GEMA Type Agencies as a Solution for FRAND?
With the advent of 5G and the internet of things, the FRAND licencing of standard essential patents (SEPs) is of ever-growing importance. Disputes concerning SEPs pose highly complex challenges to state court systems and the resolution of FRAND disputes by way of arbitration…
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FRAND ADR CASE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
The Munich IP Dispute Resolution Forum is dedicated to develop and promote effective methods for dispute resolution in the field of Intellectual Property.
In the course of the last year we have started the discussion with three very successful events at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. See here. It became very clear that there is an immense interest in ADR especially for SEP related issues and FRAND-conflicts.
ADR for FRAND-conflicts can resolve negotiation blackades and foster the process of innovation.
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THIRD UPC USER FORUM: Questions & Answers
Following last year’s success of the first UPC User Forum, we are now offering another workshop and get-together reunifying UPC judges and users
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get in touch with usInfringement proceedings concerning patents and other IPRs are traditionally dealt with by the national courts. Arbitral proceedings or mediation in this respect are rare, mostly because such proceedings need to be based on a mutual agreement between the parties and in the case of unilateral infringement of intellectual property rights, this is only achieved in rare exceptional cases. However, in contract related issues concerning intellectual property rights alternative dispute resolution is not uncommon. This is not least due to the fact that the territorially limited scope of state court proceedings no longer meets the requirements of current international economic processes. Also, a court proceeding subjected to the policy of public trials may often run into confidentiality concerns…
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