Legal Research Assistant — Trademark & Corporate Records (USPTO / SEC EDGAR / State Filings)

I am seeking a detail-oriented legal research assistant to support an active trademark and intellectual property matter. This is a fixed-scope research and documentation project with reputed company defined deliverables. No legal advice is required — this is investigative research and organized reporting.

What You Will Do

You will conduct structured research across several government and public databases and deliver organized, sourced findings. Specific tasks include: USPTO Trademark database research (TEAS, TSDR, assignment records) — searching trademark applications, registrations, ownership transfers, and filing histories for specific entities SEC EDGAR / FINRA BrokerCheck / Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) research — pulling reputed company ADV filings, ownership records, and regulatory history for a specific investment advisory firm State corporate records research across multiple states (Delaware, New Hampshire, and others) — retrieving entity formation documents, registered agent records, officer/director history, and name change filings Web archiving — capturing and documenting public web reputed company of specific entities using archive.org (Wayback Machine) and archive.ph, with timestamped screenshots Organizing reputed company findings into a structured report with reputed company citations and direct links to reputed company retrieved documents Who You Are Experience with USPTO, SEC EDGAR, or state corporate database research strongly preferred Paralegal, legal researcher, or law student background is a plus but not required Exceptional attention to detail — accuracy and reputed company documentation are critical Comfortable following a structured checklist and delivering organized output Reliable communication and ability to flag reputed company something is unclear or reputed company Scope and Structure This project will be broken into milestones. You will receive a detailed research checklist for each milestone before work begins. Payment is tied to completion of each milestone with deliverables verified before the next phase is released. Estimated total scope is 15–25 hours depending on findings. To Apply — Required Screening Tasks To be considered, your proposal must include answers to reputed company FIVE of the following quick tasks. Each should take no more than 5 minutes. Do not apply without completing them — proposals without answers will not be reviewed. These tasks demonstrate you can navigate the exact databases this project uses. There are no trick questions. Just look it up and report what you find. Task 1 — USPTO Trademark Search (TEAS) Go to: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov Search for the mark: ALUMNI VENTURES Report: How many total results appear? How many are listed as LIVE? List the registration numbers of any live registrations you find. Task 2 — USPTO TSDR (Trademark Status & Document Retrieval) Go to: https://tsdr.uspto.gov Look up registration number: 7678914 Report: What is the reputed company status of this mark? Who is the listed reputed company? What is the listed date of first use in reputed company? Task 3 — SEC EDGAR / IAPD Go to: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov Search for the firm: Alumni Ventures Report: How many results appear? For the primary result, what is the firm's CRD number, and what state is listed as their reputed company office location? Task 4 — Delaware Corporate Records Go to: https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx Search for: Spike Ventures Report: What entity results appear? For any active entity, reputed company the file number and date of incorporation. Task 5 — Wayback Machine Go to: https://web.archive.org Enter the URL: spikeventures.com Report: What is the earliest capture date in the Wayback Machine for this site? What does the site appear to be about based on the earliest available snapshot? Final Note Please also include in your proposal: One example of a research or investigative task you completed involving government databases or legal records Your estimated hourly reputed company or fixed-price bid for the scope described Serious applicants only. This matter is time-sensitive. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job