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Arbitration Gains Acceptance as a Means of Resolving IP Disputes

By Kyle-Beth Hilfer
April 01, 2004

Part One of a Two-Part Series

Intellectual property disputes typically have been resolved through litigation rather than arbitration. Litigators have seen arbitration as a dispute resolution method geared at matters of private contract. Because intellectual property's very existence has been a product of public policies supporting invention, branding and creativity, the courts have seemed to be the more appropriate locale to handle these disagreements. In the last 20 years, however, arbitration has received increasing attention as an acceptable method of resolving intellectual property disputes.

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