Strategic Alliance
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Architect Brings Copyright Infringement Claims Against Trump Palace and Royal Developments - Eric Schroeder & John Bush published
PoGo Communicator
June 9, 2008
ATTORNEYS
John C. Bush
Eric P. Schroeder
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Powell Goldstein Adds Hadley to Biz Practice - Roy Hadley featured
Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, MSNMoney
March 24, 2008
ATTORNEYS
Roy E. Hadley, Jr.
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2008 BTI Client Service All-Stars: Partners, Killingsworth & McNeill
The 2008 BTI Client Service All-Stars
ATTORNEYS
V. Scott Killingsworth
Thomas R. McNeill
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Magazines Tussle Over Name - Ryan Pumpian & John Bush quoted
Fulton County Daily Report
June 22, 2007
ATTORNEYS
John C. Bush
Ryan T. Pumpian
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People in the News: Law - Tia Cottey, Ryan Pumpian, Rebecca Sigmund, Kalee Vargo, and Dan Ashburn announced
Atlanta Business Chronicle
June 8, 2007
ATTORNEYS
Daniel G. Ashburn
Tia L. Cottey
Ryan T. Pumpian
Kathryn B. Vargo
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High Court Ruling May Boost Patent Litigation; Case Eases Standard for Legal Challenges to Existing Patents - Chuck Warner quoted
Business Insurance
May 7, 2007
"Initially, the risk of a defendant in a patent litigation lawsuit may decrease slightly because current patents may be easier to invalidate and fewer pending patent applications may be allowed to become patents,'' said Chuck Warner, a partner in the Atlanta office of Powell Goldstein L.L.P. "In the long term, however, the risk of a defendant in a patent litigation lawsuit may increase slightly as those patents'' which are issued may be stronger.
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YouTube Shared User Data with Studio Lawyers: Larry Colton Is Quoted in the Dow Jones Newswire
October 20, 2006
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IP Issues at the Core of YouTube Deal: Bob Barker Is Quoted in Managing IP
October 16, 2006
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Motivating Inventors to Submit ROIs
How Can Companies Encourage Engineers to Participate Cosntructuvely in the Patent Process
October 5, 2006
ATTORNEYS
Ron Gerber
Reprinted by permission of Optical Society of America, OPN
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Suit: Blogger Posted Target Trade Secrets: Bernstein Is Quoted in the Atlanta Business Chronicle
September 15, 2006
ATTORNEYS
Jason A. Bernstein
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Prosperity Bancshares, Inc., to Acquire Texas United Bancshares, Inc.
September 4, 2006
ATTORNEYS
Edmund Emerson III
Robert D. Klingler
Katherine M. Koops
Walter G. Moeling, IV
Carol D. Newman
Steven G. Schaffer
Christopher A. Thompson
Kathryn B. Vargo
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Case keeps copyright on insurance policy: John Harbin gets quoted in the Daily Report
April 7, 2006
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From Nasty to Useful, Web Logs Are Inescapable: Eric Schroeder gets quoted in the Atlanta Business Chronicle
April 6, 2006
ATTORNEYS
Eric P. Schroeder
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Insurance Policies Entitled to Copyright Protection
Aflac vs. Assurant, Inc. et al
March 27, 2006
ATTORNEYS
Ryan T. Pumpian
Damon J. Whitaker
Joel C. Williams, Jr.
John Harbin, Joel Williams, Ryan Pumpian, Damon Whitaker and others at Powell Goldstein represented American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus ("Aflac") (NYSE: AFL) in enforcing its copyrights in certain of its supplemental health insurance policies against Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ) and two of its subsidiaries, Fortis Insurance Company and John Alden Life Insurance Company.
A hearing on Aflac's motion for preliminary injunction was held December 22, 2005. Shortly thereafter, on January 11, 2006, federal district court judge Beverly Martin issued a 45-page opinion finding that all four of the Aflac policies at issue were original works entitled to copyright protection and that Defendants had infringed the cancer and accident policies, Aflac's two biggest sellers. Finding that, at least with regard to these two policies, the "evidence of defendants' copying is remarkable," the Court issued a nationwide injunction preventing Defendants from selling any more of their infringing cancer and accident policies, with the amount of bond to be posted by Aflac to be determined.
The ruling is significant because, while it has long been the law that contracts like insurance policies are capable of receiving copyright protection, Defendants' counsel repeatedly claimed that there are no reported cases finding such policies infringed.
Joey Loudermilk, Aflac's Executive Vice President of Legal and Government Affairs was very pleased with the Court's decision and stated "While we welcome fair competition, there should be no shortcut to the marketplace or easy route for developing the best insurance products."
Defendants recently filed an appeal to the Eleventh Circuit.
The style of the case is American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus v. Assurant, Inc. Fortis Insurance Company, and John Alden Life Insurance Company, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action No. 1:05-CV-1462.
The full text is posted online by BNA at http://pub.bna.com/ptcj/1051462Jan11.pdf.
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PoGo's 43 2006 Georgia Super Lawyers
March 16, 2006
43 of our outstanding Georgia attorneys have been selected as 2006's Georgia's Super Lawyers.
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Powell Goldstein Adds Laurence Colton to Its Growing Intellectual Property Practice
September 15, 2005
ATLANTA - Powell Goldstein LLP announces the expansion of its Intellectual Property Practice with the addition of Laurence P. Colton as partner and Nigamnarayan Acharya as associate in the Firm's Atlanta office.
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Don't Send That Fax!
PoGo Telecom & Media Bulletin - August ~ September , 2003
August 18, 2003
In late June, the FCC adopted new rules that tighten existing restrictions against sending unsolicited advertisements to fax machines. The Commission’s new fax rules were adopted as a relatively minor part of a major proceeding establishing the nationwide telemarketing "do not call" list. But the revised fax rules will have a significant effect on many businesses.
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Amicus Briefs from the Supreme Court that may Rein in Patent Infringement Suits.
Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd, No. 00-1543
November 28, 2001
Powell Goldstein's brief on behalf of Genentech, Inc. supporting affirmance of the Federal Circuit's decision.
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Powell Goldstein Files an Amicus Brief on Behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on October 3, 2001 in J.E.M AG Supply v. Pioneer Hi-Breed, No. 99-1996.
November 28, 2001
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Elizabeth Ann Morgan Selected as Chair of INTA's U.S. Legislative Analysis Subcommittee
Two Year Term Begins January 1, 2002
November 16, 2001
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Morgan has been selected as Chair of the U.S. Legislative Analysis Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association (INTA). Betty will serve a two-year term as chair of the nineteen-member subcommittee beginning in January, 2002.
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AUGUST 6th DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR .BIZ AND .INFO PROTECTION
Friday, July 27, 2001
July 27, 2001
Two new Internet domains - .biz (restricted to commercial uses) and .info (unrestricted) - will become operational this fall. There are immediate steps that your organization should consider to protect its valuable trademarks from cyber-squatters by registering its trademarks as domain names in the .biz and the .info Internet domains
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POGO Daily Updates
Friday, July 27, 2001
July 9, 2001
Today's summary of important health care legislative and policy developments.
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