On March 3 and 4, 1994, the World Intellectual Property Organization
jointly organized with the American Arbitration Association an international
forum on the arbitration of intellectual property disputes.

    The proceedings of the Forum, at which papers were presented by 15 
leading experts, are now available in a bound volume.  The papers contained
in the volume cover a general overview of mediation, arbitration and other
dispute resolution alternatives; the arbitrability of intellectual property
disputes; drafting dispute-resolution clauses; the selection of arbitrators;
the arbitration of intellectual property disputes; the management of
arbitration proceedings; awards and their enforcements; mediation; and the
WIPO Arbitration Center and its services.

    The publication is available in English or French, and is 350 A4 pages.
To order a copy, send a check in the amount of 30 SWISS FRANCS (make sure
the check is from a US bank with a foreign correspondent bank) to:

		World Intellectual Property Organization
		Publications Sales and Distribution Unit
		34, chemin des Colombettes
		1211 Geneva 20
		Switzerland


    WIPO has recently published another guide, titled "Industrial Property
Protection in Central and Eastern Europe and in Central Asia", which reports
on the current situation with respect to protection of industrial property
in 27 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and in Central Asia. It has
112 pages and is presented in the form of separate chapters for each country.
In addition to information concerning membership in WIPO treaties, each
chapter summarizes the major provisions of industrial property laws, including
provisions concerning the confirmation of applications filed and rights
granted in predecessor states.

   The publication is available in English only for 15 SWISS FRANCES, with
the same terms and ordering address as above.



Greg Aharonian
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