Tara Schulze

Experience

1. Intellectual Property Paralegal, Water Quality

   Hach

   Sep 2012 — Present · Loveland, CO, US

   Management of IP support functions for the Water Quality Platform, including the operating companies- Hach Company, Loveland, CO, Trojan Technologies, London Ontario, Canada, McCrometer, Inc, Hemet, CA, Chemtreat, Inc, Glen Allen, VA, Aquatic Informatics, Vancouver, BC, OTT Hydromet, Kempton, Germany, Sea-Bird Scientific, Bellevue, WA, includes, but is not limited to, docket management, daily communications with US counsel and Foreign Associates, document retrieval from PAIR, docketing of foreign actions, IP management software Implementation/use (FoundationIP), invention disclosure management, US & PCT application filings and subsequent actions, Trademarks, patent review committee meetings, collaboration with Chief IP Counsel to facilitate IP continued education across Platform, creation and facilitation of confidentiality agreements as neededAdditional Roles- Insurance Supervisor: Responsible for annual exposure data collection across water platform. Communications and tracking of data collection for 140 worldwide locations, quality control of data submitted. Coordination of insurance review exceptions with Contracts Team, facilitation of certificates of insurance, as needed.

Skills

• Patent Litigation
• Legal Writing
• Licensing
• Strategic Planning
• Patents
• Public Speaking
• Patent Prosecution
• Trade Secrets
• Patent Law
• Invention
• Document Review
• Due Diligence
• Intellectual Property
• Trademarks
• Legal Research
• Litigation
• Ip
• Management