Kelly Eder

• Independently manage intercompany agreement practice, including drafting all intercompany agreements and managing through final execution.
• Advise on intercompany matters as they relate to intercompany agreements.
• Conduct high volume of domestic and international cross-brand trademark searches.
• Support Senior Counsel with ancillary intellectual property queries.

*Senior Paralegal position.

• Conducted style guide clearances and art-to-product clearances, ensuring compliance with legal standards.
• Reviewed creative assets and editorial for legal considerations, providing guidance to creative teams.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to address and resolve legal concerns, fostering effective communication between legal and creative departments.
• Created boilerplate templates for style guide clearance feedback.
• Streamlined client forms for specialized clearances.

• Independently drafted and negotiated global and international merchandise and publishing license agreements and other legal correspondence documents.
• Developed, implemented, and managed streamlined international intellectual property health check process for prospective consumer product deals.
• Spearheaded and coordinated trademark clearance and filing process between key stakeholders to bolster existing property portfolios and during new property roll-outs (e.g., in anticipation of international airing of new television programs and sale of consumer products).
• Ensured trademark filing and creative asset development fees did not outweigh minimum guarantee of prospective deals.