Louis Vuitton IP Civil Enforcement Specialist

Overview

Louis Vuitton is a preeminent French maison within the LVMH group, renowned for its leather goods, ready-to-wear and accessories. The brand operates a global retail network and maintains rigorous standards for craftsmanship, design and brand protection. As an employer, Louis Vuitton blends heritage luxury with cross-border, multilingual collaboration across commercial, creative and legal teams.

Role & Responsibilities

• Classify, manage and preserve original evidence documents for civil enforcement and litigation matters, including scanning, time-stamping and coordination with notaries.
• Collect and update trademark evidence (outdoor ads, social media, print magazines, media plans, visuals, events, annual reports, store lists, brand rankings) in support of enforcement actions.
• Investigate alleged infringements by conducting online and offline research, identify authentic Louis Vuitton reference products using the Product Library and official brand sources, and secure evidentiary materials.
• Approve contract applications in the OA system, maintain the contract register and provide trademark certificates as requested by business departments.
• Support mainland music license applications for retail stores and events.
• Coordinate with Paris and Hong Kong IP teams: prepare remittance reports, upload tax receipts, send portfolio and internet-team updates, and assist with evidence for cancellations, invalidations and oppositions.
• Prepare operational reports and deliverables: invoice summaries, monthly case lists and statistics, outside counsel requests (reports, invoices, estimates) and PowerPoint slides for monthly reporting and enforcement meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in law, intellectual property, paralegal studies or a related discipline.
• 2–4 years of relevant experience supporting IP enforcement, civil litigation or brand-protection matters — experience within luxury, fashion or consumer goods preferred.
• Familiarity with notarization and time-stamp evidence preservation procedures and with managing cross-border legal documentation.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple enforcement cases and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for liaising with in-house teams and external counsels.

Skills

Experience

2–4 years supporting intellectual property enforcement or civil litigation as a paralegal, legal assistant, or IP coordinator; prior exposure to brand-protection workflows in retail, luxury or consumer-goods contexts is strongly preferred.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law, Intellectual Property, Paralegal Studies or a related field.

Workplace

Culture

Louis Vuitton fosters a high-performance, detail-oriented culture where protection of creative assets and brand equity is paramount. The role requires close collaboration with commercial, communications and regional legal teams across Asia and Europe, and suits candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, cross-cultural environment with exacting standards.

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