Costs in Mediation, Governments/Public Sector, International Mediation, Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), Reform, Surveys, Third Party Funding, Uncategorized

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According to reports, we should now get used to living in an era of austerity. Tax increases, welfare cuts, and salary freezes are on their way in many countries. Does this mean that public spending on mediation must be cut as well? Quite the contrary. Mediation may bring significant savings in difficult times soon to…

ADR, Business, Commercial Mediation, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Particular Sectors (e.g. Construction, Banking, etc.), War Stories

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Patent wars are a perennial hot topic with not only IP experts being familiar with stories of well-known patent disputes. A classic example is perhaps the story of the Wright brothers, who received a patent for their method of flight control in 1906 and fiercely defended it for years afterward, by suing other aviators and…