Job Description

Do you aspire to make a great difference and create the right legal landscape for the LEGO Group ? Bring your legal experience and potential to shape the future of the LEGO Group in both mature and emerging markets.

Responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate all trademark prosecution tasks for The LEGO Group in China and APAC, including, but not limited to supporting all registrations, oppositions, cancellation actions and any appeals.
• Co-ordinate all copyright registrations in China and APAC.
• Act as subject matter expert on trademark prosecution in China and APAC and participate in activities generally supporting enforcement of The LEGO Group’s rights.
• Work with other Legal, Compliance & Risk Management (LCR) lawyers to execute on a strategy for enhanced or “stepped up” IPR enforcement in China and APAC, including a trademark prosecution strategy, and work to update that strategy every year.
• Manage internal and/or external stakeholder relationships to optimize work effectiveness, including building good working relationships with external IP Counsel handling trademark prosecution matters, as well as third-parties who own and operate LEGO stores and the LEGOLAND Parks in China.
• Demonstrate a high-level of collaboration, knowledge- sharing and process optimization to accomplish tasks.
• Conduct training classes in various topics, including, but not limited to: proper trademark usage, copyrights, unfair competition, and IP enforcement.
• Handle IP enforcement cases for the LEGO Education business in China, in conjunction with the LCR lawyer responsible for all LEGO Education legal issues in China.
• Participate in industry working groups, such as QBPC and INTA, as deemed necessary.
• Work well with colleagues in Denmark to get support for accomplishing trademark prosecution and
• copyright registration tasks in China and APAC, and provide valuable feedback to our Danish colleagues and others on what needs to be protected in Asia.
• Document work on all cases, registrations, legal processes and work output in legal knowledge management tools.
• Assist in any other IP legal work and/or cases, as determined by Senior IP Counsel, and/or the VP and General Counsel of China and APAC.
• Play your part in our team succeeding LCR China & APAC is the regional legal team covering all of Asia, with lawyers in Shanghai, Jiaxing, Vietnam and Singapore, in a variety of legal positions. The main focus of LCR China & APAC is:
• Drive and support all legal tasks in our region, like IPR and corporate matters.
• Act as main point of contact for relevant legal issues, in accordance with our Mandate and Key Operating Principles.
• Occasionally participate in tasks and/or provide legal support within other regions.

Do you have what it takes?

• Law School Degree (such as J.D., LL.M. or equivalent) or equivalent work experience in a law firm
  Minimum of 3-5 years of (postgraduate) legal experience from an in-house role at a global company/MNC or law firm, specializing in Intellectual Property Law in China is preferred
• Proven track-record in trademark prosecution matters and stakeholder management.
  An appetite for and ability to learn new skills, as well as the willingness to follow-through on tasks.
  Highly collaborative, with a curious mindset and a “can do” approach.
• A quick learner.
• A real team player.
• Proven ability to advise business clients effectively.
• Experience in meeting and working with government authorities on trademark prosecution work.
• Ability to make presentations and updates to the internal business clients on IP enforcement and protection efforts.
• Report regularly to the VP and General Counsel for China & APAC on the status of all prosecution work and other cases

Nice to have:
Experience with IP cases and/or law outside of China.
Some travel will be expected, likely not to exceed 30 days per year

What’s in it for you?
Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague Discount – We know you’ll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – When you join the team you’ll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.
• Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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