ADR Stories

En Guatemala, las controversias relacionadas con los derechos de autor y derechos conexos pueden involucrar a titulares de derechos, usuarios de obras protegidas, artistas, productores, organismos de radiodifusión y sociedades de gestión colectiva.

Las PYMEs representan el 90% de todas las empresas del mundo y el 70% del empleo mundial. Desempeñan un papel fundamental en la economía actual y el hacer uso de los derechos de propiedad intelectual (PI) les puede permitir construir empresas más sólidas, competitivas y resistentes. Sin embargo, a pesar de los esfuerzos, pueden surgir (y surgen) controversias relacionadas con la PI. La OMPI promueve el uso de la mediación para reducir el impacto de las controversias en los procesos de innovación y creatividad a través de iniciativas como la WIPO Mediation Pledge.

La falsificación y la piratería son amenazas globales que afectan tanto a los titulares de derechos de propiedad intelectual como a los consumidores y las economías. En Paraguay, estas actividades ilícitas han representado un desafío significativo, en particular para sectores como el de los productos de lujo y los farmacéuticos. Para enfrentar esta problemática, la Dirección Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (DINAPI) ha adoptado un enfoque innovador: la mediación.

In a significant step towards facilitating access to justice and efficient dispute resolution, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Center) has initiated a collaborative project with the Judiciary of Tanzania. Through this project, launched last August, the WIPO Center makes available at no cost WIPO online meeting platforms in mediation cases before the Judiciary of Tanzania, allowing parties and mediators to meet easily online, with greater convenience and flexibility.

Intellectual property (IP) is a critical component of modern economies, powering innovation and creativity. In 2023, on World Intellectual Property Day (marked every April 26), we celebrate Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity, commemorating women who continue to make significant contributions to IP, while raising awareness about the challenges faced when participating in the IP system. The field of IP benefits when women engage in innovation and creativity, providing for a diverse and inclusive ecosystem, and improving our collective capability to transition to a more sustainable future, including how IP disputes are resolved. 

In Africa, disputes over intellectual property (IP) rights are a common occurrence in the entertainment industry, especially when it comes to copyright infringement and contractual disagreements between artists and production companies. However, there is now an alternative way to resolve these disputes that is gaining popularity – Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods, such as mediation. This game-changing approach is being supported by Copyright Offices and sector organizations in the region, recognizing the sector’s needs.

What do disputes related to the international co-production of a film, the development of a mobile application, the rights to the design of a video game scenario, or the payment of royalties for the use of a song, all have in common? They have a negative impact on creators as well as the commercial exploitation of their IP rights. To reduce such impact, parties can refer their copyright and content disputes to mediation and arbitration. The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center actively collaborates with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea (MCST) to raise awareness of and provide dispute resolution services to the creative industries in the Republic of Korea and beyond.

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Shanghai Service was established in October 2019 in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. It is the first foreign arbitral institution approved by the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China to be engaged in arbitration and mediation of foreign-related IP dispute cases in China.

Con el fin de responder a las restricciones de reuniones y viajes provocados por la pandemia del COVID-19, el Instituto Nacional del Derecho de Autor de México (INDAUTOR) y el Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación de la OMPI (Centro de la OMPI) ponen a disposición reuniones de mediación y conciliación en línea para resolver controversias de derechos de autor en México. Las reuniones en línea se han convertido en una opción popular para asistir a las juntas de avenencia durante la pandemia.