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Thad Gladden Long

Thad Gladden Long

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
One Federal Place, 1819 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama  35203-2119
(Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)

Telephone: 205-521-8259
Fax: 205-488-6259
http://www.babc.com



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Practice AreasPatents and Trademarks(25%); Antitrust(20%); Appellate Practice; Complex and Multi-District Litigation(30%); Computers and Software(10%); Fraud and Deceit; Intellectual Property; Patents; Products Liability; Torts; Trade Secrets(15%); Unfair Competition; Utility Law; Business Litigation
 
EducationUniversity of Virginia, J.D., 1963, Columbia University, A.B., Physics, 1960
 
Admitted1963, Alabama; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1997, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
 
MembershipsAlabama State Bar (Chairman, Antitrust and Business Torts Sections, 1973-1974); American Bar Association; American Law Institute; Alabama Law Institute; Alabama Law Foundation.
 
BornDothan, Alabama, March 9, 1938
 
BiographyPhi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa. Comments and Projects Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1962-1963. Adjunct Professor, Antitrust Law, University of Alabama, 1988-2001; Patent Law, Cumberland Law School, 1999-2001. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America (Business Litigation, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Land Use & Zoning Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution); Alabama Super Lawyers (Four Categories); Marquis Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World. Member, Editorial Board, The Trade Mark Reporter, 1991-2006. Winner of National Law Journal's "Major Defense Victories in the Nation" in 1995. Recipient, INTA Great Communicator Award. Former Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
 
Reported CasesGas Pump, Inc. v. General Cinema, Eleventh Circuit, 12 F. 3d 181 (11th Cir. 1994), Dismissal of antitrust treble damage suit; Askew v. DCH Healthcare Authority, Eleventh Circuit, 995 F. 2d 1033 (11th Cir. 1993), Set aside antitrust injunction sought against hospital acquisition; Massey v. Disc Mfg. Inc., Ala. Sup. Ct., 601 So. 2d 449 (Ala. Sup. Ct. 1992), Seizure of corporate opportunity; State of Florida v. Industrial Chemical, Inc., Ala. Sup. Ct., 145 F. R.D. 585 (N.D. of Ala. 1991); BP Oil v. Jefferson County, Eleventh Circuit, 571 So. 2d 1026 (Ala. Sup. Ct. 1990), Property rezoning, landmark decision; Meadowcraft, Inc. v. B. I. Industries, 226 U.S. P.Q. 244 (N.D. of Ala. 1985), Piercing corporate veil - unsuccessful; Alabama Gas Corp. v. Wallace, 308 So. 2d 674 (Ala. 1975), Public Utility Rate Case; Jefferson Home Furniture Co. v. Jefferson Home Co., 349 So. 2d 5 (Ala. 1977), trade name infringement; Automatic Sprinkler v. B. F. Goodrich, 351 So. 2d 555 (Ala. 1977), Environmental Cleanup Case; Pizitz, Inc. v. Pizitz Mercantile Co., 467 F. Supp. 1089 (N.D. of Ala. 1979), trademark infringement; Precision American Corp. v. Leasing Serv. Corp., 505 So. 2d 380 (Ala. 1987), various warrant and state law claims; Humber v. B. F. Goodrich, 561 So. 2d 511 (Ala. 1990), won fraud case; Mashburn v. National Healthcare, 684 F. Supp. 679 (M.D. of Ala. 1988), Securities fraud case; Ramada Inns, Inc. v. Gadsden Motel Co., 804 F. 2d 1562 (11th Cir. 1986), trademark infringement claim; Draper v. Wheelabrator, Inc., 813 F. 2d 332 (11th Cir. 1987), won $1.7 million jury verdict; Dunnivant v. Bi-State, 851 F. 2d 1575 (11th Cir. 1988), Antitrust dealer termination case.
 
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