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Richard Taylor
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Position
Richard is a #1 rated global IP lawyer specialising in IP and technology-heavy deals and disputes, involving patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, know-how and confidential information. Richard is a renowned commentator, writer and (BBC) broadcaster on IP, and Visiting Lecturer in IP at the University of Sheffield. Richard is a member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (CIPA), the International Trade Mark Association (INTA) and the Licensing Executives Society (LES). Richard acts for many household name companies, universities and public authorities, including in the life science and technology sectors, food and beverage sector, public sector and for brand-rich companies
Career
Trained Hogan Lovells; qualified 1994; partner DLA Piper 2003. Publications of note: IP & IT columnist for the Law Society Gazette.
Languages
English, French, Spanish.
Member
Law Society; CIPA; ITMA; LES.
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Education
Highgate School, London; Oxford University (MA 1989); London University (LLM 1998).
Leisure
Author and broadcaster (‘How to Read a Church’ and others).
West Midlands: TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Intellectual property
Within: Leading individuals
Richard Taylor - DLA Piper UK LLP
Within: Intellectual property
DLA Piper UK LLP runs the gamut of IP services, with a client roster that includes General Electric, Heineken and McCain. Richard Taylor heads the practice and recently advised The Premier League on copyright infringement issues stemming from streaming services and bars broadcasting its content without a license. Also recommended are contentious IP specialist Satnam Sahota and Gareth Stokes , who advised Clinigen Group on the IP aspects of its public takeover of Quantum Pharma.
Yorkshire and the Humber: TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Intellectual property
Within: Leading individuals
Richard Taylor - DLA Piper UK LLP