Today is the first of March, 2010. As you may have noticed, the Blog has been dormant for a while, as we worked out the details of the transition from Victoria Pynchon’s eminent leadership of this Blog to my role as blogger-in-chief.
We are in the process of putting together a new team of contributors, and you will see their names, bio’s and photo’s appear in the coming weeks.
Today, I want to introduce you to one of our new contributors, Mary Zachar, an eminent lawyer with extensive experience in both intellectual property issues and alternative dispute resolution. Her discussion of the recent Elsevier v. UnitedHealth Group case is both timely and thought-provoking. It once again reminds us that it pays to register one’s copyright and that mediation often is the best solution for both parties.
As for me, in the next few weeks I intend to return to some of the more basic questions that underlie the very nature of this Blog:
- First, why mediate and arbitrate an IP-related dispute instead of filing an infringement action in court?, and
- Second, how do you choose a good mediator to help parties resolve an IP-related dispute?
So, stay tuned!
Eric van Ginkel
