Intellectual Property Litigation Experience

Patent, Copyright and Trademark litigation exclusively since 1983

Appeared in over 300 cases in 23 different jurisdictions

Admissions

- U.S. Supreme Court

- U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal: Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal;

- All Georgia State and Federal Courts.

- United States District Courts-admitted pro hac in 23 jurisdictions

Sample Cases (Client Italicized):

Patent: Express Mobile, Inc. v. Godaddy.com, LLC, Case number 1: 19-cv-01937 (USDC Delaware) (jury verdict of non-infringement of patent for client GoDaddy). See Law 360 report

Trademark: The Reinalt-Thomas Corp., d/b/a Discount Tire v. Mavis Tire Supply, LLC, 391 F. Supp. 3d 1261 (N.D. Ga. 2019) (client’s trademark DISCOUNT TIRE not generic; Mavis Discount Tire infringed and enjoined);

Bateman v. Mnemonics, Inc., 79 F.3d 1532 (11th Cir. 1996) (Copyright infringement defense);

Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc., 642 F. Supp. 1031 (N.D. Ga. 1986) (Garbage Pail Kids infringed client’s Cabbage Patch Kids)

Amicus briefs to U.S. Supreme Court for INTA:

- Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc. (2023);

- USPTO v. BOOKING.COM B.V. (2020);

- Romag Fasteners, Inc., v. Fossil, Inc. (2019);

- USPTO v. Simon Shiao Tam (2016);

- Tiffany v. eBay, Inc. (certiorari petition denied 2010).