JOB ID 24871

Legal & Compliance

Financial Services
Legal, Patent, Intellectual Property

Aichi
¥6,600,000～¥14,070,000

This Japanese company is a leading provider in the Japanese financial services industry, offering a wide range of financial products to its customers and dealers, including auto loans, leasing, and insurance. Playing a key role through customized financing solutions to support auto sales and improve customer mobility, the company operates in more than 40 countries and territories, and its finance business continues to grow globally as sales volumes increase. With a focus on innovation and reliability, the company is transforming itself into a mobility services company and is actively pursuing new business ventures to strengthen its brand and contribute to the growth of the automotive industry.

This company in Japan is a leading financial services provider in Japan offering a range of products including automobile loans, leases, and insurance, to customers and dealers. The company plays a pivotal role in supporting automotive sales and enhancing customer mobility with tailored financing solutions. Operating in over 40 countries and regions, the company's financial business continues to expand as sales volumes grow globally. Committed to innovation and reliability, the company is also transforming into a mobility service company, actively pursuing new business Committed to innovation and reliability, the company is also transforming into a mobility service company, actively pursuing new business ventures to further strengthen its brand and contribute to the growth of the automotive industry.

In this role involves the management and execution of intellectual property (IP) tasks across the company and its subsidiaries, with a focus on Key responsibilities include managing patent and trademark applications, handling third-party IP rights matters, and ensuring compliance with the company's IP policies. The role also involves fostering an intellectual property mindset within the organization, securing intellectual property rights, and ensuring compliance with the company's IP policies. The role also involves fostering an intellectual property mindset within the organization, securing budgets for IP activities, coordinating with external parties, and overseeing trademark monitoring for global expansion. Additionally, the role requires managing disputes and litigation, providing infringement assessments, and As operations expand, the role will involve developing and revising workflows to meet evolving needs. As operations expand, the role will involve developing and revising workflows to meet evolving needs.

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Job Description

Responsibilities

- Management and execution of intellectual property (IP) tasks and its subsidiaries
- Establishing the foundation for IP
As the scope of operations expands, it will be necessary to flexibly develop or revise workflows on a case -by-case basis. -As the scope of operations expands, it will be necessary to flexibly develop or revise workflows. For subsidiaries, it will be necessary to propose and support the execution of systems to carry out the required tasks.
- Simultaneous efforts to foster an intellectual property mindset within the company and its subsidiaries.
- Securing budgets for activities that support the presence and growth of the IP function (internal awareness activities).
- Patent and trademark application rights management
- Invention discovery activities and patent applications through intellectual property (IP) starting in 2025.
- Intermediate handling of past cases for which patent applications were handled by IP (response to rejection notices from the patent office). office).
- Trademark application tasks based on business department needs, managing and handling trademarks already filed by the company and subsidiaries.
- Handling third-party IP rights matters (respecting third-party IP rights as specified in the company brand's Code of Conduct).
- Preventive activities to ensure smooth business operations for the company and its subsidiaries, without causing inconvenience to the Preventive activities to ensure smooth business operations for the company and its subsidiaries, without causing inconvenience to the parent company.
- Timely third-party patent searches in line with development activities, providing infringement assessments as needed.
- Monitoring trademarks for global business expansion and appropriately responding to concerns.
- Handling disputes and litigation.
- Coordination with external parties (IP, subsidiaries, patent offices).
- Coordination of patent applications related to the brand's development technologies and third-party patent responses
- Ensuring appropriate use of brand-owned trademarks by the company and its subsidiaries, confirming trademark use with the brand and applying for Ensuring appropriate use of brand-owned trademarks by the company and its subsidiaries, confirming trademark use with the brand and applying for Ensuring appropriate use of brand-owned trademarks by the company and its subsidiaries, confirming trademark use with the brand and applying for approval.
- Responding to patent and trademark application requests and usage applications from internal and external subsidiaries
- Other tasks (handling individual cases, member development, etc.) Other tasks (handling individual cases, member development, etc.)
- On-the-job training (OJT) to further enhance the expertise of team members, and management of the IP function with a focus on its growth at the The company
Requirements

- English proficiency (TOEIC 700 or above, or business usage experience used for overseas communication)
- Strong Strong communication skills and interpersonal abilities (the ability to create an atmosphere where people want to work with you).
- Practical experience and management experience in corporate intellectual property, especially understanding strategic This will enable you to suggest directions and make This will enable you to suggest directions and make proposals that align with the current level of operations.
Preferred

- Understanding of the business operations.
- Adaptability to teamwork
- High commitment to work
- Knowledge of the automotive industry.
- Knowledge of automotive finance business.
Location

Aichi
Work Style

Remote working possible, Flex working possible
Salary

¥6,600,000～¥14,070,000
Attractive
Points

Childcare support system, Overseas communication, Make use of languages, Weekends and holidays off