Mr Erik Wilbers

Director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization

Teaches the intensive course: Arbitration and Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes at WIPO

Erik Wilbers, born in 1958, is the Director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Before joining WIPO in 1996, he headed a division of the Compensation Commission of the United Nations Security Council dealing with claims arising from the Gulf War, was on the legal staff of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague and practiced with the largest law firm in the world, Clifford Chance. His experience made him an expert on the administration of mass claims and on the use of information technology in arbitration. Erik Wilbers studied law in the United States and the Netherlands, and was a Research Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for intellectual property law in Munich.

1. The UDRP: Design Elements of an Effective ADR Mechanism, with Nicholas Smith, in 15 American Review of International Arbitration 215 (2004).
2. On-Line Arbitration of Electronic Commerce Disputes, in 27 International Business Lawyer 273 (1999).
3. Fees and Costs: Articles 67 to 72, in 9 American Review of International Arbitration 205 (1998).