Can Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Become the Default Method for Solving International Intellectual Property Disputes?

The Implications of Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes for Decisionmaking in Administrative Disputes

E-disputes at the crossroads: A stakeholder analysis of on-line dispute resolution mechanisms (ODR)

The growth in e-commerce has been accompanied by a large number of disputes related to the online commercial interactions causing high litigation expenses and outstanding delays during the decision process. The distinct of such disputes in e-commerce have also led to the growth of online dispute resolution mechanisms, popularly known as ODR. In this paper, we provide an exploratory understandin...

Alternative dispute resolution and mediation.

Doctors and patients are not natural enemies. On the contrary, there is commonly a special relationship between them, with vulnerability and trust on one side and caring and professional expertise on the other. A medical dispute can create turmoil of that relationship, particularly if it is conducted in the traditional adversarial procedure. Depending on how it develops, the patient may see the...

Valuing Information Systems in Contract and Intellectual Property Disputes

Decades of research on the economic impact of computer information systems used by businesses provide the basis for assessing claims arising in litigation over such systems. It is possible to estimate the impacts of systems on costs of business operations, on market share, on margins, on flexibility of product design, and on market entry strategies. It is possible to estimate economic impacts, ...

International Protection of Intellectual Property

We study the incentives that governments have to protect intellectual property in a trading world economy. We consider a world economy with ongoing innovation in two countries that differ in market size and in their capacity for innovation. After describing the determination of national patent policies in a noncooperative regime of patent protection, we ask, “Why is intellectual property better...