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Mediation, in short, is an opportunity to discuss settling your lawsuit. The mediator acts as a neutral voice, often a voice of experience who has been through similar disputes in the past and can offer insight that advocates and those involved in the battle oftentimes have difficulty recognizing. A good mediator will help all parties understand the strengths and weaknesses of their case so the parties looks at the realistic outcomes before reaching a decision to settle or not to settle.… The process is confidential, allowing the parties to have a frank and honest discussion without fear that what is said may be used against them. The mediator does not decide any issues and will not force a party to settle. No court, mediator or attorney can force a party to settle their case. Unlike an arbitrator or a judge, the mediator’s role is to assist the parties in reaching a settlement of the dispute. Read more
Brian Gilchrist provides professional intellectual property law mediation services in Florida. As a mediation lawyer, Brian minimizes the need for court intervention.
Brian Gilchrist offers services for resolving disputes efficiently. Brian provides comprehensive solutions for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and online mediation
The life of patent dispute is often long, expensive and riddled with small victories and small defeats along the way. Mediation can occur at any stage of the proceeding, whether before a lawsuit, at the early stages of a lawsuit, around the Markman debates,…
Mediation, in short, is an opportunity to discuss settling your lawsuit. The mediator acts as a neutral voice, often a voice of experience who has been through similar disputes in the past and can offer insight that advocates and those involved in the battle oftentimes have difficulty recognizing. A good mediator will help all parties understand the strengths and weaknesses of their case so the parties looks at the realistic outcomes before reaching a decision to settle or not to settle.
Brian Gilchrist offers contract mediation services, serving as a skilled legal mediator and lawyer for mediation.
In a lawsuit or binding arbitration, the outcome of a case is determined by a judge or jury’s determination of what the facts are and then applying those facts to the law. The fact finder can reach the wrong conclusion.
Mediation, at its core, is an effort to get the parties to talk. By the time a case gets far enough along to be a candidate for mediation, it usually means the parties are no longer talking, or at least not communicating effectively.
Parties to a dispute may come to the mediation with a level of distrust and access to only favorable information. These biases can set the tone of the mediation and create hurdles to a willingness to consider compromise.
The selection of the mediator is the first important step in settling the dispute. Is the dispute a simple transaction? Are the parties incapable of trust and need a mediator who both sides can trust?
The life of patent dispute is often long, expensive and riddled with small victories and small defeats along the way. Mediation can occur at any stage of the proceeding, whether before a lawsuit, at the early stages of a lawsuit, around the Markman debates,…
According to the 2017 American Intellectual Property Law Association Report, the average cost of a Trademark lawsuit ranges from $300,000 to more than $1,000,000. The average cost of a Trademark opposition proceeding…
Copyright mediation enables parties to avoid the unusually high cost of copyright litigation. The 2017 AIPLA Economic Survey reports that the average cost of a copyright lawsuit ranges from $200,000 to $1,000,000.
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