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 The Southern California Mediation Association Blog and 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

Negotiating the Global Environment on Independence Day
(image from Lift Think) On this Independence Day celebrating U.S. freedom from the tyranny of foreign rule, I'd like us to consider whether a new day might be added to our holiday calendar -- Global…
Is Your Settlement Agreement Durable? Leaving Terms Open for Future Agreement
Though the recent Ninth Circuit opinion of Nutraceuticals v. Mucos Pharma (.pdf) is notable for setting the standard for preliminary injunctive product recall relief in a trademark infringement action, IP ADR's interest is stimulated by…
Oh Canada! Will It Abandon Attempt to "Lasso a Locomotive with Cobwebs"?
(image from the Digital Standards Organization) Thanks to Law is Cool (An Extraordinary About Face on Copyright Reform) we learn that Canadian Ministers Finally Embrace Canada's Digital Future. Below, an excerpt from the LawBytes column…
One Day You're a 140-Character Text Box and the Next Day You're a Defendant
This Time, Tony La Russa Settles With Twitter for Real St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has officially dismissed his lawsuit over a fake profile on Twitter as part of a settlement in which…
Tactics of the Adept Practitioner in Modern IP Mediation
I'm sharing today a power point presentation that was the basis of an ALI-ABA IP Mediation seminar conducted by me and David Donoghue of Holland + Knight. The course outline with bios is here. The…
Texas Jury Buys Tivo's Bull?
IP Trial Strategy: Buying Tivo's Bull Zusha Elinson The Recorder June 26, 2009 getNumber('1202431771710') As the make-or-break patent trial between Tivo Inc. and EchoStar Corp. got under way in Marshall, Texas, Tivo's top brass…
Make Progress, Not War: IP in the 21st Century
What can be done to . . . . to stop the international “IP war”? Read the full-on analysis of the problem to appreciate this excerpt of the solution at Duncan Bucknell's IP Think Tank…
What does it all mean?
Thanks to Geoff Sharp for posting this video at Mediator Blah Blah after a lawyer told him he "didn't believe in email. What does it all mean? It means that our ability to adapt,…
Yes You ARE Making Irrational Decisions: What to Do About It
From National Public Radio with thanks to Don Philbin, mediator and arbitrator in San Antonio, Texas for posting it to the Commercial and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Group on LinkedIn. People Make Irrational Choices Kahneman…
Beat the Recession with Negotiation Training Now!
Negotiation TrainingView more OpenOffice presentations from Victoria Pynchon.