IPDR FORUM
Practical, user-friendly references for IP ADR — developed in dialogue with judges, arbitrators, party counsel, in-house teams and academics. Free to download, designed to be cited.
PUBLISHED
A reference developed to assist parties and arbitral tribunals in the conduct of FRAND-related arbitration proceedings — practical, user-friendly case management guidance for arbitrators, mediators, parties and courts handling FRAND disputes.
PIPELINE
The IPDR Forum works in open working groups. If you would like to contribute to a guideline, get in touch.
A working group is exploring practice notes on mediation in the context of the Unified Patent Court — building on the experience of the UPC User Forum.
A reference outline of methodologies courts and arbitral tribunals apply when setting royalty rates for standard-essential patents.
On the work of the Forum
“Arbitration and mediation belong at the heart of intellectual property practice — not at its margins. The Munich IPDR Forum exists to make that shift practical.”
Judges · Practitioners · In-house · Academia