For many companies, intellectual property has become an essential business asset as well as a means of creating value. It is being exploited on an increasingly international level in various forms of collaborative arrangements, such as licenses, technology transfer agreements and R&D agreements. As a consequence, parties increasingly look for dispute resolution mechanisms that match their business requirements: private procedures which provide efficient, flexible and less costly means of settling international disputes without disrupting commercial relationships.
The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Center) offers Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures, in particular arbitration, mediation and expert determination, for the resolution of international commercial disputes between private parties.
To further promote ADR awareness among intellectual property and technology stakeholders, the WIPO Center is organizing two identical one-day Mediation and Arbitration Workshops in China, namely in Shenzhen on October 16 and in Shanghai on October 18, 2018.
The purpose of the WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Workshops will be to provide training for parties, counsel, and neutrals on ADR processes and the WIPO Rules.
The Workshop will be conducted by experienced mediators and arbitrators.
If you wish to be informed once further information on this Workshop is available, please send an email to arbiter.meetings@wipo.int indicating your interest.