Please join us for the ABA’s Arbitration Training Institute – online! The faculty will be covering virtually all aspects of arbitration from the preliminary hearing, to the hearing, the award, and beyond – including online arbitration. Who Should Attend? ■Litigators wanting to better utilize arbitration ■Experienced and new arbitrators seeking better understanding of recent developments … Continue reading ABA’s 14th Annual Arbitration Training Institute: June, 2021
Category Archives: Patent Arbitration
ABA House of Delegates Passes Resolution in Support of Commercial Arbitration
On February 22, the ABA House of Delegates passed Resolution 100 in support of arbitration of business-to-business (“b-to-b”) disputes. This is an important recognition by the American Bar Association of the benefits and importance of arbitration to resolve these disputes. It reads: RESOLVED, that the American Bar Association supports the use of arbitration of business-to-business … Continue reading ABA House of Delegates Passes Resolution in Support of Commercial Arbitration
SVAMC 2021 Tech List
Here is the latest from the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center. I am delighted to be included on the list again this year. SVAMC Releases 2021 List of the World’s Leading Technology Neutrals The Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC), has released its highly anticipated 2021 List of the World’s Leading Technology Neutrals … Continue reading SVAMC 2021 Tech List
Arbitrating Patent Disputes: A Practical Guide
I generally post articles here with some regularity. During the holiday season, though, I thought I’d take a break and just point you to a book I wrote dealing with arbitration issues. It’s the equivalent to at least 22 articles and is, in fact, based on a series of articles I wrote for this blog … Continue reading Arbitrating Patent Disputes: A Practical Guide
The Case of the Impartial Joke
Humor often helps make stressful situations bearable. And arbitration hearings can be stressful. I’ve seen many arbitrators use humor to defuse tension and just make life a little more enjoyable for everyone involved. I’ve even tried it myself. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. But sometimes the joke isn’t taken the right way. Or … Continue reading The Case of the Impartial Joke
SVAMC’s 2020 Tech List
The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center has just announced its 2020 list of leading technology neutrals (“the Tech List.”) For more information about SVAMC and the Tech List, including the 51 neutrals included on this year’s list, please go to: https://lnkd.in/drk3PdF
I’m Looking Through You — Or Not: Federal Jurisdiction to Enforce Arbitration Awards
Rarely do arbitration issues remind me of a Beatles song, but today’s issue does. Remember I’m Looking Through You from Rubber Soul? Well, whether a court will do that or not may change where you decide to enforce or challenge an arbitration award. Which court? As I explained in my book, Arbitrating Patent Disputes, A … Continue reading I’m Looking Through You — Or Not: Federal Jurisdiction to Enforce Arbitration Awards
Technology-Related Mediations and Arbitrations
The ABA GPSOLO Magazine just published a recap of an article Harrie Samaras and I wrote for the ABA IP Section Magazine, Landslide. Click above to download and read it. I hope you find it of interest!
New PTAB Claim Construction Standard: Should It Affect Your Patent Arbitration Consideration?
Consider whether the new claim construction standard at the PTAB should affect your consideration of agreeing to arbitrate patent disputes.
Arbitral Subpoenas: Where to Issue and Enforce Them
In the last article, we looked at a recent Eleventh Circuit case that took a fairly narrow view of arbitral subpoenas, Managed Care Advisory Group, LLC v. Cigna Healthcare, Inc., No. 17-13761 (11th Cir., September 18, 2019). There the Court overturned a district court’s order enforcing an arbitral subpoena, called a “summons” by the Court, … Continue reading Arbitral Subpoenas: Where to Issue and Enforce Them