David Taylor

David Taylor is a lawyer and partner in the Intellectual Property, Media and Technology practice of the the international law firm of Lovells and is based in Paris. With 220 lawyers specialised in IP this is one of the largest practices of its kind worldwide. David originally trained as an engineer in the UK and followed his studies with a PhD in Physics in France. He specializes in Internet related intellectual property and in particular the protection of brands online. David is especially interested in domain names and heads up the Lovells Domain Name Practice, which covers the registration, recovery and protection of domain names and clients' rights in over 160 jurisdictions, currently managing over 11,000 ccTLDs via "Anchovy". He also advises on web site design and development, encryption regulation and security issues, Public Key Infrastructure (including digital signatures and certificates) together with software licensing and development agreements.

Recently he has been heavily involved in advising clients with regard to registrations and disputes under .EU

David is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre deciding domain name disputes between parties via the UDRP. He is also an arbitrator and member of the Advisory Board for .EU with the Czech Arbitration Court, a domain name mediator for .FR with CMAP (Centre de Médiation et d'Arbitrage de Paris) and a panelist for the Malaysian domain name .MY.

He is a member of the Society for Computers and Law, ECTA, INTA, Marques, and the Intellectual Property Constituency of ICANN (IPC). He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Trademark World and a regular contributor for the World Trademark Law Report. He was also President of the EYBA 1998-1999 and 1999-2000.