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Opening Keynote: The PMAC Opens for Business: What Mediation and Arbitration Mean for UPC Litigants
The Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre opened in Ljubljana on 2 June 2026, with mediation services already live since 12 May and arbitration and expert determination services launching later in the year; the UPC has already made its first referral to mediation and, by January, there will have been enough time for precedent to be set. In this opening keynote, Aleš Zalar, PMAC Director, will set out how the Centre will operate in practice, what its FRAND best practice guidelines look like and where it sits alongside WIPO, the ICC and existing ad hoc options.
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