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David
Taylor
Partner, Paris
david.taylor@hoganlovells.com
David Taylor is a partner in the Intellectual Property, Media and Technology Group. David has a Masters of Engineering from Birmingham University, UK, and a PhD in Physics from the INPG, Grenoble, France and is admitted to practice law at the English and Paris Bars.
He specialises in Internet related intellectual property, and in particular the protection of brands online covering trade mark and copyright issues, keywords and domain names. He also advises on data protection and privacy, intermediary liability, encryption regulation and security issues, software licensing and development agreements.
David heads up a specialist International Internet Domain Name Practice at Hogan Lovells covering global strategy, new gTLD advice, centralised registration, recuperation and management of client portfolios in over 200 ccTLDs and all gTLDs.
David is a Domain Name Panelist for the UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) deciding domain name disputes between parties. He is also a panelist for UK domain name disputes with Nominet, an arbitrator for .EU and the UDRP 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 has significant experience in the domain name industry dating back to 1997. He has advised many clients on numerous launches of TLDs over the last decade, (e.g. .INFO, .BIZ, .EU, .MOBI, .ASIA, and .TEL) including sunrise periods, launch procedures and validation of rights. David and has been attending ICANN meetings since 2000 and is a member of the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), was a member of the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) set up by ICANN in March 2009 to propose and develop solutions to the issue of trademark protection in connection with the introduction of new gTLDs and currently is the IP representative for Europe on the ICANN GNSO Council and is a special advisor to the INTA Internet Committee.
David won the International Law Office (ILO) Client Choice Award in 2011 in the Information Technology category for France, and has been selected for inclusion in the 2011 Who's Who Legal Internet, E-Commerce & Data Protection category for France. The team was also recognised in 2011 by Managing Intellectual Property, winning the European Firm of the Year for Internet and Domain names.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Filing the first every fully electronic UDRP case for a large European Telecoms client with WIPO.
- Advising a number of international companies with regards to data protection issues on a pan European basis as well as transfer of data outside France and the European Union.
- Drafting and negotiating a series of software licence and development agreements and advising on the same across a number of EU countries.
- Providing strategic advice to numerous clients on new gTLDs applications, global online strategy, portfolio management and domain name enforcement globally.
- Providing advice to several banks and other companies on French encryption regulations.
- Negotiating the purchase of several high value domain names during 2011 amounting to over $4 million.
Hogan Lovells Publications
15 January 2012
"Intellectual Property Newsletter - January 2012." IP Alert, Hogan Lovells
March 2011
"Global Media and Communications Quarterly, Issue 2: Focus on Net Neutrality." GMC Quarterly, Hogan Lovells
01 March 2011
"The French Supreme Court confirms that Dailymotion and an aggregator of RSS flows are both hosting services providers." Hogan Lovells, Hogan Lovells
Published Works
10 May 2013
"Mali to follow in Tokelau's footsteps." World Trademark Review Daily
09 May 2013
"Complainant's conduct held to constitute abuse of UDRP process." World Trademark Review Daily
23 April 2013
"US state registrations get a flat tire in UDRP decision." World Trademark Review Daily
17 April 2013
"Decision shows that bad faith is key to UDRP matrix." World Trademark Review Daily
15 April 2013
"ICANN goes head to head with registrar group over proposed new RAA." World Trademark Review Daily
05 April 2013
"Global TLD study finds stunted growth across domain name sector." World Trademark Review Daily
04 April 2013
"Registration and trade in domain names containing generic words may be legitimate." World Trademark Review Daily
20 March 2013
"Addition of generic word to mark does not reduce confusing similarity of domain name." World Trademark Review Daily
19 March 2013
"Domain name complaint dismissed for falling outside scope of UDRP." World Trademark Review Daily
14 March 2013
"'.be' registry to allow IDNs." World Trademark Review Daily
13 March 2013
"‘.cat’ now protects private registrants' personal data." World Trademark Review Daily
12 March 2013
"ECHR rules against blanket website blocking." World Trademark Review Daily
04 March 2013
"EURid's latest progress report: '.euphoria' in 2012." World Trademark Review Daily
26 February 2013
"CIRA releases '.ca' IDNs." World Trademark Review Daily
25 February 2013
"'.co' still going strong." World Trademark Review Daily
13/02/2013
"US and EU join forces to seize domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
11 December 2012
"'.pw' to be relaunched as the 'professional web' extension." World Trademark Review Daily
10 December 2012
"Registry and registrar not liable for infringing domain names." International Law Office
07 December 2012
"'.fi' flying high, but DNSSEC still waiting to take off."
06 December 2012
"French registry and registrar not liable for infringing domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
05 December 2012
"UDRP decision provides example of legitimate interest for distributors or resellers." World Trademark Review Daily
08 November 2012
"UDRP complainant escapes finding of reverse domain name hijacking." World Trademark Review Daily
06 NOVEMBER 2012
"Nominet to introduce shorter, safer way with '.uk'." World Trademark Review Daily
02 NOVEMBER 2012
"'.org' to release short domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
31 OCTOBER 2012
"Highest court considers ownership of domain names corresponding to French." World Trademark Review Daily
16 OCTOBER 2012
"'.tc' registry to offer short domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
15 OCTOBER 2012
"Court rules domain name is too generic to be protected." International Law Office
11 OCTOBER 2012
"Mr Nobody dodges ICANN WHOIS crackdown." World Trademark Review Daily
10 OCTOBER 2012
"Clash of the kiwis as InternetNZ launches '.kiwi.nz'." World Trademark Review Daily
08 OCTOBER 2012
"Seminole tribe fails to obtain virtual land." World Trademark Review Daily
05 OCTOBER 2012
"Domain name must be sufficiently distinctive to be protected under unfair." World Trademark Review Daily
03 OCTOBER 2012
"UDRP case shows when complaint may be filed against several respondents." World Trademark Review Daily
10 SEPTEMBER 2012
"NTIA suspends ‘.kids.us’ extension." World Trademark Review Daily
06 SEPTEMBER 2012
"UDRP decisions show that panels may legitimately have differing views." World Trademark Review Daily
04 SEPTEMBER 2012
"UDRP decision shows that concept of 'bad faith' is open." World Trademark Review Daily
12 JULY 2012
"Greater connection between domain name and complainant required to find bad." World Trademark Daily Review
11 JULY 2012
"UDRP complainants must prove that respondents were aware of their trademark." World Trademark Review Daily
10 JULY 2012
"CAC decision shows that UDRP can be lottery regarding certain issues." World Trademark Review Daily
09 JULY 2012
"'.it' registry launches IDNs and extends eligibility zone." World Trademark Review Daily
06 JULY 2012
"Hundreds of '.fi' domain names under investigation by FICORA." World Trademark Review Daily
05 JULY 2012
"'.cn' reopens to individuals and foreign companies." World Trademark Review Daily
JULY 2012
"Valid trademark defence not valid domain name defence." International Law Office
02 July 2012
"How Can I Make the Most of the Potential New gTLDs?" Managing Intellectual Property (Hardcopy)
02 July 2012
"From .love to .islam: ICANN Reveals New gTLDs." Intellectual Property Magazine
18 June 2012
"Domain Names The Name Game." The Lawyer
13 June 2012
"New Web Domain Name Claims Revealed by Icann." Telegraph (Web)
13 JUNE 2012
"Introduction of IDNs in Omani domain name space." World Trademark Review Daily
12 JUNE 2012
"Kazakhstan now third country in the world to offer Cyrillic domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
11 JUNE 2012
"Decision highlights restrictions placed on French lawyers concerning domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
08 JUNE 2012
"Owner of descriptive mark cannot bar others from using it in domain name." World Trademark Review Daily
07 JUNE 2012
"ICE seizes domain names and money associated with online sale of fake goods." World Trademark Review Daily
06 JUNE 2012
"Valid trademark defence is not valid domain name defence." World Trademark Review Daily
01 JUNE 2012
"What do Columbus, the Americas and new gTLDs have in common?" World Trademark Review
01 June 2012
"What do Columbus, the Americas and the new gTLDs have in common?" World Trademark Review
16 MAY 2012
"'.no' registry launches major data cleansing operation." World Trademark Review Daily
15 MAY 2012
"Let's talk about '.sx' (and others)." World Trademark Review Daily
14 MAY 2012
"ICANN orders Chinese registrar to stand and deliver." World trademark Review Daily
07 MAY 2012
"Failure to actively use domain name not in itself evidence of bad faith." World Trademark Review Daily
04 MAY 2012
"Growth in '.eu' domain names as extension celebrates sixth anniversary." World Trademark Review Daily
02 May 2012
"Security Breach." World Intellectual Property Review
02 MAY 2012
"Companies should ensure that domain names are registered using company's name." World Trademark Review Daily
01 MAY 2012
"Inactive website insufficient to prove bad-faith use." World Trademark Review Daily
20 APRIL 2012
"Nominet celebrates 10 millionth domain name." World Trademark Review Daily
18 APRIL 2012
"Cybersquatting cases up again in 2011." World Trademark Review Daily
13 April 2012
"Software Error Delays ICANN Application Deadline for New Domain Names." PC Advisor (Web)
12 April 2012
"Icann Delays gTLD Bidding for a Week, Blaming Flaw in Registration Software." guardian.co.uk (Web)
12 April 2012
"Icann gTLD Deadline Could Herald the Start of Web Name Wars." V3.co.uk (Web)
12 April 2012
"ICANN Application Window Extended." Intellectual Property Magazine
12 April 2012
"Updated: Icann Delays gTLD Brand Deadline by a Week After Software Glitch Affects Systems." V3.co.uk (Web)
12 April 2012
"Software Error Delays ICANN Application Deadline for New Domain Names." Computerworld UK (Web)
11 APRIL 2012
"WIPO panel recaps 'bad-faith essentials' under the UDRP." World Trademark Review Daily
10 APRIL 2012
"Liberalisation of .pt extension set for May." World Trademark Review Daily
05 APRIL 2012
"Mere lack of UDRP success insufficient to constitute reverse domain name hijacking." World Trademark Review Daily
13 MARCH 2012
"First ‘.xxx’ UDRP decision issued." World Trademark Review Daily
12 MARCH 2012
"Australian Parliament’s access to ‘.info’ TLD blocked." World Trademark Review Daily
09 MARCH 2012
"AFNIC to allow registration of IDNs." World Trademark Review Daily
08 MARCH 2012
"Decision shows that first limb of UDRP is not always mere threshold test." World Trademark Review Daily
07 MARCH 2012
"Ikea scores more UDRP success." World Trademark Review Daily
24 February 2012
"New gTLDs: Threats and Opportunities for Brands and Business." CDR (Commercial Dispute Resolution)
23 February 2012
"Virgin Boss Wins Control of 'Embarrassing' Porn Web Address." Telegraph (Web)
23 February 2012
"Virgin Boss Wins Control of 'Embarrassing' Porn Web Address." Irish independent (web)
23 February 2012
"Sir Richard Has Won Control of Richardbranson.xxx." Irish independent (web)
23 February 2012
"Branson Takes Back Porn Address." Telegraph (Web)
21 FEBRUARY 2012
"UDRP decision shows fine line between domaining and cybersquatting." World Trademark Review Daily
15 FEBRUARY 2012
"O2 obtains transfer of 2 out of 3 domain names." World Tradelark Review Daily
10 FEBRUARY 2012
"Rise in volume of ‘.tk’ domain names hides murky side of the internet." World Trademark Review Daily
31 January 2012
".Brand - Außer Spesen nichts gewesen?" domain recht
19 January 2012
"Right Here, Right Now - the Changing Face of the Internet." Goldstein Report (web)
19 January 2012
"Right Here, Right Now - the Changing Face of the Internet." Domain Pulse (web)
19 January 2012
"Right Here, Right Now - the Changing Face of the Internet." Domain News (web)
13 January 2012
"Right Here, Right Now - the Changing Face of the Internet." The Lawyer (Web)
12 JANUARY 2012
"‘.pl’ domain names see highest growth rate." World Trademark Review Daily
09 JANUARY 2012
"UDRP proceedings are not easy alternative to court action." World Trademark Review Daily
01 January 2012
"Lady Gaga Left Poker-faced After Failed UDRP." BNA (web)
14 DECEMBER 2011
"ICANN seeks independent objector." World Trademark Review Daily
13 DECEMBER 2011
"AFNIC not liable for failing to ‘freeze’ domain name." World Trademark Review Daily
22 NOVEMBER 2011
".fr’ and other French TLDs to open up to the EU." World Trademark Review Daily
15 NOVEMBER 2011
"UDRP complaints require more than simple assertions." World Trademark Review Daily
09 NOVEMBER 2011
"Lady Gaga fails to obtain transfer of ‘fan site’ domain name." World Trademark Review Daily
07 NOVEMBER 2011
"Free speech in UDRP cases: settled rules or context-based approach?" World Trademark Review Daily
19 OCTOBER 2011
"Registrar certification introduced for ‘.cz’ domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
18 OCTOBER 2011
"Online gaming company victorious in typosquatting cases." World Trademark Review Daily
17 OCTOBER 2011
"Decision illustrates flexible nature of burden of proof under UDRP." World Trademark Review Daily
14 OCTOBER 2011
"Domain name renewal may be equivalent to new registration in certain circumstances." World Trademark Review Daily
13 OCTOBER 2011
"No growing pains for domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
12 OCTOBER 2011
"Domain name transfer denied despite “little doubt” as to registrant’s bad faith." World Trademark Review Daily
20 SEPTEMBER 2011
"New decree for ‘.fr’ defines legitimate interest and bad faith." World Trademark Review Daily
19 SEPTEMBER 2011
"Google removes over 11 million ‘.co.cc’ websites from search results."
15 SEP¨TEMBER 2011
"Proposed changes to ‘.uk’ domain name registration periods." World Trademark Review Daily
13 SEPTEMBER 2011
"Cybercriminal takes ‘get rich click!’ advice too far." World Trademark Review Daily
12 SEPTEMBER 2011
"Registrants get the heebie-jeebies over ‘.gb.com’." World Trademark Review Daily
07 SEPTEMBER 2011
"Less than rosy outcome for law firm in UDRP complaints." World Trademark Review Daily
05 SEPTEMBER 2011
"Unsuccessful harvest for champagne producers’ representative body under UDRP." World Trademark Review Daily
08 JULY 2011
"Further Notice of Inquiry on IANA’s future contract published." World Trademark Review Daily
07 JULY 2011
"Anyone may now apply for ‘fundamental’ terms under ‘.fr’." World Trademark Review Daily
07 JULY 2011
"Administrator's statements not valid justification for registering domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
06 JULY 2011
"No room for approximation under the UDRP." World Trademark Review Daily
09 JUNE 2011
"Details of ‘.xxx’ sunrise procedure announced." World Trademark Review Daily
06 JUNE 2011
"Geographical name standing alone difficult to protect under UDRP." World Trademark Review Daily
23 MAY 2011
"Request for delegation of ‘.sx’ to be submitted to ICANN." World Trademark Review Daily
18 MAY 2011
"Alternative dispute resolution procedures for ‘.fr’ suspended." World Trademark Review Daily
17 MAY 2011
"Telnic to release short domain names." World Trademark Review Daily
11 MAY 2011
"Cybersquatting hits new heights." World Trademark Review Daily
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