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 | Thad Gladden LongMember 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 Areas | Patents 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 | | | Education | University of Virginia, J.D., 1963, Columbia University, A.B., Physics, 1960 | | | Admitted | 1963, 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 | |
| Memberships | Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Antitrust and Business Torts Sections, 1973-1974); American Bar Association; American Law Institute; Alabama Law Institute; Alabama Law Foundation. | | | Born | Dothan, Alabama, March 9, 1938 | | | Biography | Phi 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 Cases | Gas 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. | | | ISLN | 905370819 | |
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