HEAD OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION

L. Norwood "Woody" Jameson [ Partner ]
Duane Morris LLP
Atlantic Center Plaza
1180 West Peachtree Street NW, Suite 700
Atlanta, GA 30309-3448
USA

Phone: 404.253.6915
Fax: 404.420.2623
Email: WJameson@duanemorris.com

Louis Norwood ("Woody") Jameson is head of the Intellectual Property Litigation division of Duane Morris' Trial Practice Group. Mr. Jameson practices in the area of intellectual property law and litigation with emphasis on patents, trademarks, copyrights, false advertising, licensing and unfair competition. Mr. Jameson heads up the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation practice group and has been named a Georgia Super Lawyer in the field of IP litigation by Atlanta Magazine and Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine.

Mr. Jameson has represented several well-known companies in complex patent litigation involving such technologies as cable television technology, Internet technology, MPEG decoding technology, telecommunications and computer hardware and software applications. He likewise has had lead responsibility for trademark and false advertising litigation for Fortune 500 companies, and anti-counterfeiting activities surrounding the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. He is a member of the Litigation and Patent, Copyright and Trademark Law sections of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association. He has served on the Federal Trial Practice and Procedure Committee of the American Bar Association, has served on numerous committees of the International Trademark Association, and has been a speaker at seminars on a multitude of patent and trademark topics.

Mr. Jameson is a 1988 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and a 1984 graduate of the University of North Carolina.

Areas Of Practice

• Intellectual Property Litigation
  - Patents
  - Trademarks
  - Copyrights
  - False Advertising
  - Unfair Competition
• Intellectual Property Licensing

Representative Matters

• Represented EarthLink, Inc. in obtaining a complete jury verdict of non-infringement and patent invalidity in the defense of a complex, multi-party patent litigation involving ADSL technology in the District of Delaware.
• Represented Cisco Systems, Inc. in the successful defense of a patent infringement matter involving Voice over Internet Protocol telephony.
• Represented EarthLink, Inc. in successfully obtaining a summary judgment of non-infringement in a patent infringement matter in the Eastern District of Texas involving an alleged invention relating to dial-up Internet service; decision was affirmed by the Federal Circuit (MyMail, Ltd. v. Am. Online, Inc., 476 F.3d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2007).
• Represented Scientific Atlanta, Inc. in the defense and successful resolution of a patent infringement action involving DVR technology in the Eastern District of Texas.
• Representing BellSouth Corporation in the defense of a patent infringement matter in the Eastern District of Texas involving the use of Internet Protocols for long distance transmissions.
• Represented Time Warner Cable, Inc. in the successful defense of a patent infringement matter involving cable set-top boxes.
• Represented Scientific Atlanta, Inc., a major manufacturer of cable set-top boxes, in one of the largest Section 337 proceedings ever tried before the International Trade Commission in an investigation alleging infringement of four patents, and successfully obtained a complete defense verdict on all patents.
• Represented St. Bernard Software, Inc. in the successful resolution of patent infringement matter in the District of Colorado involving methods for downloading multiple software applications from a single server.
• Represented the Complainant in a Section 337 patent proceeding before the International Trade Commission in which Complainant sought and obtained a limited exclusion order based on successful trial of patent infringement claims.
• Represented a foreign company in the pursuit of a patent infringement matter involving the encoding and decoding of data packets in MPEG technology.
• Represented a major manufacturer of cable set-top boxes in complex, multi-district patent and antitrust litigation pending in federal court relating to interactive program guides, and prior to settlement, successfully obtained summary judgment of non-infringement of six of the eight patents-at-issue.
• Represented Verance Corporation in the defense of a patent infringement matter involving digital watermarking technology.
• Represented EarthLink, Inc. in complex, multi-district patent litigation relating to spam blocking technology.
• Represented a manufacturer of cable set-top boxes in the pursuit of patent infringement claims on three different patents relating to Interactive Program Guide technology.
• Represented The Coca-Cola Company in the successful defense of $200 million misappropriation of idea claim.
• Represented The Coca-Cola Company in a number of trademark matters, including trademark infringement and anti-counterfeiting.
• Represented the Jamaican Coffee Industry Board in variety of intellectual property matters, including the successful pursuit of Lanham Act false advertising claim.
• Represented a major dental implants manufacturer in the successful pursuit of multiple false advertising and trademark litigations.
• Represented several major carpet manufacturers in the prosecution of numerous lawsuits for claims of copyright infringement.
• Represented a major pharmaceutical company in connection with various intellectual property issues, including false advertising and Lanham Act issues.
• Represented the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games in connection with trademark protection, anti-counterfeiting programs and ambush marketing issues.
• Represented porcelain doll manufacturer in successful defense of trademark infringement claim.
• Represented regional bank in successfully defeating a motion for preliminary injunction in which plaintiff alleged trademark infringement and related common law causes of action.
• Represented merchandise manufacturers such as Rolex and Nike in connection with trademark anti-counterfeiting matters (including ex parte seizures).
• Represented Allied Signal in connection with Lanham Act ex parte seizure of counterfeit containers containing Freon gas.
• Represented Reed Elsevier in connection with ex parte seizure of counterfeit CD-ROMs.

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
  - Litigation Section
  - Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section
  - Member, Federal Trial Practice and Procedure Committee
• State Bar of Georgia
• Atlanta Bar Association
• International Trademark Association
  - Past Member, Meetings Committee
  - Past Member, Anti-Counterfeiting Committee
  - Past Member, Publications Committee
  - Past Member, Editorial Board, Trademark Reporter

Admissions

• Georgia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia
• Various other Courts of Appeals and United States District Courts

Education

• University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1988
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., Economics, 1984