Trainee Patent Attorney - Electronics CII

Summary

Stuck in a rut? Bored of working for faceless clients you never get to meet? Want to work somewhere you can make a difference whatever your job title or experience? Then, come join Appleyard Lees' Cambridge office!

The Role

We are looking for an individual who enjoys learning about cutting-edge research and who want to apply their scientific knowledge to work outside of academia.  At Appleyard Lees, you will be able to put your degree to use from day one, as you’ll be working to protect the ground-breaking innovation of some of the world’s most well-known tech companies.  The job is intellectually challenging, as you will work on brand new innovation before anyone else hears about it, but it is also rewarding.  

You will be trained by our partners and patent attorneys, and from your first day you will be working on real work for our clients.  You will be able to join meetings with inventors, watch our qualified attorneys when they participate in hearings/trials, and learn from our talented paralegals.  As our clients file patent applications in the UK and Europe, you will gain real experience that is directly relevant to the professional exams you will undertake.  Our trainees are given all the support they need to qualify as UK and European patent attorneys.  We combine in-house exam-specific tutorials with external courses, to help our trainees to obtain the knowledge and skills they need to qualify.  Trainees are also supervised on their day-to-day work by our experienced and knowledgeable attorneys.  Alongside the exam-specific training, we also provide trainees with personal development training in such areas as business skills, effective communication and presentation skills and support through our mentoring scheme.

About You

  • Degree qualified with a scientific, electrical engineering or physics background
  • Ability to take on large amounts of information and think logically
  • Commitment to meeting client expectations
  • Good communicator both written and verbally with the ability to communicate at all levels 

We will also consider applications from anyone who is currently working as a trainee patent attorney, as well as anyone with relevant industry experience.

What We Can Offer

Appleyard Lees is a leading intellectual property law firm, with over fifty patent and trademark attorneys and litigators. Our offices are located in Halifax, Leeds, Manchester and Cambridge with 19 partners and 120+ staff.

We provide a full range of intellectual property (IP) services covering patents, trade marks, designs and copyright in the UK, Europe and worldwide. We use our technical and legal skills, and many years of experience, to identify and protect IP assets and to uncover and eliminate the risks posed by other people’s IP rights.

We pride ourselves on being small and friendly enough for you to get to know everyone – but big enough to offer you great career prospects. We also offer:

  • A supportive and friendly place to work and learn
  • Social outings
  • Birthday voucher
  • Charity events
  • Agile working
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Annual salary review
  • Life assurance

Our clients include multinational corporations and universities, as well as SMEs. We have a well-earned reputation for handling complex technical subject matter and for giving exceptionally clear advice. We ensure that we understand our clients’ business objectives.

Our clients choose us because we offer the combination of technical knowledge, clarity and commerciality whilst taking the time to get to know them. 

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) has always been part of the core values of Appleyard Lees.  This isn’t just about the partners, or how we do things at Appleyard Lees, this is about everyone. Appleyard Lees offers a career path within a structure that encourages development for everyone, and where individuals count.

We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

We are a member of IP Inclusive and many of our people, including trainees, are actively involved in IP Inclusive’s support groups for women and the LGBT+ community.  Many of our trainees also participate in outreach activities to raise awareness of the IP professions among young people.  We also have a dedicated diversity and inclusion focus group that includes attorneys, trainees, and HR, which is tasked with looking at ways we can continue to improve diversity and inclusion.

Applications

If you wish to apply, please send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@appleyardlees.com

Office address

Godwin House, Castle Hill, Cambridge CB3 0RA

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