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Consultation
Confidential preliminary consultation on the nature of a dispute, available procedures, jurisdictional considerations and an appropriate route towards resolution.
Independent · Specialist · Confidential
Resolving intellectual property, engineering and technology disputes with legal and technical precision.
A specialist forum for mediation, arbitration, neutral evaluation and dispute prevention across intellectual property, engineering, construction, technology, domain names and e-commerce.
Pakistan
Cross-border disputes
IP · Engineering · Technology · E-Commerce
Leadership, panel & safeguards
Judicial experience at the centre of dispute resolution.
The Centre was founded and is headed by Justice (Retd.) Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan, who brings more than forty years of legal experience encompassing disputes, dispute settlement and adjudication.
Founder and HeadJustice (Retd.) Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan provides the Centre’s institutional leadership and oversight.
Superior judiciary panelPanellists are drawn exclusively from retired judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Small-cause mattersFor matters involving small causes, retired judges of the District Courts may also be appointed as arbitrators or mediators.
Conflicts safeguardsDisclosure and challenge mechanisms protecting impartiality.
Services
A complete pathway from prevention to resolution.
Each procedure is selected and shaped around the dispute. Advisory services remain non-binding; determinative procedures depend upon the parties’ agreement and applicable law.
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Mediation
Confidential, expert-assisted negotiations designed to preserve commercial relationships and reach practical settlements.
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Arbitration
Binding determination of intellectual property and technology disputes by tribunals combining legal and technical expertise.
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IP Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Specialist resolution of cybersquatting, bad-faith registration, domain-name misuse and conflicts involving brands, trade names and online identities.
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Centre’s Advisory Opinion
A reasoned, independent and non-binding opinion on infringement, validity, ownership, licensing or other defined intellectual property issues.
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Centre’s Essential Patent Evaluation
Technical and legal evaluation of whether identified patent claims are essential to an applicable standard, protocol or technological specification.
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Advisory Opinion on Operability (AOO)
An independent assessment of whether a proposed product, process or commercial activity may operate without infringing identified third-party patent rights.
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Evaluation of Patent Contribution to Business
Evaluation of a patent’s technical, commercial and strategic contribution to a product, undertaking, transaction or licensing programme.
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E-Commerce Dispute Settlement
Efficient resolution of disputes arising from online sales, digital payments, platforms, marketplaces, subscriptions and technology-enabled services.
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Expert Determination
Focused determination of an agreed technical, valuation, royalty or contractual question by an appropriate specialist.
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IP Valuation & Royalty Review
Neutral evaluation of licensing terms, royalty questions and intellectual property value in business transactions.
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Dispute Prevention
ADR clauses, conflict-management protocols and facilitated negotiations for collaborations, licences and joint ventures.
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Engineering Dispute Resolution
Mediation, arbitration and neutral determination of engineering, construction, infrastructure, design, performance, delay, defect and professional-responsibility disputes.
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Technology Dispute Resolution
Resolution of disputes concerning software, systems integration, telecommunications, data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, outsourcing and technology implementation.
A specialist institution
One dispute. The right combination of law, technology and commercial judgment.
Intellectual property, engineering and technology disputes rarely present legal questions alone. They may require claim construction, design and performance evidence, technical analysis, valuation, licensing experience and an understanding of the parties’ continuing business relationship.
The Centre’s panellists are drawn exclusively from retired judges, bringing judicial independence, adjudicatory experience and disciplined case management to mediation, arbitration and other dispute-settlement procedures.
Judicial leadership
Independent appointments
Cross-border capability
Reasoned outcomes
Choosing a procedure
Three routes, selected by the parties and the needs of the dispute.
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Consensual
Mediation
The parties retain control of the outcome. Any resolution is recorded in a written settlement agreement.
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Evaluative
Neutral evaluation
An independent specialist provides a non-binding assessment to narrow issues and inform negotiation or case strategy.
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Determinative
Arbitration
The parties confer authority by agreement upon an arbitral tribunal to issue a final and binding award.
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Initial request
Nature of dispute and requested procedure
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Constitution
Conflict checks and appointment of neutrals
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Case management
Timetable, submissions and meetings
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Outcome
Settlement, opinion, determination or award
Online forms & flow charts
Prepare a confidential procedural enquiry.
Select a procedure, review its usual pathway and prepare a structured enquiry for the Secretariat. Supporting documents should be supplied only after the Secretariat confirms the appropriate secure method.
Contact the Centre
Begin with a confidential procedural enquiry.
Parties and counsel may contact the Secretariat regarding an existing dispute, an ADR clause or the selection of an appropriate procedure.
disputes@pakistanlaw.com