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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices

2001 ROSS AVENUE
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-2980
TEXAS
United States
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Mr Paul Reilly

Work Department
Intellectual Property / Branding, Advertising & Copyright
Position
Partner
Section Chair – Branding, Advertising & Copyright (Firmwide)
Career
Paul Reilly’s practice focuses on trademark, copyright, trade dress, advertising, branding and unfair competition litigation and counseling. He has represented clients in numerous intellectual property litigations in federal courts throughout the United States. He also has experience handling rights of privacy and publicity, and design patents. Paul has extensive experience rendering opinions on the clearance of trademarks and copyrights, rebranding of companies domestically and internationally, licensing, and the prosecution of trademark applications globally, including in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He has also litigated hundreds of oppositions and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and foreign trademark offices on behalf of his clients.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas
New York State Bar
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas
United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
International Trademark Association
INTA Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Committee – Dallas (served as oral argument Judge 2014-2018)
State Bar of Texas IP Section – Trademark Committee
New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Former Member
New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Internet Law Committee, Former Chair
Education
J.D., Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center 1994
B.A., English, College of the Holy Cross 1988
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Counting start-ups through to Fortune 100 companies, Baker Botts L.L.P. is well-versed in an array of trademark mandates arising from the sectors of financial services, telecoms, retail and entertainment, to name a few. The practice is helmed by four key players: in Dallas, Christa Brown-Sanford and Paul Reilly operate at the forefront, the latter being particularly well-versed in clearance, rebranding and licensing, and in New York, Jennifer Tempesta and Suzanne Hengl are the names to note, the latter is routinely entrusted with brand protection and enforcement strategies for a diverse host of clients. Austin-based veteran practitioner Christopher Palermo bolsters the practice with his notable tech capabilities.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies