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Associate Manager - Intellectual Property Rights

Date Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Monthly: $ 16000 - $ 25000

Job Detail

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    Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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    Job Type: Full Time/Permanent
  • schedule
    Shift: Rotating
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    Career Level: Experienced Professional
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    Positions: 30
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    Experience: 1 Year
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    Gender: No Preference
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    Degree: Bachelors
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    Apply Before: Mar 13, 2026

Job Description

🔒 IP Portfolio Management

  • Manage and maintain the intellectual property portfolio — patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs, and trade secrets.

  • Track filings, renewals, deadlines, and enforce registrations to safeguard rights.

📄 Filing & Prosecution Support

  • Assist or coordinate in preparing and filing patent and trademark applications domestically and internationally.

  • Work with external counsels or IP agents for legal prosecution.

🔍 Search & Analysis

  • Conduct prior art searches, trademark availability searches, and competitor IP analysis.

  • Support freedom-to-operate (FTO) studies and IP risk assessments.

⚖️ IP Enforcement & Legal Actions

  • Monitor and address infringement issues, oppositions, cancellations, and other enforcement needs.

  • Support litigation or enforcement actions in coordination with legal teams or external counsel.

📑 Documentation & Agreements

  • Draft, review, and negotiate IP-related contracts and agreements (e.g., licensing, assignments).

  • Create internal reports, dashboards, and legal opinions on IP positions.

Benefits

1. Competitive Salary & Compensation

  • Typically offers a market-aligned salary for mid-level professionals.

  • Often includes performance bonuses tied to individual or department goals.

🧠 2. Skill Development

  • Strengthens expertise in IP law, strategy, and portfolio management.

  • Excellent learning environment for legal, technical, and business aspects of innovation.

👔 3. High Professional Value

  • Experience in IPR roles is highly valued across industries — especially tech, pharma, manufacturing, and consumer products.

  • Builds a strong foundation for senior leadership roles in legal and strategy teams.

📈 4. Career Growth Opportunities

  • Clear progression paths to:

    • Senior IP Manager

    • Head of Intellectual Property

    • Legal & Compliance Leadership Roles

    • R&D Strategy and Business Development Roles

🤝 5. Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work with teams like R&D, Legal, Product, Marketing, and Business Development.

  • Enhances communication and interdisciplinary skills.

🗂️ 6. Professional Recognition

  • Recognised as a subject-matter expert in critical business decisions.

  • Frequent involvement in strategic discussions around product launches

    • and innovation protection.

    🧑‍💼 7. Strategic Business Impact

    • Directly contributes to protecting innovations, brand value, and competitive advantage.

    • Your work helps reduce legal risk and enhance commercial leverage.

    🧰 8. Access to Specialized Tools & Training

    • Exposure to proprietary IP databases, analytics tools, and legal platforms.

    • Possible support for professional certifications or further education (e.g., patent agent qualifications).

    🧑‍💻 9. Diverse Domain Exposure

    • Engage with patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, and trade secrets.

    • Opportunity to learn IP dynamics in domestic and international jurisdictions.

    📊 10. Networking Opportunities

    • Build connections with external counsels, patent attorneys, and industry peers.

    • Attend industry conferences, seminars, and IP forums.

Company Overview

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Name: Rapido (operated by Roppen Transportation Services Pvt Ltd), formerly known as theKarrier Founded: 2015 by IIT/PESU graduates Aravind Sanka, Pavan Guntupalli, and SR Rishikesh in Bangalore, Karnataka  Headquarters: Bangalore, Indi... Read More

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