IP (Trademark, Copyright, and Brand) Counsel

  • Full-time

Company Description

We believe everyone should be able to participate and thrive in the economy. So we’re building tools that make commerce easier and more accessible to all. We started with a little white credit card reader but haven’t stopped there. Our new reader helps our sellers accept chip cards and NFC payments, and our Cash app lets people pay each other back instantly. We’re empowering the independent electrician to send invoices, setting up the favorite food truck with a delivery option, helping the ice cream shop pay its employees, and giving the burgeoning coffee chain capital for a second, third, and fourth location. Let’s shorten the distance between having an idea and making a living from it. And make it easier for customers to shop and pay at their favorite businesses. We’re here to help sellers of all sizes start, run, and grow their business—and helping them grow their business is good business for everyone.

Job Description

Square is seeking a highly motivated attorney with a passion for all things intellectual property to join our legal organization. As an integral member of our IP team, you will:

  • Manage Square's trademark, copyright, and domain portfolios

  • Be responsible for strategy and implementation of our brand protection and enforcement activities, including the handling of administrative or trademark-office disputes, direct third-party enforcement, pre-litigation matters, and litigation before the PTO

  • Support anti-counterfeiting efforts

  • Manage trademark diligence and clearances

  • Develop policies and practices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and related laws; coordinate incoming notice-and-takedown matters

  • Liaise with and provide brand support to our internal marketing, sales, counsel, and product teams

  • Provide assistance on administering advertising and promotional initiatives, marketing campaigns, loyalty programs, and work on related diligence and agreements

  • Build systems and procedures to scale with the company’s needs

Qualifications

You have:

  • JD degree and membership in at least one state bar

  • Minimum of four years of relevant experience, preferably with some in-house experience

  • Well-developed skills in U.S. and international trademark clearance, counseling, prosecution, and enforcement

  • Experience with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy, IP transactions, advertising, marketing and promotions matters, as well as handling copyright-related issues and registration is strongly preferred

  • Excellent legal writing skills and a proven track record in all aspects of a trademark, copyright, domain name, and advertising practice

Additional Information

At Square, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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