• 12 Month Fixed Term
• Rare in-house opportunity
• Showcase your outstanding IP Paralegal skills in one of NZ’s largest organisations
  
  

About Us
We are a proud New Zealand Co-operative built by generations of farming whānau. We believe nutritious food is essential to sustain people today, and for future generations to thrive, which is why we challenge ourselves to find new ways to bring our dairy goodness to people around the world.

About the opportunity:

We’re looking for an experienced Trade Mark Paralegal to join our in-house team on a 12 month fixed term contract. Working as a member of the Fonterra Legal Team, you will be responsible for the trade mark, design, copyright and domain name portfolio, managing the day to day delivery of trade mark management services to Fonterra stakeholders and external counsel. 

This is a specialised role where you will provide advice and guidance to the entire Fonterra global business, in regard to trade marks, designs, copyright and domain names. You’ll also prepare and propose global trade mark filing programmes and related advice to stakeholders and Fonterra Global Legal Team members.

Along with your strong knowledge and a working understanding of the intellectual property laws of New Zealand, including the Trade Marks Act, Copyright Act and Fair Trading Act, you will provide decisive assessments of incoming IP matters including trade marks, copyright, get-up (packaging), domain names and IP infringement related issues.

A few other responsibilities will include:

• Provide trade mark, designs and copyright freedom to operate and search advice to the business. Work closely with our external providers and also independently. Manage and report outcomes to the business.
• Maintain a global portfolio of over 5000 registered trade marks, designs and copyrights and ensure all renewals are in place.
• Receive and provide IP review of new packaging SKUs within the business.

About you:

We’re looking for a Trade Mark Paralegal, or early career Trade Mark Attorney, whose expertise will help ensure the protection of Fonterra products and brands.

Along with your strong business acumen and excellent written and verbal communication skills, you’ll easily build and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders.

To perform well in this busy and challenging role, you will be comfortable working in a high-volume complex organisation and be adept at prioritising and juggling multiple priorities.  The ability to think laterally and dynamically would be an advantage in this role.

Experience in trade mark prosecution, trade mark searching and assessment, product clearance and IP is essential to your success in this role.

In return you will have the opportunity to work in an in-house role for a complex global organisation with a large brand portfolio.

Our Story

Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit gives us all a common strength and purpose. Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people who are at the heart of what we do, we want our farmers, employees, customers and communities to thrive. Kaitiakitanga, ensures we take care of the land. We are committed to farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.

Whakaohooho constantly inspires ourselves and each other with great career development opportunities and benefits. We enable flexibility and balance to suit everyone’s lifestyles and choices. 

Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best.

Sound good to you? Come join our whānau. You, me, Us Together Tᾱtou tᾱtou.

For more details or to apply please click here or contact Lou Bell at lou.bell@fonterra.com

Applications close on Wednesday 8th September.