Delighted to join experts from around the world to discuss the latest in dispute resolution and IP developments.

Topics we covered included:

. Deploying technology, including AI, for dispute resolution.

. The challenge of protecting confidentiality in online mediations.

. The risk of arbitration eroding the ability to calculate a FRAND royalty.

. How national offices can play a strategic role in dispute resolution, including the USPTO-WIPO cooperation on resolving standard essential patent disputes and Singapore’s Revised Enhanced Mediation Promotion Scheme and IP litigation track.

. The role of courts in promoting alternative dispute resolution, including the Northern District of Illinois’ voluntary mediation program for trademark cases.

. Global litigation to recognize machines as inventors.

Thanks for your insights Qiyao Dong World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO Stanley Lai, SC Allen & Gledhill LLP Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) Joyce A. Tan PBM Joyce A Tan & Partners LLC Bill McGrath Davis McGrath Ryan Abbott JAMS School of Law, University of Surrey David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Barbara Lauriat King’s College London The George Washington University Law School Zhiyong (Alan) Fan Huawei.

Congratulations to World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO Ignacio de Castro Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) Rena Lee University of Illinois Chicago School of Law Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law Gary Friedlander Adam Ernette, J.D., LL.M. for an outstanding event.

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