Job o' the Day: Paid Summer Internship at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA!

The United States Patent and Trademark Office – Commissioner for Trademarks offers a paid summer internship program for Law School students at our Alexandria, VA campus.

As a Student Trainee (Law) you will be responsible for, but not limited to, providing the following legal and administrative support activities:  handling research requests for examining attorneys, senior attorneys and managing attorneys to determine the registrability of trademarks under §§ 1, 2 and 45 of the Trademark Act (Lanham Act) and conducting research into ownership, disclaimer, identification and specimen issues.  The majority of the research is conducted on Lexis/Nexis, the internet, and other electronic databases.  Research is also conducted in trade publications, dictionaries and other paper-based sources.

Additionally, participants may be given the opportunity to draft an appeal brief for an ex parte appeal concerning a trademark application.

For more information, see the full listing at PSLawNet!