David Stewart is head of the firm’s Trademark & Copyright Group. He concentrates his practice on trademark, copyright, trade secret and advertising litigation and counseling.
Mr. Stewart is featured in the International Edition of Who’s Who Trademarks and Super Lawyers magazine. He is also listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America.
David received an A.B. degree in English literature from Wabash College in 1985, graduating summa cum laude. He received his law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1990, where he served as associate managing editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. Prior to law school, Mr. Stewart worked as a computer systems engineer for the Allison Gas Turbine division of General Motors Corporation in Indianapolis.
- Successfully represented a large health care facility in a three week jury trial of a trademark, copyright and Digital Millennium Copyright Act case in federal court in Tampa resulting in permanent injunctive relief, six-figure damages and recovery of $550,000 in attorneys’ fees.
- Successfully defended a film production company in a copyright and trademark lawsuit involving the motion picture Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in which the Eleventh Circuit became the first federal circuit court to rule that an artist cannot acquire trademark rights in an artistic style.
- Secured summary judgment for a large restaurant chain in a trademark infringement lawsuit in federal court in Portland, Oregon, in which the plaintiff sought a nationwide injunction against use of the company's mark.
- Served as trial counsel for the trial of novel trademark infringement claims in a case involving a self-storage chain. The case is currently on appeal to the Second Circuit.
- Represented a major national automotive parts retailer in the defense of copyright infringement claims filed in federal court in Las Vegas related to Linux, an open source operating system.
- Served as lead trial counsel for a worldwide sports apparel company in a cyberpiracy case filed in South Carolina that was the first case cited by the U.S. Senate as support for its passage of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA).
- Represented a cable network in connection with several precedent-setting domain name cases in the Eastern District of Virginia, including a case in which the court ruled that jurisdiction is proper in the district over a domain name registered in China by a Chinese citizen on the grounds that the registry for the domain name is located in the forum.
- Represented a hotel and casino operator in a case affirmed by the Ninth Circuit that was the first case in which a federal appellate court affirmed service of process by email.
- Represented numerous Fortune 100 companies in connection with search engine keyword hacking, spam email, denial of service, phishing and other Internet-related cases.
- Represented a major international hotel chain in litigation challenging the legality of Internet pop-up and pop-under advertising campaigns served by The Gator Corporation.
- Represented the advertising agency responsible for the creation of the famous Simmons “bowling ball” broadcast advertising campaign, and assisted it and Simmons in keeping the advertisements on air despite challenges from a leading competitor.
- In addition to federal and state court litigation, successfully prosecuted more than 100 cases under ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
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September 12, 2011
In The Press
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July 5, 2011
In The Press
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October 19, 2010
In The Press
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August 30, 2010
In The Press
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June 11, 2010
In The Press
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June 12, 2009
In The Press
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January 21, 2009
In The Press
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July 11, 2008
In The Press
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Feb 21, 2008
In The Press
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23 February 2007
In The Press
Past Events
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January 6-10, 2009
Seminar
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September 15, 2006
Seminar
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February 25, 2005
Seminar
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Georgia Bar Intellectual Property Section