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Rakuten Advertising

Mar 15

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Legal
  • San Mateo

Requirements

  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Excellent academic credentials
  • Must be looking to expand your knowledge and use skills you are developing in law school
  • Ability to research legal and business issues and learn new concepts quickly
  • High degree of professional ethics and integrity
  • Must be a critical thinker who is resourceful and can problem-solve
  • Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate (written and verbally) effectively at all levels
  • Excellent organizational and analytical skills
  • Must be extremely detail-oriented
  • Significant experience using Microsoft Office
  • Technologically savvy and able to learn new technologies easily
  • Currently a full-time law student entering their 3L year fall 2024 pursuing a J.D. degree at an ABA accredited U.S. law school or pursuing an LL.M. in Intellectual Property at an ABA accredited U.S. law school
  • Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent
  • Able to complete a 6-8 week internship beginning in May or June 2024
  • Strong interest in intellectual property rights and innovation policy
  • Possess strong research and writing skills, preferably with knowledge of legal research and writing
  • Involvement in your law school outside of required activities (e.g., moot court, independent research with a professor, clubs, clinics, pro-bono volunteer, etc.)

Responsibilities

  • Support on intellectual property legal matters with opportunities to work with various other Rakuten business units as well.
  • Support patent discovery process, including review of invention descriptions, inventor interviews, and coordinating with external patent counsel.
  • Managing intellectual property portfolio: patents, trademarks, copyrights, and domains.
  • Performing substantive legal research relating to emerging legal and regulatory issues, with a focus on intellectual property matters.
  • Reviewing and evaluating company policies.
  • Assisting with special projects and initiatives.

Rakuten Advertising

Leading the industry in delivering performance-driven marketing solutions.

Technology
Industry
501-1000
Employees
1996
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Rakuten Advertising leads the industry in delivering performance-driven marketing solutions that help the world’s top brands connect with unique, highly engaged audiences – from awareness to activation. At Rakuten, we outthink the competition and outperform your expectations. Our experienced full-service team works to create the best ad experiences for brand, audience, and affiliate alike – one where people get the right message at the right time to drive attention, action, loyalty, and value. Working across affiliate, display, search, programmatic, and media, we leverage a global partner network and our owned-and-operated properties to reach people like no one else. Your goals are our goals, and we’ll work like no one else to help you exceed them. Backed by industry-leading technology, global media properties, and the largest partner network, Rakuten Advertising taps into decades of data and experience to develop the strategies and ad experiences that will drive engagement, sales, loyalty, and beyond. A leader in the industry since its beginnings, Rakuten Advertising is a division of Rakuten Inc. (4755: TOKYO), one of the world’s leading internet service companies. The company is headquartered in New York City, with offices throughout EMEA, APAC, LATAM, and North America.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities

  • ‘Work from Anywhere’ July!

  • Stock options

  • Commuter benefits

  • Well-being & mental health benefits

  • Subsidized days for family care