Technology Arbitration In India

Both technology related and technology assisted arbitrations in India are rare. Cyber arbitration in India and cyber arbitration and mediation centers in India is difficult to find in India. In fact, we have a single techno legal technology arbitration and mediation centre in India.

Recently World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has revealed in a statement that cyber squatting has increased significantly. Now the problem in India is that we have no domain name protection law hence securing domain name protection in India is a very tedious job. Further, there are very few individuals and institutions that provide domain name dispute resolution services in India or technology related dispute resolution services in India.

Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) is the premier techno legal segment of exclusive techno legal ICT law firm of India Perry4Law. It is providing techno legal online dispute resolution services. Further, it is also managing the exclusive e-courts training and consultancy center of India.

We have to invest in adequate skill developments in India regarding ODR and e-courts as most of the technology related disputes would be solved through theses mediums only in the future.

Domain Name Dispute Resolution Institutions In India

Domain name disputes are increasing day by days these days. This is primarily attributable to cyber squatting episodes. The growing cyber squatting incidences require strong domain name protection and effective domain name dispute resolution mechanism.

The present domain names are based upon IPv4 and very soon India would adopt the IPv6 framework. This would also add its own share of domain name dispute that have to be handled effectively.

All over the world individuals, organisations and nations are working in the direction of using online dispute resolution (ODR) mechanism for resolving various disputes, including domain name disputes. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has been using ODR mechanism to resolve disputes for long.

In India, we have selective institutions that are providing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services. Even fewer are institutions providing ODR services and just a single platform providing techno- legal ODR services.

The limited growth of ADR and ODR in India is primarily attributable to lack of awareness among the individuals and companies engaged in disputes. Further, even the laws in this regard are not appropriate.

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is the sole ADR law of India and there is no dedicated law regarding ODR in India. Although arbitration services in India are for long yet they have to match the international standards. This is the reason why Law Minister Veerappa Moily is considering amendments in the ADR law of India.

With the ADR law in the process of amendments and India’s stand to shift to IPv6 the future of Indian domain name dispute resolution institutions seems to be bright.