Division
Legal
Department
IP & CGA Legal
Job Purpose
Execute legal operations and provide assistance and support to the respective Team Leads,independently handle and end to end manage finalization of basic commercial agreements and legal documents. Undertake legal research and assist the respective Team Leads in projects.
Key Accountabilities (1/4)
1.Trademarks
Independently conducting Trademark searches in India and International jurisdictions.
Advising Business on registrability and use of trademarks by providing a detailed risk notes.
Assisting Business in product launches by advising on commercial risks associated with transactions and their potential impact on business, and suggesting appropriate risk mitigating measures
Drafting and responding to Examination Reports, Notices of Oppositions, counterstatements, Affidavits in support of opposition and Affidavits in support of application
Attending Show Cause Hearings
Timely Renewal of Trademarks
Branding/coining of trademarks
Evaluating and advising on international trademark office actions and oppositions
Review of trade dress and packaging and advising on the registrability and usability of the same across jurisdictions
Drafting of Cease and Desist Notices
Advising on disparagement and misuse of trademarks
Conducting Trademarks Due Diligence and advising on viability of the brands
Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of Trademark, Copyright and Patent Assignment Agreements.
Key Accountabilities (2/4)
Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of Trademark and Copyright License Agreements
Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of Settlement and Franchise Agreements




Updation and management of Trademarks Database and sharing quarterly updates with relevant stakeholders of all trademark matters
Advising and reviewing of all trademark and copyright related litigations, briefing attorneys, counsels and in-house Legal Team and Business colleagues as in-house Trademark expert
Understanding the practice and procedure relating to protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights
Working on all IP litigations with the Litigation Team
Key Accountabilities (3/4)
2.Copyright
Drafting and reviewing of disclaimers
Drafting and Reviewing of Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for websites and mobile applications
Reviewing and advising on videos and advertisements and content being put out by the company on various social media
Handling of all copyright work and all legal work related to domain names.
Review of content of Conditions and disclaimer for online content.
Review of Patient Information Leaflet
Drafting of consent letters
Key Accountabilities (4/4)
3.Commercial contracts
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating of trademark assignment and license Agreements
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating of CDA/NDA, Service Agreements
Review,



advising on and negotiating IP clauses in various commercial agreements, across territories
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various commercial contracts like supply distribution agreements, service agreements, material transfer agreements, product registration agreements, in-licensing agreements.
Flag off to business teams, the risks that may arise to Company and/or affiliates
Ensure that the business team takes appropriate internal approvals before agreeing to close an agreement
Major Challenges
Volume of assignments i.e.basic commercial agreements and critical commercial agreements and opinions/dispute resolution. Independent handling of basic commercial agreements end to end and support to reporting manager is required for timely handling of volume of assignments.
Key Interactions (1/2)
Business and Functional team members
to understand business/functional requirement in drafting, collation of documents/information and updating them (regularly).
Key Interactions (2/2)
Counter Parties
to negotiate and finalisation of the agreements
External Counsels/Law Firms
to share briefs and seek opinion on case-to-case basis
Dimensions
Quality of output
Turnaround time
Value addition in commercial contracts and litigation etc.
Reducing dependency
In-house drafting
Cost effectiveness
Key Decisions
End to end management of basic contracts and legal documentation
Value addition in deal documents
Robust management of projects and litigation
Education Qualification
Qualified LLB.
Relevant Work Experience
5-7 years of work experience in legal.

📌 Senior Team Member - Legal (India)
🏢 Cipla
📍 India