In recent years, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “WIPO Center”) has administered more than 60 WIPO mediation cases relating to FRAND licensing negotiations.
The WIPO Center makes available tailored model submission agreements that parties may use to refer a dispute concerning the determination of fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms to WIPO Mediation, WIPO Arbitration, WIPO Expedited Arbitration or WIPO Expert Determination. The WIPO model submission agreements seek to ensure a cost- and time-effective FRAND determination and have been developed further to a series of consultations conducted by the WIPO Center with leading patent law, standardization and arbitration experts from a number of jurisdictions. The WIPO Center also took into account comments made by some members and the Secretariat of the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI). The following options are available: