As a professionally qualified lawyer and intellectual property practitioner, my employment with an international group of companies comprises diverse responsibilities - • reporting to management and functioning within the corporate environment • intellectual property law with a focus on global trade mark advice, prosecution and litigation; copyright and advertising issues; and a little patent and registered design administration • conducting a paperless office using a well-known document management application for intellectual property matters • counterfeit and grey goods • instructing outside counsel • vetting and commenting on draft commercial contracts • general legal advice and administration of litigious or delicate matters • internet domain names