Ip Adr Blog

"Intellectual property experts blog on the negotiated resolution of IP disputes—both before and after litigation has been initiated, as well as the arbitration of those disputes. The blog also covers recent developments in the law that impact the processes and procedures by which attorneys and their clients resolve IP disputes. We also throw a little social psychology of conflict and a bit of humor into our posts from time to time."

Author: Patent attorney, arbitrator and mediator Les Weinstein; IP litigator and mediator Michael Young; retired federal magistrate, the Hon. John Leo Wagner; international arbitrator; master mediator Eric van Ginkel; and Victoria Pynchon is a multiparty complex commercial mediator and arbitrator with a special emphasis in the resolution of patent, copyright and trademark disputes based in Beverly Hills, Calif. Pynchon also edits Settle It Now Negotiation Blog.

Blawg Related Categories: Alternative Dispute Resolution • Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Patent Law • Trademark Law

Recent Posts from IP ADR Blog

Are We Having a Conversation or a Meeting with the Choir: Cass Sunstein and Cyperpolarization
If you'd like to better understand what's really going on in separate-caucus mediation and, by the way, also in famous "conversation" happening in the blogosphere, do check out the New Yorker's Cass R. Sunstein and…
Arbitration's "Down" Side: Two Years of Proceedings; $20 Million in Punitives; and, No Appeal
This just in from the Ninth Circuit -- In re Bosack -- an opinion affirming the trial court's refusal to vacate an arbitration award totaling nearly $20 million after proceedings that "lasted two years, during…
The Benefits of Interest-Based Negotiation in IP Disputes
I've been thinking jurisprudential thoughts for the last couple of weeks because I'm finishing the second draft of the ABC's of Conflict Resolution and because I made the terrible error of trying to cover the…
Dispute Resolution and Social Media Online Event Announcement
ODR WEEK 2009 Web 2.0: Going from OH? To KNOW! Friday October 30th 2:30pm - 3:30pm est. (it will be archived too!) Spots limited, see below. Join Jeff Thompson (www.enjoymediation.com & Centre For Peace &…
Using the Power of Social Media to Win Copyright Fight
The following from Carolyn Elefant at My Shingle: [T]his recent article from NPR . . . reports on Rock Art, a local Vermont brewery that successfully fended off a copyright challenge by the national company that…
We Welcome IP Watchtower to the IP Blogosphere!
That person ringing your virtual doorbell is not -- I repeat not -- someone trying to sell you magazine subscriptions or somebody's else's religion. No! That's the incredibly bright, accomplished and talented Erica Bristol delivering…
Negotiating Resolution with Hi-Lo Agreements
Below, ADR Services colleague Ralph Williams' September 2009 ADR Tip. High - Low Agreements, also known as "Mini - Maxi" agreements are used to limit or bracket arbitration awards and jury verdicts. They can be…
Negotiating Women at ForbesWoman
Yes, that's my article right below Michelle Obama's. Sometimes you've just GOT to brag!
If You Haven't Given Legal Blogging a Second Thought, Think Again!
If this tremendous article on legal blogging (and in particular ADR blogging) from this summer's ABA Dispute Resolution Magazine Only Connect the Impact of Blogging on the Field of ADR by Diane Levin doesn't make…
Challenges to Mediation and Mediated Settlement Agreements in the Courts with a Link to ADR Malpractice Series
Pertinent to my new series on avoiding ADR malpractice, there's a great (but now dated) law review article entitled "Disputing Irony: a Systematic Look at Litigation Concerning Mediation" (.pdf) ( Harv. Negot. L. Rev, 2006)…