David is a legal practitioner and academic who has lived in Singapore since 2010. He is Professor of Intellectual Property Law at King’s College London and practised as a solicitor in London for 25 years, most recently as a partner and head of the intellectual property group in the London office of international law firm White & Case. Since 1982 he has combined legal practice with teaching, both in London and Singapore.
In addition to his law practice in Singapore and sitting as an arbitrator in international commercial disputes (mostly with an Asia focus), David has given a number of decisions as an IP Adjudicator at the IP Office of Singapore and has appeared on five occasions before the Singapore Court of Appeal as court-appointed Independent Counsel in IP-related cases.
David has spoken at international conferences all around the world and has written extensively on intellectual property law issues. He is joint author of ‘Cornish, Llewelyn & Aplin Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks & Allied Rights’ (10th ed., 2023) and with others in 8 New Square is one of the authors of the 13th to 17th editions of ‘Kerly’s Law of Trade Marks & Trade Names’.
With his Singapore law firm colleagues, he wrote ‘Modern Law of Copyright in Singapore’ (2023). He has also written a business book ‘Invisible Gold in Asia: Creating Wealth through Intellectual Property’ (2010).
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Experience
- Expertise
- Intellectual property law (including technology transfer and joint ventures, dispute resolution)
- Technology law
- Commercial law
- Law relating to the distribution and marketing of products/services
- Degrees and other relevant information
- Southampton University, Bachelor of Laws, Upper Second Class
- Winston Churchill Prize for the Outstanding Male Law Graduate – 1977
- Worcester College, Oxford, Bachelor of Civil Law, First Class
- Worcester College Prize for Outstanding Achievement – 1979
- Law Society Final Examination, City of London Polytechnic – 1981-1982
- Professional qualifications
- Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, admitted 1985
- Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, called 2017
- Current positions
- Managing Director, David Llewelyn & Co LLC (Singapore law firm)
- Professor of Intellectual Property Law, King’s College London
- Emeritus Professor (Practice), Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University
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