WIPO ADR Young
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center provides a forum for young professionals interested in intellectual property (IP) and alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
Becoming a Member of WIPO ADR Young
WIPO ADR Young offers a networking and training forum for young professionals in the IP and dispute resolution communities. WIPO ADR Young is also open to collaborating with other IP and ADR young practitioner associations.
Membership is free of charge and it is open to professionals under 40 years old with a background on IP and ADR.
About WIPO
WIPO is the United Nations specialized agency that serves the world’s innovators and creators, ensuring that their ideas travel safely to the market and improve lives everywhere. WIPO does so by providing services that enable creators, innovators and entrepreneurs to protect and promote their IP across borders and acting as a forum for addressing cutting-edge IP issues. WIPO’s IP data and information guide decisionmakers the world over. WIPO’s impact-driven projects and technical assistance ensure IP benefits everyone, everywhere.Through the Arbitration and Mediation Center, WIPO also provides ADR services to parties involved in domestic and international commercial IP and innovation disputes. To assist in the time and cost-efficient administration of procedures under the WIPO Mediation, Arbitration, Expedited Arbitration or Expert Determination Rules, the WIPO Center makes available online tools, including WIPO eADR and videoconferencing facilities. The WIPO Center is also the global leader in the provision of domain name dispute resolution services.
WIPO ADR News and Training Resources
The WIPO Center regularly organizes events related to ADR for IP and innovation disputes, and also provides frequent updates through its WIPO ADR Highlights Newsletter and LinkedIn page.Date | Event | Location | Type of event | Language | In collaboration with |
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October 28, 2022 | ASA below 40 Fall Seminar on Art and Arbitration | Switzerland | English | Swiss Arbitration Association | In-person |
September 28, 2022 | WIPO / IPTMT AIJA talks - Drafting arbitration clauses do’s and don’ts for IP agreements | Belgium | Virtual | English | International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) |
July 27, 2022 | WIPO ADR for Young IP and Dispute Resolution Professionals | Nigeria | Virtual | English | Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) |
June 21, 2022 | WIPO Summer School – IP and Youth | Mexico | Hybrid | Spanish | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI Mexico) |
June 7, 2022 | Introducción para jóvenes profesionales a la mediación y al arbitraje OMPI para controversias de PI e innovación | Argentina/Switzerland | Virtual | Spanish | Latin American School of Intellectual Property (ELAPI) |
April 28, 2022 | WIPO ADR Young in Asia | Singapore | Virtual | English | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) |
April 26, 2022 | La propiedad intelectual y la juventud. Innovar para un futuro mejor | Argentina | Virtual | Spanish | Universidad Tecnológica Nacional |
April 26, 2022 | WIPO ADR for young IP and dispute resolution professionals | Switzerland | Virtual | English | WIPO |
April 26, 2022 | La propiedad intelectual y la juventud. Innovar para un futuro major | Switzerland | Virtual | Spanish | WIPO |
Contact Information
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (Geneva)
34, chemin des Colombettes
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
T +4122 338 8247
F +4122 740 370
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (Singapore)
Maxwell Chambers Suites
28 Maxwell Road #02-14
Singapore 069120
T +65 6225 2129
F +65 6225 3568
For additional information arbiter.mail@wipo.int