Navigating Mediation for complex IP disputes
5 Jun
14:00 - 15:30
Intellectual Property
Join us in person at Bird & Bird’s London office or online as we explore mediation in complex IP disputes. The session will include lessons and tips from the global coal-face. This high-level international panel will discuss the realities of what is actually happening on the ground based on their practical experiences.
We will discuss:
- The realities of advising clients to go into IP mediations – what concerns do clients express, and how are they addressed in practice?
- What actually happens in IP mediations? Process, preparation and negotiation.
- Practical decision-making in IP mediations.
- The practical challenges for mediators mediating IP disputes.
- WIPO’s institutional insights – What trends is WIPO seeing in mediation?
There will be time for Q&A and we encourage a lively debate.
Who should attend?
The session will be of interest to lawyers and commercial parties operating in the IP sector, mediators, arbitrators, academics, and others.
Speakers
- Peter Brownlow - Partner – Bird & Bird LLP, London
- Heike Wollgast – Head of the IP Disputes Section, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
- Jane Player – International commercial and IP mediator
- Michael Silverleaf KC - Barrister - 11 South Square
Members Hosts
- Independent Mediators
- Bird and Bird LLP

