ASPECTE PRIVIND ARBITRABILITATEA LITIGIILOR ÎN DOMENIUL DREPTURILOR DE PROPRIETATE INTELECTUALĂ

The article deals with the arbitrability of disputes arising in connection with intellectual property rights. The author analyzes and proposes possible solutions, given the arguments in favour and against the arbitrability of such disputes, based on the interpretation of the relevant provisions contained in the new Civil Procedure Code and in the special legislation edicted in matters of intellectual property rights. The last part of the study comprises a comparative analysis of the possible solutions adopted in the matter of arbitrability of these disputes in some European countries, in the United States of America and in Canada.