David PERKINS, a national of the United Kingdom, is a partner in Arnold & Porter (UK), LLP’s intellectual property practice in London. Prior to joining the firm, he served in major leadership positions in the intellectual property practice area at international law firms. He was a partner at Clifford Chance from 1975 to 2003 in which he headed its European intellectual property litigation practice and subsequently at Milbank Tweed’s London office from 2003 to 2009.

Mr. Perkins concentrates his practice on multijurisdictional patent litigation, as well as trademark and antitrust issues. He also handles oppositions and appeals before the European Patent Office in Munich and references to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. He also acts as counsel and arbitrator in numerous arbitrations involving intellectual property rights.

Mr. Perkins is also an Arbitrator and Mediator for the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service. He has had significant involvement in advising in relation to both mediation and arbitration of multi-jurisdictional disputes involving intellectual property rights.

Mr. Perkins is a member of several professional bodies including the Law Society, the International Bar Association (IBA), and the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (CIPA). He is a foreign member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). He is a Council Member of the Intellectual Property Institute (IPI), and of the Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation (TIPLO), of which he is also a founding member. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Union of Intellectual Property Practitioners (UNION) and a Council Member of the British Group of UNION. He also served as a member of the UK Government's Intellectual Property Advisory Committee (IPAC).

Mr. Perkins has written over 50 publications. He studied Law at Newcastle University.