In brief

• English Bar: 1997
• Paris Bar: 2003

Education:

• University of Birmingham, England (M.Eng Engineering)
• University of Grenoble (France) (PhD Physics)
• York Law School
• Languages spoken: English, French

David Taylor is a partner in the Intellectual Property, Technology and Media Group in Paris.  He specializes in Internet related intellectual property, and in particular the protection of brands online.

David heads up the Lovells International Domain Name Practice, which covers the registration, recovery and protection of domain names and clients' rights in over 160 jurisdictions.  He also advises on web site design and development, content liability, data protection and privacy issues, encryption regulation and security issues, Public Key Infrastructure (including digital signatures and certificates) together with software licensing and development agreements.

David is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre deciding domain name disputes between parties.  He is also an arbitrator and member of the Advisory Board for .EU with the Czech Arbitration Court, a domain name panelist for .FR with CMAP (Centre de Médiation et d'Arbitrage de Paris) and an arbitrator for the Malaysian domain name .MY.  David is a member of the Editorial Board of Trademark World (Informa Law) and contributes regularly to other specialist publications such as World Trademark Law Report (Globe Business Publishing), World Internet Law Report (BNA International) and is the correspondent for France for Computer Law and Security Report (Elsevier).  David is also a member of the Intellectual Property Constituency of ICANN.

He has a Masters of Engineering from Birmingham University and a PhD in Physics from Grenoble, France.

Work Areas:

Intellectual Property, Technology Law, Arbitration/ADR, E-Commerce.