About Me
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- Law Office of Paul W. Reidl
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- 20/08/1955
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Paul Reidl is a California lawyer with over thirty years of experience. He is the principal attorney in the Law Office of Paul W. Reidl.
After graduating from the George Washington University Law School in 1980, Paul spent the first decade of his career with the Washington, D.C. firm of Crowell & Moring. He represented clients in a variety of litigation matters. He spent the next eighteen years as Associate General Counsel of a multi-billion dollar global company, E. & J. Gallo Winery. His practice concentrated on intellectual property and international law. He managed Gallo’s global trademark program, which included clearance, licensing, acquisition, registration, and enforcement of Gallo’s trademarks.
Paul’s current practice involves trademark, copyright, litigation and wine law for clients in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the United States. He represents billion dollar companies, start-ups and companies of all sizes in between.
In the trademark area, he counsels clients in various industries on the full spectrum of global trademark-related issues, from strategic branding and trademark clearance through dispute resolution and litigation. His wine law practice counsels clients on legal and business matters in the United States and abroad. Recent litigation includes: E. & J. Gallo Winery v. Mira Enterprises, Inc. E. & J. Gallo Winery v. The Spanish Table, Inc. FWI, Inc. v. Perfecta Wine Company CytoSport, Inc. v. PVL, Ltd., Stanislaus Foods v. Rutigliano, Stanislaus Foods v. Letttieri & Co, The Wine Group v. L and R Wine Company, The Wine Group v. USA Fengshiya Wine Group Ltd., One True Vine v. Liquid Brands, LLC, Round Hill Winery v. Lolonis Winery, The Wine Group v. Levitation Management Company, and Canard Vineyards v. Trader Joe's Inc. He has also represented clients in numerous proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Paul is a frequent speaker and writer on intellectual property and wine law issues. He has been a member of the Practicing Law Institute faculty and has taught the basic trademark law course in San Francisco for ten years. He is also a member of the Association Internationale des Juristes du Droit de la Vigne et du Vin (“AIDV”). Paul has been an active member of the global association of trademark owners and professionals, the International Trademark Association, since 1992. He co-authored the Trademark Dilution Revision Act. In 2006, he was the association’s President and he represented it on public policy issues in Europe, Canada, China, and the United States. That year he was named one of the 50 most influential people in intellectual property by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine. - Looking For
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- 209 613 1916
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- 209 526 1586
- Address
- 3300 Wycliffe Drive
- City / Town
- Modesto
- State
- CA
- Zip Code
- 95355
- Country
- United States
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- http://tiny.cc/pn05k
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Education
- College / University
- George Washington University
- Graduation Year
- 1977
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Jurisdoctorate
- Graduate College / University
- George Washington University
- Grad School - Graduation Year
- 1980
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- Law Office of Paul W Reidl
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Owner
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Legal - Intellectual Property
Legal - Litigation
- Start Date
- 01/02/2009
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- 1
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Attorney
- Number of Professionals
- 1
- Number of Non-Professional Employees
- 0
- Practice Emphasis
- Intellectual property and litigation; wine law
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Paul Reidl created new blog entry To Patent or Not to Patent, That is the Question in Intellectual Property - PatentsI received a telephone call from a potential client, a start-up business. The owner said that he had a new and original process for making a food product. He wanted to patent that immed ...
108 days ago
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Paul Reidl created new blog entry Why and What Should I Pay to R... in Intellectual Property - TrademarksSome people just don’t like to pay for services. Whether it is an accountant, a lawyer or a mechanic, some folks cringe at paying someone else for something they believe they can do themselves. In my business, many people cringe at payin ...
226 days ago
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Paul Reidl updated blog entry I Registered My Corporate Name... in Intellectual Property - TrademarksA commonly asked question is: I registered my corporate name with the State so why do I have to register it as a trademark? The answer is: because one is apples and the other is oranges. Let me explain. A corporation is a legal en ...
244 days ago
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A client was reluctant to give me all the details about a particular problem. I asked her about that and she said: “I need to keep the details confidential.” “Fair enough,” I replied, “but what you tell me is privileged and I could lose my lic ...
254 days ago
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Paul Reidl created new blog entry The Strategic Dilemma of Paten... in Intellectual Property - PatentsA client had a great idea for an internet-based service. He was working with an investment group to fund it. They told him that he should patent his idea in order to protect it from infringement. He asked me about this, and my comment ...
271 days ago
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Paul Reidl created new blog entry Beware of Scammers, Trolls and... in Intellectual Property - TrademarksMy client was pretty angry. She had received an Official Notice from the United States Trademark Agency informing her that she had to pay $1,200 to get her trademark registration certificate. She could not believe that I hadn’t ...
305 days ago
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Paul Reidl created new blog entry WHAT IS THIS SUBPOENA AND WHY ... in Intellectual Property - TrademarksA client was quite upset because she had been served with a subpoena issued by a United States District Court. She was not a party to the lawsuit and she resented being required to produce documents and attend a deposition. She wanted ...
318 days ago