Paper Title
The Arbitrability of Intellectual Property Disputes in WIPO
Abstract
Arbitration is considered as an alternative dispute resolution due to various advantages that involve
the shortage of time taking to settle the dispute, and the expertise of arbitrators in the field of dispute.
Intellectual property is one of the subjects that require an experience of the person who settle the dispute. This
attributes to the commercial value of intellectual property disputes. WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre was
launched in 1994 to promote the resolution of IP‟s disputes as an alternative dispute resolution. The aim of the
current study is to investigate the arbitrability of intellectual property disputes in the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO). To achieve the aims of the current study, a descriptive analytical approach is used. This
has done by analyzing the legal texts in WIPO‟s legal system. The current research is concluded that
arbitrability of IP Disputes is relied on the applied legal system in national country of the opponents.
Keywords - Arbitration, Intellectual Property, WIPO, Arbitrability