Paul C. Remus
Shareholder

Biography

Paul is a shareholder of the firm whose practice now focuses primarily on intellectual property and regulation of financial institutions. Paul began practicing with the premier public contracts law firm in Washington and, for a number of years, represented companies around the country in disputes with the federal government.

Paul then represented depository institutions throughout northern New England in forming bank holding companies, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory enforcement proceedings. He represented more depository institutions in northern New England than any other lawyer. Paul is now actively following the creation of the Consumer Finance Protection Agency.

Paul concentrates his intellectual property practice in prosecuting patent applications, drafting non-infringement opinions and licensing technology. He also mediates disputes involving intellectual property and is on the U.S. District Court Mediation Panel List. He brings the perspective of an M&A lawyer to intellectual property disputes: he'll find a way to resolve the intellectual property dispute to get the deal done. Before becoming a lawyer, Paul was an assembly language programmer when a “deck of cards” was used for something more than playing poker.

Paul also represents both companies and venture capitalists in private placements and other financings. Paul's combination of experience in the intellectual property and securities areas positions him as sought after counsel in financings for evaluating and describing an issuer's intellectual property.

He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is the first New Hampshire Intellectual Property lawyer listed in Super Lawyers. He is also listed in Woodward/White's Best Lawyers in America in the field of Intellectual Property and has received the Lawyer's Lawyer Award for best New Hampshire lawyer for Securities Law and Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law. He is the founder and past chairman of the Intellectual Property Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association. He also rows competitively and refuses to wear a tie.

EDUCATION:

University of Michigan Law School, Juris Doctor (Cum Laude), 1971
Yale College, Bachelor of Science (Physics) 1967

Awards & Honors

• Named Top Attorney in New Hampshire for Intellectual Property Law by Business New Hampshire Magazine, 2012
• Recently selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 in the field of Financial Services Regulation Law, and Patent Law (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Recognized 10 plus years in the field of Intellectual Property Law 1995 - 2010
• Named "Top Attorney" focused on Financial Institutions & Transactions and on Intellectual Property in New Hampshire by New Hampshire Magazine
• First New Hampshire Intellectual Property Lawyer listed in Super Lawyers
• Recognized as a "New England Super Lawyer" 2007 - 2011
• AV® Rating, the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell
• 2009 New Hampshire Business Review Best of Business award for a law firm intellectual property group

Publications

• "'Quick' issuance of patents", New Hampshire Business Review, April 21, 2010
  
• "Federal Practice Law: Amendments to the False Claims Act", New Hampshire Bar News, October 16, 2009
• "Take heed of technology exports", New Hampshire Business Review, September 11, 2009
• "Patent or trade secret?", New Hampshire Business Review, July 17, 2009
• "The risks of using open source software", New Hampshire Business Review, February 28, 2009
• "Will Open Source Software Torpedo Investments in Your Company?", New Hampshire Business Review, January, 2009
• "Can intellectual property be 'imperfected'?", New Hampshire Business Review, January 2, 2009
• "Going Green: How to Steer Clear of Greenwashing", NH Business Review, October 10, 2008
• "Trade dressed to kill", NH Business Review, July 18, 2008
• "Patenting Legal Methods", NH Bar News, May 9, 2008
• "Patent Reform Effort Raises Questions", NH Business Review, February 29, 2008
• "Using Decision Trees in Mediation", NH Bar News, February 22, 2008
• "When Sharing is Illegal: Kids and Copyright Law", NH Business Review, September 14-27, 2007
• "First-in-the-nation law pits N.H. against drug industry", NH Business Review, November 10-23, 2006
• "Licensing: When a Simple Contract is Not So Simple", NH Bar News, March 2006
• "Trademarks: Olympic Genome? Olympic Source Code? Olympic Pizza?", Interface Tech News, February 7, 2006
• "Patenting Improvements", BIA Newsletter, January 2006
• "Bulletproof Your Intellectual Property", Business NH Magazine, December 2005
• "You've Won Your Patent Infringement Suit - What Do You Get?" Interface Tech News, November 30, 2005
• "Ideas Are As Free As Air – Aren't They?", NH Bar News, October 2005
• "Selecting and Protecting TRADEMARKS", NH High Tech News, October 2005

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• New Hampshire
• District of Columbia
• Connecticut