Early Neutral Evaluation: An Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property

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1 Ph.D. in Private law, Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

2 Prof. Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Prof. Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Assistant Prof. Faculty of Law and Political Science of Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22133/mtlj.2023.367442.1137

Abstract

Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) is a new form of alternative dispute resolution that has demonstrated success in various cases and has proven to be particularly suitable in intellectual property disputes. Due to the special characteristics of intellectual properties, adopting ENE in the early stage of an IP dispute or action has many advantages. The preliminary assessment of a case saves time, money, confidentiality, and other features crucial in IP cases. The ENE provides a frank and candid opinion to the parties about the merits of their claims according to appropriate procedural and substantive law. Special Features of patent, copyright and trademark cases deserve to be solved by the ENE method. In complex issues, a combination of ENE and mediation can work well together to solve disputes and claims appropriately, which is better than judicial and arbitral solutions.

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  • Receive Date: 27 October 2022
  • Revise Date: 08 December 2022
  • Accept Date: 08 December 2023

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