Information for IP mediators
Providing expertise from WIPO, EUIPO and the IPO in the field of mediations
Cooperation with IP mediators
The Institute provides interested parties with expert knowledge in the field of intellectual property protection and trains them in the field of intellectual property in cooperation with WIPO, EPO, EUIPO and the Office for Intellectual Property Rights, and provides organizational and technical support for the implementation of mediations in the field of intellectual property protection through trained mediators.
To this end, the Institute cooperates with the Czech Bar Association and the Chamber of Patent Attorneys of the Czech Republic and other entities. It trains registered mediators and those interested in this activity.
The Institute maintains a list of IP mediators and prepares IP specialists for the examinations of registered mediators pursuant to Act No. 202/2012 Coll., on mediation.
Registration on the list of IP mediators
After meeting the conditions set out in the ADR Rules of the IP Mediation Centre Prague, registered institute (Rule 12), each interested party has the opportunity to be registered on the list of IP mediators maintained by the IP Mediation Centre Prague, registered institute.
The advantage of registering on the list of IP mediators is access to mediation cases requested by the IP Mediation Centre Prague, registered institute, to training courses in the field of industrial property organized by the Industrial Property Office, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the IP Mediation Centre Prague, registered institute, as well as access to education in the field of mediation at the above-mentioned entities.
List of IP mediators and IP experts:
IP mediators:
JUDr. David Karabec, MPA, LL.M.
JUDr. Martina Doležalová, Ph.D.
JUDr. Ing. Veronika Vrábel Portešová, ACIArb
Mgr. Kateřina Verostová, Ph.D.
IP experts:
Doc. Ing. Karel Čada, prom.práv, Ph.D.
Board of Directors:
JUDr. Tomáš Dobřichovský, Ph.D.
Basic documents of the IP mediator:
Pravidla ADR IP mediačního centra Praha
Vzorová smlouva o provedení IP mediace
Pravidla pro užívání certifikační ochranné známky
Opinions:
OPINION OF THE ADR SECTION OF THE CZECH BAR ASSOCIATION ON THE OBLIGATION OF A LAWYER TO CONFIDENTIALITY
We draw the attention of lawyers – both registered and unregistered mediators – to the opinion of the ADR Section of the Czech Bar Association dated September 23, 2021, which responds to the increasing violations of the obligation of confidentiality: 1. The activities of a registered and unregistered mediator are so-called other activities of a lawyer within the meaning of Section 56, paragraph 2 of the Act on Advocacy. 2. A lawyer – both registered and unregistered mediator must therefore comply with the obligation of confidentiality, the legitimate interests of clients in mediation take precedence over the lawyer’s own interests. 3. Compliance with the obligation of confidentiality is supervised by the Chamber, lawyers – both registered and unregistered mediators fall under its disciplinary jurisdiction.
JUDr. Martina Doležalová, Ph.D., Head of the ADR Section of the Czech Bar Association, Advocacy Bulletin No. 10/2021, p. 11