Graphic Designer Office, Paralegal, IP Specialist
Resume:
Maria Eugenia Rodriguez
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879
United States 240-***-**** ******************@*****.***
Fully Work Authorized No Visa Sponsorship Required
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Trademark and Patent Specialist with13 years of experience in assist companies and individuals to register their trademark and patents and follow up the process of registration and trademark protection all over the world, all related to intellectual property and copyrights
Key Skills
Specialization in Trademarks and Patents and Graphic designer
Intellectual property and Graphic design
Starting Trademark and Patent files and follow up them and analysis of marketing
Apiges software, Legal translator
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher), Photoshop, Corel Draw, In Design
Team oriented/ Team player/ Team focus
Bilingual Spanish-English
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Foreign Trademark and Patent Specialist 03/22/2013 - 02/20/2018
Clarke Modet & Co, Caracas, Venezuela
International Lawyer office dedicated in the protection and guidance relating to intellectual property management with 100+ employees in Venezuela, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Portugal, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Mexico
Assisted and followed up to trademark and patent portfolios of the most biggest companies, mostly in Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Spain and United States of America, like Astrazeneca, Coltene, Palmolive, Pfizer, and others
Managed client relationships and trainings on prosecution process and international growth strategy
Monitored upcoming due dates for all pending applications and registrations during each phases of prosecution
Performed preliminary trademark and patent searches using electronic and online search tools.
Reported and followed up with letters and debit notes to clients
Managed administrative tasts such as email correspndences, calendar management and attorneys time entrance, all accounting for trademark and patent departments
Consulted with clients to protect the intellectual property rights of their inventions in all participating countries members of nthe PCT and Madrid Protocol, Vienna convention and Andean community
Prepared provisional, utility, design and PCT applications for filing which included preparing drawings, formal documents such as information disclosure statements, assignments and declarations, calculating fees and ordering any additional documents from the PTO
Trademark and Patent Assistant 01/03/2006 - 02/22/2013
Bentata Abogados, Caracas, Venezuela
Venezuelan lawyer office dedicated to assisting big companies all over the world with registration of their trademark and patents with more than 50 employees in Venezuela and the US
Assisted many clients in the whole process of trademark and patent registration, and changes of owner, mergers and assignment of big trademark and patent portfolios and protecting their rights in a 98% of success
Complete annual trademark renewal projects through internal report communications wioth outside counsel and streaming legalization of applicable documents to assist the renewal process
Collected, updated, maintained and uploaded onto data base. Importing and exporting case data base, data manipulations and conversion, scanning, organizing case-related data on the network and maintaining media/data
Facilitated communication between domestic and foreign clients, agents, attorneys and trademark and patent offices regarding the status of all pending cases. Updated clients of patent maintenance fees due and requested their decision to keep patents active or allow to become abandoned with the USPTO
Reviewed and electronically filed trademark assignments, mergers and changes of name applications
Maintained a computerized docket of all pending cases
Supervised and delegated work to legal assistants
Drafted Assignment documents. Reviewed and approved invoices. Prepared reports for attorneys, foreign law firms and domestic clients
Coordinated files transferred in and out of the firm. Assisted attorneys, paralegals and secretaries in other departments
Directed efficient docketing of all deadlines and trademarks into Trademark management database
EDUCATION
Graphic Design (BA), 11/20/1998
Colegio Universitario Monsenor de Talavera
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/AFFILIATIONS
Legal translation, Caracas, Venezuela, 02/16/2017
Trademark and Patent Specialization, Caracas, Venezuela, 02/23/2016
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