Trainee Patent Attorney (Electrical & Electronic Engineering/ICT)

About The Role

• The successful candidate will work in collaboration with others in the team to assist our clients to obtain protection for their IP in Singapore and around the world.
• Our firm will offer assistance to the successful candidate to qualify as a Registered Singapore Patent Attorney.
• M&C Singapore will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require our sponsorship for a visa.

About You

• You will have gained at least a 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering or ICT. 
• You will have excellent communication skills, meticulous attention to detail and a natural curiosity to find out how things work.
• You will demonstrate technical excellence, an interest in the commercial world and appreciate the importance of intellectual property to businesses.
• Excellent command of the English language.
• A good team player with a positive working attitude.

About Us

Marks & Clerk Singapore LLP is part of the international Marks & Clerk Group with 16 offices worldwide. Our Singapore office currently has 15 Patent Attorneys who are qualified in at least one of the jurisdictions listed above. We have won the Managing Intellectual Property award for ‘Singapore Prosecution Firm of the Year’ four consecutive years in a row since 2014, and again in 2019. We are listed in the top tier for patent and trade mark work in Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars guide and Asia IP’s annual survey. Our patent practice is also consistently listed in the top tier of the Asia Legal Business IP rankings and IAM Patent 1000.

More Info on Becoming a Patent Attorney

Further information about training to be a Patent Attorney can be found on the following websites:

• Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
• IP Careers
• The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) Website