Purpose
PMPI aims at promoting and developing mediation in intellectual property and to establish it, in particular, as an effective means for the amicable resolution of dispute in cases where intellectual property rights are at least one of the issues at stake, at the national, European and international levels.
PMPI addresses all issues — human, economic, fiscal, legal, scientific, technical, and otherwise — relating to the prevention and amicable resolution of disputes in which the acquisition and exercise of intellectual property rights are at least one of the issues at stake.
Mission
Intellectual property shapes our interactions with objects, services and creations in virtually every area of life: technology and innovation, culture and entertainment, agriculture, food, health, and education (textbooks, academic research).
Intellectual property disputes therefore carry a level of complexity comparable to that of human relationships, and mediation — called upon to address the conflicts that arise within them — can provide lasting solutions.
However, mediation cannot take place without the willingness of the parties.
PMPI is committed to promoting mediation in intellectual property so that parties facing a dispute driven by intellectual property issues may turn to mediation with confidence.
PMPI : a diverse range of expertise
PMPI's approach is grounded in a diverse range of expertise , as reflected in its founding board and amoung the membership it seeks to bring together: advisory professionals, judges, users, intellectual property offices, academics and researchers. This expertise is informed by dialogue with the stakeholders and actors involved in intellectual property mediation.
Members
PMPI brings together individuals and organisations with expertise in intellectual property law, stemming from significant current or past professional involvement in this fieldwho:
- practise mediation in situations where intellectual property rights are at least one of the issues at stake, and/or
- promote the practice of mediation, either by using it, wishing to use it, or offering it as a process, or by teaching it.
PMPI also aims to bring together student members, individuals more broadly involved in the field of mediation who wish to contribute to the association's mission, as well as honorary members.
The board members
Executive commitee
Guillaume
de La Bigne
IP Attorney and mediator
President
Frédéric
Benech
Lawyer and Mediator
Vice-president
Isabelle
Romet
Mediator (former lawyer)
Vice-president
Michèle
Paquier
IP manager and mediator
Secretary
Marion
Halley des Fontaines
Mediator
Deputy secretary
William
Hammond
Mediator (former IP Attorney)
Treasurer
The other board members
Annabel Abramowitz
Legal director and mediator (former lawyer)
Yves
Bizollon
Mediator, lawyer (honorary)
Anne-Catherine
Chiariny
Senior lecturer in private law and mediator
Séverine
Guyot
Lawyer and mediator
Laura
Morelli
Lawyer and mediator
Katia
Pouilly-Mazuer
IP Attorney and mediator
News
PMPI : Events to promote mediation in IP
PMPI organizes and participes in conferences, seminars and training sessions to raise awareness among professionals about mediation in intellectual property.
Among them :
• Industrial Property Days
• Thematics meetings with INPI
• IP and Digital Law Update Days
