Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 41 days ago

Temporary Trademark Paralegal

wsgr28 open roles

Pay
$45 – $62 an hour
Where
Palo Alto
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowTemporary Trademark Paralegalwsgr · Palo Alto

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on wsgr's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

8.4% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. wsgr postings stay open a median of 1 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.8%1 day
  2. 4.0%3 days
  3. 8.4%7 days
  4. 15.4%14 days
  5. 34.1%30 days
This job: posted 41 days ago

wsgr median: 1 days open

The posting

Wilson Sonsini is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide. We represent companies at every stage of development, from entrepreneurial start-ups to multibillion-dollar global corporations, as well as the venture firms, private equity firms, and investment banks that finance and advise them. The firm has approximately 1,100 attorneys in 17 offices: 13 in the U.S., two in China, and two in Europe. Our broad spectrum of practices and entrepreneurial spirit allow exceptional opportunities for professional achievement and career growth.

As a Temporary Trademark Paralegal at Wilson Sonsini, you’ll support some of the most innovative companies in tech and life sciences, helping protect the brands behind breakthrough technologies. You’ll work on cutting-edge matters in a fast-paced, collaborative environment at a firm known for its deep IP expertise and commitment to clients shaping the future.

This temporary 6-month assignment is available as both a fully remote and hybrid work schedule.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Communicate with attorneys and clients regarding trademark clearance, prosecution, deadlines, renewals, and maintenance matters
  • Prepare and send client communications, reports, and trademark status updates (quarterly or upon request)
  • Coordinate with clients to collect supporting documents, signed forms, and specimens
  • Review marketing materials and websites for acceptable trademark specimens
  • Conduct preliminary trademark clearance searches using USPTO, commercial databases (e.g., SAEGIS, TrademarkNow), AI tools, and foreign trademark office resources
  • Order and track comprehensive trademark searches from vendors
  • Prepare, file and maintain applications and registrations before the USPTO (Sections 8, 9, 15; Statements of Use; Renewals; Extensions; Assignments; POAs)
  • Draft and file non-substantive responses to Office Actions for attorney review
  • Report USPTO and foreign office notices (e.g., publication, allowance) to clients
  • Communicate with foreign counsel regarding searches, filings, prosecution, and maintenance
  • Assist in planning and executing global trademark registration strategies
  • Coordinate legalization of documents and obtain signatures for foreign trademark filings
  • Manage deadlines and docket items for U.S. and foreign applications and registrations, and maintain accurate records in WebTMS
  • Prepare and manage trademark watch notices and subscriptions
  • Oversee file transfers (intake and outbound), including docket and document reviews
  • Assist with preparing and filing TTAB actions (oppositions, cancellations, appeals) and UDRP complaints; gather supporting materials for enforcement proceedings
  • File and prosecute U.S. copyright applications; assist with copyright assignment documentation
  • Assist clients with U.S. Customs and Border Protection trademark recordation
  • Perform related duties as assigned or directed by supervisor
  • Maintain compliance with all firm policies and procedures

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

  • A college degree and/or paralegal certificate is required
  • 4+ years of experience as a trademark paralegal is required
  • Stellar project management and organizational skills
  • Great attention to detail and ability to multitask
  • Good judgment, intuition and problem-solving skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Reliable and dependable
  • Client-focused mindset
  • Professional and composed under pressure and in fast-paced environments
  • Ability to learn quickly and work effectively and efficiently with clients, attorneys and staff across offices
  • Proficiency in WebTMS and filing with USPTO
  • Knowledge of U.S. and international trademark prosecution rules and procedures
  • Ability and willingness to work overtime as needed

The primary location for this job posting is in Palo Alto, but other locations may be listed. The actual base pay offered will depend upon a variety of factors, including but not limited to the selected candidate’s qualifications, years of relevant experience, level of education, professional certifications and licenses, and work location. The anticipated pay range for this position is as follows:

Palo Alto, San Francisco: $45.48 - $61.54 per hour.
Los Angeles, San Diego, and all other locations: $43.21 - $58.46 per hour.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against wsgr's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on wsgr's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    wsgr's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.