Intellectual Property
Oct. 18, 2014
Arbitration has attractive features in patent disputes, but limits remain
A dispute between two technology companies sheds some light on why arbitration still lags in popularity behind litigation as a method to resolving patent disputes, and might fall further behind in the future.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Amkor Technology Inc. and Tessera Inc. are undergoing the intellectual property equivalent of an ugly divorce. And it's turned into a battle in federal and state court even though the companies agreed in 1996 to resolve future disputes in arbitration. The dispute sheds some light on why arbitration still lags in popularity behind litigation as a method to resolving patent disputes.
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