WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Webinars

Parties to commercial disputes related to IP and technology are concerned about the time and cost caused by such disputes. As a result, the use of mediation as a dispute resolution procedure is on the rise. Stakeholders also embrace the control over both the process to which they submit their dispute and the outcome of that process.

For all its potential benefits, mediation may still be unfamiliar to potential users. With this in mind, in 2018 WIPO launched the Mediation Pledge for IP and Technology Disputes to promote mediation as an alternative to court litigation in order to reduce the impact of disputes in innovation and creative processes.

In this webinar, you will learn how mediation can be a tool to achieve a speedy settlement of IP and technology disputes, allowing parties to refocus energy in positive and productive directions.

International and domestic patent transactions include a rich variety of contracts and transactions, involving complex legal, commercial or management issues, often related intellectual property (IP) rights. Also, research partners from different institutional backgrounds may have diverging expectations and understandings of creating, using and exploiting IP rights.

Efficient dispute avoidance and resolution practices are key in such situations. Time- and cost-effective mediation and arbitration procedures may help parties to find solutions to their patent disputes, without the need for court litigation.

In this webinar, you will learn how to benefit from WIPO mediation and arbitration options to resolve your patent disputes.

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center makes available model clauses to facilitate the referral of IP and technology disputes to WIPO mediation and arbitration. The use of model mediation and arbitration clauses is encouraged to ensure that the essential elements of a dispute resolution clause are covered to avoid any ambiguity which may later lead to difficulties and delays in the mediation or arbitration.

In this webinar, you will learn how to draft efficient mediation and arbitration clauses for your IP and commercial contracts.

Trademark disputes may arise in a wide range of business transactions, including licensing, distribution, franchising and co-existence agreements, as well as in cases of direct infringement, and in opposition procedures pending before national Intellectual Property Offices.

Efficient dispute avoidance and resolution practices are key in such situations. Time- and cost-effective mediation and arbitration procedures may help parties to find solutions to their trademark disputes, without the need for court litigation.

In this webinar, you will learn how to benefit from WIPO mediation and arbitration options to resolve your trademark disputes.

This webinar is addressed to Trademark owners (including users of the Madrid System), trademark agents, brand managers, entrepreneurs, startup managers, lawyers, in-house counsel, business executives.

Disputes in the sports arena often relate to IP rights, including highly valuable trademarks, patented technologies, and copyright and related rights. Such disputes may arise in the context of, for example, licensing and distribution of sports goods, sports broadcasting and media, sponsorship, merchandising and endorsement agreements. Although IP and sports-related disputes can be resolved through court litigation, parties are, with increasing frequency, submitting disputes to mediation, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures. The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center offers ADR options to enable private parties to efficiently settle their domestic or cross-border commercial disputes. The WIPO Center is international and specialized in IP and technology disputes, including growing number of sports-related disputes. In this webinar, you will learn how to benefit from WIPO’s ADR services in order to reduce the impact of IP and sports-related disputes.

This webinar is addressed to sports goods manufacturers, sports organizations and federations, broadcasters and media companies, sponsors, athletes, business executives, other IP owners and their legal counsel.

When parties are involved in a collective management-related dispute, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center can provide assistance to them in order to facilitate direct settlement between them or the submission of their dispute to WIPO mediation or arbitration, as alternatives to court litigation. Disputes in the area of collective management organizations (CMOs) may involve a wide range of highly specific issues. CMOs may get involved as parties in such disputes together with other stakeholders, such as cable operators or broadcasters. Members of CMOs may also get involved in disputes with each other, particularly when there are overlapping claims to the amounts collected. Efficient dispute avoidance and cost-effective alternative dispute resolution (ADR) options, including mediation and arbitration, help parties find solutions without the need for court litigation. In this webinar, you will learn how to benefit from WIPO's ADR services in order to reduce the impact of disputes in creative processes.

This webinar is addressed to CMOs and their members, authors, performers, publishers, producers and other right holders, managers, lawyers, in-house counsel, business executives, and any other IP stakeholders.

When parties are involved in an IP/technology dispute (patents, R&D, trademarks, copyright, software, entertainment), the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center can provide assistance to them in order to facilitate direct settlement between them or the submission of their dispute to WIPO mediation or arbitration, as alternatives to court litigation. In this webinar, you will learn how to benefit from WIPO's alternative dispute resolution services in order to reduce the impact of disputes in innovation and creative processes.