HKIAC is proud to sponsor the 17th Annual IBA International Arbitration Day in Paris, to be held on Thursday, 13th – 14th February 2014. Following the IBA’s recent adoption of its Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration, International standards of conduct amongst Counsel and during arbitration proceedings will be considered.
Recently, Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) was appointed by ICANN as provider to resolve new gTLDs disputes under the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) and Trademark - Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Policy (TM-PDDRP). This talk will introduce the relevant ICANN dispute resolution policies for new gTDs, with highlights on ADNDRC's practical experience in employing Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform to facilitate domain name dispute resolution proceedings.
The Legal Big Data Symposium is a part of the initiative of Asia eDiscovery exchange, this is a 500 people event which will be held in Conrad Hotel on 29-30 April 2014.
The principle of party autonomy forms the cornerstone on which arbitration is based. The jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal to decide a dispute between parties is derived from the agreement reached between those parties to refer the differences between them to arbitration. It is not uncommon for challenges to the jurisdiction of a tribunal to be brought, either during the arbitration itself or in the course of enforcement proceedings.
Join HKIAC in our second wine event with a fictitious story of a successful Chinese wine seller who becomes the target of acquisition by a multinational company.
Fashion is one of the world’s most important creative industries. It is estimated that the annual global fashion industry revenue has hit $ 1.2 trillion. In the context of the growing importance of the fashion industry, this conference seeks to explore the latest developments in intellectual property protection of fashion brands and designs with a focus on trademark law. It aims to bring together leading scholars and practitioners to share their perspectives on this rapidly developing area of legal practice.
The event will blend sessions for attorneys and corporate representatives who are just becoming aware of the gTLD program, the opportunities that it offers their organizations and who need education, guidance and support as they navigate the complex application and approval process; as well as sessions for international brand managers and marketing specialists keen to learn how they can use a gTLD to their marketing or financial advantage.
The set of rules that regulate the Domain Name System (DNS) forms a sprawling discipline, which involves different branches of law: public international law, private international law, comparative law, intellectual property law, competition law, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), etc. A number of issues arise in the context of the constantly changing DNS. A panel of experienced and renowned specialists will attempt to address some of the issues.
John Beechey, the President of International Chamber of Commerce, will be holding a special lecture on the present and future of international arbitration, featuring live at HKIAC.
Join us to explore the short and medium term trends experienced by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) in the cases it handles, as we look back over the last five years of development and consider what this foretells for the future.