David Perry

Senior Director & Assistant General Counsel, Litigation & IP at Red Hat

Role
Alternate Board Member at Open Invention Network
Location
Raleigh, NC, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About David Perry

With nearly twenty years of litigation experience at top law firms and now the world’s most successful open source software company, able to successfully manage companies’ risk by engaging in tactical analysis of technical merits, legal arguments, and business objectives. Primary strength is strategic threat management, including identifying all material risks, educating executives of resulting exposure, developing strategic options to solve the identified risks, exercising superior judgment about which strategy to employ, and managing the execution of the chosen strategy to achieve a successful result. Able to develop and manage a cost-effective plan to deliver success, whether early resolution or scorched-earth litigation, applying skills honed at top law firms and further developed in house. With a liberal arts background complemented by technical education and experience, enjoys the rare combination of strong technical aptitude and the ability to connect with people.

Experience

  1. Alternate Board Member

    Open Invention Network

    Apr 2024 — Present

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law

    J.D.

    2000 — 2003

  • Whitman College

    B.A., Politics

    1994 — 1998

  • Hunter College

    Course study sufficient to quality for patent bar, Physics

    2001 — 2002

Skills

  • Licensing
  • Mediation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Trademarks
  • Copyright Law
  • Patents
  • Legal Advice
  • Trade Secrets
  • Legal Writing
  • Litigation
  • Intellectual Property
  • Itc
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Courts
  • Patent Litigation
  • Legal Research

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