Bribery, Arbitration, and IP Data

So go the topics of posts here that are most accessed through Google searches. I'd like to briefly revisit each of these posts.

Thou Shalt Not Bribe, or You Can At Least Snitch On Solicitors
Search terms leading to this post crack me up. They're usually something a long the line of, "how to bribe in china" or "bribery china methods." There is one specific country that these searches predominantly originate from, and this makes it even funnier. Bribery might work well in the short term, but in the long it is going to come back and bite you. In the USA you can get away with bribery by calling it a campaign contribution. In China they don't have convenient bribery channels because there is single party control and any sort of contribution to political or bureaucratic figures is seen for what it is, a bribe. DON'T BRIBE IN CHINA! And if someone asks for a bribe, go to BRIBEline and report them.

Quick note: I regret the title of this post, I wasn't really thinking at the time that lawyers in Hong Kong and the greater common law world call themselves solicitors.

Evaluating Model Arbitration Clauses
If you're drafting an arbitration clause you should not be at my website. Go to the website of the organization that you want to arbitrate under. Then read this document and fill in the holes in the clause from the organization you just got a clause from. That document also has some good tips on building step clauses. This JAMS ADR site also has a bunch of arbitration clauses that will help you build an airtight arbitration clause with step clauses, and it is good for filling in holes in your clause.

Note: The ICC clause is missing a lot, but that is only because the ICC is going to fill in all of the holes for you, but beware, you might find yourself arbitrating in Paris, France if you don't include a location.

Other note: Our International Commercial Arbitration final is today, and I noticed a lot of hits to this page originating from San Diego over the weekend and Monday. Dudes, there's nothing here that the professor didn't already explain in class.

IP Litigation Data and Interpretation
This is just good stuff. The data is accurate. Use it! But I'm not the source, somebody else is.