Paris Arbitration Week’s Post

⚖️ #PAW2025 – Spotlight on Innovation in Industrial Property Dispute Resolution ⚖️   On Thursday 10 April, under the high patronage of the Minister of Justice, a landmark event was held as part of #PAW2025, focusing on the future of arbitration and mediation in the field of industrial property.   📍 Organised by the Paris Judicial Court, the event brought together leading experts, judges, academics, and practitioners to explore the evolving strategies for industrial property dispute resolution, in and out of court, in light of recent institutional and procedural developments.   💡 Two high-level roundtables set the stage for forward-looking conversations : ✅ The first session examined the dispute resolution strategies available to industrial property litigants. ✅ The second focused on the Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), expected to become operational by the end of the year.   🎤 Speakers included:  Denis MONÉGIER DU SORBIER , Lawyer at HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER Aleš ZALAR, Director of the Mediation and Arbitration Center PMAC Unified Patent Court Emmanuel Gougé, Judge at the Court of Appeal Unified Patent Court Jacques de Werra, Professor & Director of the Digital Law Center - University of Geneva Isabelle Romet, Former Lawyer Mediator at INTERSPHERIS SAS  Marianne Gabriel, Lawyer at CASALONGA Guillaume de La Bigne, IP Attorney, Mediator at LLR Jean-Christophe GALLOUX, Professor, at Panthéon-Assas université Martine KARSENTY-RICARD, Lawyer, at JP KARSENTY & Associés Malik Chapuis, Judge at the Paris Judicial Court Member of the Expert Committee of the PMAC   With such diverse expertise and thoughtful contributions, the event highlighted how the future of industrial property litigation will be shaped by enhanced cooperation between courts, mediators, and arbitral institutions.   #Arbitration #InternationalArbitration _______________________________________ Benjamin Siino - Diamana Diawara - Claire Pauly - Vanessa Thieffry - Alexandra van der Meulen - Elsa Paparemborde - Catherine Schroeder-Paillard - Astrid Westphalen - Niels Aujouannet-Kelner - Anastasia Davis Bondarenko - Alexandre Vagenheim