This Guide is designed to provide an overview of ADR processes for IP disputes.

This Guide is designed to provide an overview of ADR processes for IP disputes.

This Guide is designed to provide an overview of ADR processes for IP disputes.

This document provides an overview of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) options for intellectual property (IP) disputes, and highlights WIPO’s growing experience in working with IP offices and courts to develop and enhance their ADR services.

The WIPO Guide provides a practical overview of licensing of copyright and related rights in a global marketplace, for literary, musical, graphic and pictorial works, motion pictures, multimedia entertainment and education products and computer software. Internationally renowned authors address each industry in turn, as well as giving an overview of the general business and legal principles involved in the licensing of copyright and related rights, and their collective management.

Co-published by WIPO and the Hague Conference on Private International Law, this guide is a pragmatic tool, written by judges, for judges, examining how private international law operates in intellectual property (IP) matters. Using illustrative references to selected international and regional instruments and national laws, the guide aims to help judges apply the laws of their own jurisdiction, supported by an awareness of key issues concerning jurisdiction of the courts, applicable law, the recognition and enforcement of judgments, and judicial cooperation in cross-border IP disputes.