensure that deadlines are met
• database management
• preparing correspondence and invoices to clients, foreign associates and Trade Marks offices
• liaising with local and overseas clients, overseas associates, Australia, New Zealand and foreign Trade Marks offices
• assisting with group templates and precedents

For a full position description, please email peopleculture@fbrice.com.au

About You

You are an experienced trade marks assistant, having worked recently for at least several years in trade marks, preferably in a top-tier, specialist IP or law firm. You are able to work independently and have a high degree of oral and written presentation skills. You have experience with IP-management software (preferably Inprotech), work with exceptional attention to detail, and have strong organisational and time management skills. Your friendliness, flexibility and enthusiasm will enable you to work with and contribute to a great team.

Working at FB Rice
You will be joining a long-established and successful top-tier intellectual property firm acknowledged for its client experience and expertise through a number of industry awards. FB Rice represents an extensive range of local and international clients; with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Parramatta and Wellington. 

Our mission is to inspire our staff to best serve our clients as they navigate what can be the complex world of IP. We pride ourselves on our inclusive and diverse culture in addition to offering a range of market leading employee benefits. 

Culture and Benefits. 
Our team is key to providing the best patent and trade mark services in Australia to our clients, therefore our focus has always been to develop a business that is a great place to work. We offer a range of excellent employee benefits such as:

• a hybrid working policy that encourages flexible working arrangements 
• a social club which provides a wide range of activities throughout the year
• a health and wellbeing program including access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 
• generous paid parental leave 

How to Apply
Please submit your cover letter and CV by clicking "Apply Now".

To be eligible for this position you must have excellent oral and written English skills and have an ongoing right to work in Australia. 

All expressions of interest are strictly confidential. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

FB Rice recognises the importance of a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages any interested candidates with the above-mentioned technical background and professional skills to apply. For more information about our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit https://www.fbrice.com.au/life-at-fb-rice.