Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center Smarter, Faster, Cheaper Technology Dispute Resolution Conference Open Forum with Silicon Valley – September 16, 2016 FIVE KEY LESSONS LEARNED ON INTERNATIONAL TECH DISPUTES: […]
The Sedona Conference: Mediation for Patent Litigation
Faced with millions of dollars in potential fees, the uncertainty of a jury verdict and the prospect that it could be overturned by the Federal Circuit, parties are increasingly turning […]
Need for Specialized Tech Neutrals Recognized: Benefits of Tech ADR Becoming Obvious
Arbitral institutions around the world are turning their attention to licensing, infringement and other tech-related disputes. An article in Law360 earlier this year on the focus on IT by the […]
Party Autonomy – Something Litigators Should Love
You know those days when you have to deal with all those arcane pleading, motion practice and discovery rules, wrestle with opposing counsel on every point, and kowtow to the […]
Discovery in Arbitration: If You Want It, Go for It
One of the greatest fears US litigators have regarding arbitration is that they can’t get discovery. It’s a misperception. A key concept in arbitration is efficiency. In the context […]
AAA Releases its Dispute Resolution Impact Report
Reminding us that business-to-business (B2B) disputes comprise its “core activity and services,” the American Arbitration Association recently released supporting statistics for 2015. See: B2B Dispute Resolution Impact Report, 2015 Key Statistics […]
New Thinking on Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory Terms Arbitration
The rules of standards setting bodies often require patent owners who participate in standards setting activities to declare their patents that are essential to the standard and to agree to […]
Why Tech Companies Should Embrace ADR (Part III)
Previously, on CTCC Blog: Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center was founded on the belief that the technology community has been slow to embrace ADR, a primary reason being the […]
Why Technology Companies Should Embrace ADR (Part II)
In an earlier post I proposed that the special attributes of technology companies seem to have made them less likely to embrace arbitration and mediation solutions; and that a major […]
HBO Shines a Spotlight on Silicon Valley Arbitration
Silicon Valley arbitration was the focus of this summer’s Season Two finale of the HBO hit television series Silicon Valley. The show provides an amusing caricature of life and work […]