School of Law, SGT University announces 4-week online certificate course on Mediation in Intellectual Property Rights

The School of Law, SGT University in collaboration with SGT University Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (SADRC) and Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies (CIPRS) is organising a four-week online Certificate Course on Mediation in Intellectual Property Rights, themed Where Innovation Meets Resolution, to be held over four weekend sessions on November 14, 21, 28 and 29 2026.

About the Course

Ideas are today’s most valuable assets, and among the most contested.

IP disputes are technical, cross-border and commercially sensitive, while litigation is slow, costly and public. Mediation offers a better path: confidential, expert-led and focused on preserving the partnerships that innovation needs.

India is moving decisively in this direction. The Mediation Act, 2023, mandatory pre-institution mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, and the IP Division of the Delhi High Court have placed mediation at the centre of IP dispute resolution. Globally, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center continues to set the benchmark.

This four-week course gives participants the law, the strategy and the hands-on skill to mediate IP disputes, from licensing deadlocks and trademark conflicts to patent and technology-transfer disputes.

Course Objectives

• Build a clear understanding of the legal framework for mediating IP disputes in India and abroad

• Explain why IP disputes suit mediation, and when they do not

• Develop negotiation and mediation strategies tailored to IP and commercial interests

• Train participants to draft enforceable, IP- specific settlement agreements

• Introduce emerging frontiers: AI, online dispute resolution and cross-border IP enforcement

Learning Outcomes

On completion, participants will be able to:

• Navigate the statutory and institutional framework governing IP mediation

• Assess an IP dispute and choose the right resolution route

• Apply interest-based negotiation and mediation techniques to IP conflicts

• Draft key clauses for mediation agreements and settlement terms

• Anticipate emerging trends shaping the future of IP dispute resolution

Who Should Attend

• Law students (UG and PG) and research scholars

• Advocates, in-house counsel and IP attorneys

• Mediators and ADR practitioners

• Start-up founders, innovators and R&D professionals

• Academicians and policy professionals

Why Join

• Expert-led sessions by practitioners in IP and mediation

• Practical focus: case studies, drafting and a mock mediation

• Certificate of Completion jointly issued by SADRC and CIPRS

• Online, on weekends, so it fits around study and work

Registration Fee

• ₹650 Early Bird till October 20, 2026

• ₹1,099 Regular till November 10, 2026

KEY DATES

• Early Bird closes Oct 20, 2026

• Registration closes Nov 10, 2026

• Session I Sat, Nov 14, 2026

• Session II Sat, Nov 21, 2026

• Session III Sat, Nov 28, 2026

• Session IV Sun, Nov 29, 2026

Contact Us

PATRON: Prof. (Dr.) Richa Chaudhary, Dean, School of Law, SGT University

FACULTY COORDINATORS

Ms. Sandhya Sharma (Assistant Professor & Director, SADRC)

Ms. Rimika Rajput (Assistant Professor & Additional Director, CIPRS)

STUDENT COORDINATOR: Akshit +91 89013 41308, sadrc@sgtuniversity.org

For more details please refer the brochure.

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