WIPO's dispute resolution center gains favor as tech transfer crosses the globe

摘要

As technology commercialization becomes increasingly an international affair, IP-related disputes between organizations from separate countries are rising accordingly. The heightened potential for lengthy and expensive cross-border lawsuits has in turn created a growing market for less expensive arbitration and mediation alternatives — and the Geneva, Switzerland-based World Intellectual Property Organization's Arbitration and Mediation Center is stepping up to fill that need. It's a resource TTOs that are working with international partners and licensees should know about — and in fact, a good bit of the center's growing book of its business is TTO-based.