Ted Davis divides his practice between domestic and international litigation and client counseling in the fields of trademark, copyright, false advertising, and unfair competition law, and has particular experience in trade dress disputes and with large-scale trademark clearance and registration projects. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Trademark Association, which he has represented in several amicus filings before the United States Supreme Court, and is currently the Financial Officer of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, on behalf of which he has testified before Congress on trademark and Internet issues.

Mr. Davis has been recognized as one of Atlanta’s “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend magazine and as a 2010 Georgia "Super Lawyer” for Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation and again in 2011 and 2013 for Intellectual Property by SuperLawyers magazine. He was named by Legal Media Group to its 2010 Guide to the World's Leading Trademark Law Practitioners and to its Best of the Best USA 2011 as one of the top 25 practitioners for Trademark Law in the country. He has also been listed in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® for Intellectual Property Law. Mr. Davis was recognized in The International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers in 2010 and 2011. He is listed in the 2012 and 2013 editions of World Trademark Review 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals and is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies

Professional & Community Activities

American Bar Foundation, Fellow

Emory University School of Law, Adjunct Professor

University of Georgia School of Law, Adjunct Professor

John Marshall Law School, Adjunct Professor

Georgia Bar Journal, Editor-in-Chief

Virginia Law Review, Notes Editor

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. (1990)
  • Davidson College, B.A. (1987)
    cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia (1990)
  • New York (2011)

Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Who We Are

Suite 2800, 1100 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA, 30309-4528
USA
t +1 404.815.6534
f +1 404.541.3172

Theodore H. Davis Jr.

Experience Highlights

Trademark, false advertising and unfair competition matters for Huddle House Inc.
Represents Huddle House Inc. in trademark, false advertising and unfair competition matters, including, litigation before federal district courts more
Intellectual property matters for Premiere Global Services
Represents Premiere Global Services, a major provider of a global communications platform, in trademark, copyright and false advertising matters, more
Trademark and unfair competition matters for Diageo North America
Represents Diageo North America in a variety of trademark and unfair competition matters, including litigation in federal district court and before more
Trademark and unfair competition litigation for Compex Int’l Co. Ltd.
Successfully represented Compex International Co. Ltd., a major manufacturer of outdoor patio furniture, in a bench trial against claims by more