Quarrels and tempers! In GNLU vs. NLU Delhi, there has been a light tiff , but very well handled by the mediator from NLU Jodhpur. Jamia is now accusing the mediators of bias in their caucus. They are being very agressive and the mediators are somehow triyng to explain themselves. Guilty would you say?. More, they've gone on to accuse Jindal of buying out the mediators. It just got serious.

Round III has begun.The Problem is based on a famous star football player and his contract with an old and famous football club. The player wants to renew the contract on the condition that he is offered much more money. They are mediating to negotiate the terms of the contract.

In Drake Law School vs. Raffles, things seemed to be getting slightly argumentey. Mediators from NLU Orissa and NLS Bangalore are trying to settle the situation. Raffles after some misunderstanding on the Tenure clause in the contract called for a side bar. Drake is accusing Raffles of not yielding at all. While the client from Raffles is quite rude, his counsel seems to be smiling enough for both the teams ,even the judges. So thats balanced.

In BVP vs. Nirma University, the mediator from Jindal is speaking well.

19:35

And SOEL Chennai vs RMLNLU has also ended after much frustration vented by RMLNLU. The mediators from Pravin Gandhi and ULC Bangalore seem to be happy after the solution or that they get to leave the room.

Raffles has declined to give the NLS Mediator any confidential information and refused her polite offer for a caucus. Drake saves the moment by cracking a joke. There is joy. The bubble is taken advantage of by Raffles by putting a new proposal on table. Drake retorts by threatening to cancel the contract. Joy no more.

Judge Albin Thomas congratulates the mediators from Amity,Lucknow and Jindal on their performance so far in BVP vs. Nirma.

The Client from GLC is suave. Amity Delhi is a stingy party and are not agreeing to Jodhpur's demands of increase in salary.

19:52

The Judges were happy with Nirma's performance till Nirma put on the table that they were willing to sell 6% of their shares. The change in expressions went from Scotch to cough syrup.

20:00

BVP vs. Nirma has ended. NLU Delhi is a bit overwhelmed, but hanging in there.

NLU Delhi and GLC have concluded their match. GLC seems to have taken the larger bite of the apple here.

Money and more money. Jodhpur wants money, Amity doesn't have any. Stale Bread.

20:18

Drake and Ruffles seemed to have finally solved it here with an agreement on renewal of the contract. The solution seems quite comprehensive keeping in mind the fact that the road travelled was quite bumpy.

20:31

Round III has come to end with most of the matches being concluded. We shall bring you the results soon.

 

21:23

We Bring Results!!

Teams that Move on to the Advanced Rounds- Client & Counsel

Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa

NUJS, Kolkata

Jindal Global Law School

SVKM Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai

GNLU, Gandhinagar

Amity Law School, Noida

Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT KGP

RMLNLU, Lucknow

Teams that Move on to the Advanced Rounds- Mediators

Amity Law School , Noida

Jindal Global Law School

NLU , Delhi

ILS Pune

NLU, Orissa

NUJS , Kolkata

School of Excellence in Law, Chennai

HNLU

NLIU, Bhopal Qualified to both rounds but shall not be proceeding.

Cheers to the home team!! Avani, Aditeeh and Surabhi, we are proud of you.

Watch us for Finals tomorrow!!  Good Night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

14th October, 2012.

11:10

Good Morning ! We've arrived at the final day of the NLIU International Mediation Competition. The Problem is based on a company willing to sell off its stake in a Joint Venture. The other company in the venture is opposed to the idea. Further the Government of the country is also trying to intervent citing national interests. The companies are hence mediating.

Find the problem here at Page no. 9

http://nliu.ac.in/html/Mediation%20Problems.pdf

The Matchups for the Advanced Rounds are

Drake Law School vs. RMLNLU  Mediators  - Jindal & NUJS

Rajiv Gandhi School of IP vs. NUJS  Mediators - NLU, Delhi & School of Excellence

Amity, Noida vs. Jindal  Mediators - ILS & NLU Orissa

Pravin Gandhi School vs. GNLU Mediators - Amity Noida & HNLU

11:25

And so it begins. In Amity vs. Jindal, the mediators seem to have different styles of handling the process. While ILS is sophisticated (uptight), NLU Orissa is casual (lazy).

While that's that, RGIP is busy trying to make coherent sentences as NUJS looks on quietly. The Mediator from SOEL is soft spoken and quite polite.

Drake vs. RMLNLU, Mediator from NUJS is in firm control and Drake has already called for a caucus. Avani of GNLU is quite active and has good communication skills.

NUJS has finally started speaking, and made a small mistake already. Apologies making their rounds. Jindal is playing it agressive here as Amity has to take a backfoot.

11:37

As NUJS starts to get their act together after the minor slip, a judge is reading water bottle labels. Not much difference you'd say. Mediators from NLU D and SOEL are sitting quietly. But the mediators in Pravin Gandhi vs. GNLU, HNLU and Amity, Noida are very active.

Mediator from NLU Delhi decides to talk, takes a caucus and sends NUJS out of the room. RGIP however doesn't let NLU Delhi speak much.

Mediators Jindal and NUJS are cooperating, while RMLNLU is overriding Drake. ILS & NLU Orissa have called for a private session. Amity, Noida is doing well on the expressions front while Jindal disagrees on clauses of drilling for petroleum in agreement between parties.

RGIP has brought notes to dictate from.To a mediation session. Old habits die...  NUJS hasn't talked much after the caucus.

11:56

RMLNLU is accusing Drake of backstabbing by going to the Government before consulting the other party. Do we have another Patiala House on the way? One silent Lamb from RGIP has finally spoken and NUJS has dropped the word 'Bombshell' in their arguments. No he didn't speak in response to that.

Mediator from Jindal in Drake vs RMLNLU is quite organized. In Amity Noida vs Jindal , Amity is making generous offers in Millions. Good times for Jindal!

Mediators ILS and NLU Orissa have messed up their facts slightly and have called for a private session in which they are favouring Amity Noida against Jindal. RGIP has told NUJS they are fed up. RMNLU continues with its good work against Drake who is slightly sulking right now.

12:19

Pravin Gandhi called for a caucus and sent GNLU out. Client from RMLNLU is being critical as Drake softens and accepts some of their arguments. RGIP vs. NUJS has become more interesting as judges are constantly noting their discussion. In Pravin Gandhi vs. GNLU things are seriously heating up.

Mediators NLU Delhi and SOEL won't let the other speak while RGIP enters after a caucus.

RGIP also like their pictures being taken, apparently. After pictures, the discussion is making headway with NUJS. SOEL & NLU Delhi have nothing to offer as they sit silently. Things are scattered all around in Pravin gandhi vs. GNLU with no solution appearing.

Amity agrees to a 49% stake and retaining HR and Technology if Jindal pays them for litigation costs in other countries.

12:41

RMLNLU has given a unique solution and Drake is pondering over it. Amity offers 2 billion to Jindal. Jindal says it would discuss with their Board of Directors. RGIP is giving too many solutions and jumbling their own stand forcing NUJS to ask for clarifications again and again.

NUJS is being slightly rude to the mediator from SOEL. Probably the scatterbrain solutions of RGIP are causing everyone to lose it.

12:55

Drake vs. RMLNLU is over without any solution. In RGIP vs NUJS the mediators SOEL and NLU D  are not allowed to talk at all and the session is over with arguments being thrown around by the teams. Judges seem fed up.

Amity vs. Jindal is over with the teams asking the mediators ILS & NLU O, outside the room , to not force settlements on the teams. Ahem.

Pravin Gandhi vs. GNLU is also over with no solution reached.

Almost all rounds have come to an end. We shall be back with results soon!

 

 

14:32

Results!!!

NUJS Kolkata vs. Amity Law School, Noida   Mediators - ILS Pune & HNLU

GNLU vs. Drake University Law School  Mediators - NLU Delhi & NUJS

The problem for the Final Round is between HOMESOLAR SYSTEMS, LLC. (Requesting Party) and DR. SHUKLA, DEAN OF IID (Responding Party). HomeDolar is an entrepreneurial venture started by a Mr. Verghese. The company fits consumer households with solar panels for domestic use. Mr Aberdeen a professor with IID , a university , invented a novel technology in alternate energy. He entered into an agreement with Mr. Verghese to give Homesolar an exclusive license to use this technology.  The University has strong objections to the use of University research in such a  and it has warned Mr Verghese about the same. Mr. Shukla, Dean of IID wishes to mediate as he believes IID has a strong case against the license agreement. Mr Verghese believes Mr Aberdeen can in his capacity license the technology. The situation is a stale mate as of now.

14:45

The Big one is here.

In NUJS vs. Amity Noida , Mediators ILS and HNLU have assured the teams of confidentiality and are asking them to remain calm and composed. They are quite comprehensive and expressive. Client for NUJS says she sees Future prospectives in the technology and hence she has approached the other for mediation. Judges are constantly paying attention. The mediators are now quiet.

Anirudh and Tanima from NUJS and NLU Delhi, repsectively make great opening statements in GNLU vs. Drake. Anirudh is very active and has caught GNLU on a small slip of tongue. Avani and Urvashi from GNLU are putting froward their intial positions, as mediators seek regular clarifications.

14:57

Anirudh and Tanima are speaking to one team at a time. Avani and Urvashi from GNLU cut into Drake 's facts about position of the Professor in the situation.

Client for NUJS is explaining the facts and Counsel then explains rules made to bind the other party. Amity Noida recognises facts by the other party and they realize they've similar reservations. Mediator from HNLU beleives they've had a decent start. NUjS now asks Amity Noida of the professor's authority to enter into a contract on a research that was done in the University.

15:02

Tanima asked for a private session and Urvashi from GNLU discloses Confidential information.

NUJS has called for an early caucus. Judge Thomas is noting things and Judge Surya Prakash is intently listening. Mediator from HNLU wants teams to summarize what they want. NUJS smiles after watching a camera enter the room. Amity, Noida mentions they have no authority to enter the contract. HNLU asked if they have legal issues and a caucus has been called and Amity is outside. HNLU is taking too much time inside explaing the uses of Caucuses. NUJS said they'd use promisory estoppel if need be.

15:06

Mediators ask NUJS what they want. Client from NUJS says he has been promoting the techonolgy and that Homesolar has customized it as suits their own needs. Counsel from NUJS tells of the benefits they are getting and they want a way in which the technology can be integrated in other products of Home Solar. At present they are local company and would want to go National. NUJS willing to give higher rates for the technology.

GNLU in caucus reveals confidential information that this technology gives them a competitive edge in the market. If they could acquire IPR rights, it would save them from paying monthly rents. They also say they can patent it after their contract ends with the third party, XYZ.

15:11

Drake is arguing on the basis of the investment the University made in the technology which is more than what GNLU ,the company, could ever make. After caucus, GNLU ,the company, says they are open for collaboration with respect to technology but the catch is that the University is a public university and can't enter into an agreement with the company so the Professor only can be contracted with.

15:14

NUJS, the company, is giving novel solutions such as an Internship agreement with the University, Solar Power infrastructure to the University, offering them minimal stock of shares etc. NUJS's efforts are acknowledged by the mediators. However the legal basis for contracting with a professor directly is called to question. HNLU's Mediator looks active and is giving hypothetical situations.

Drake is playing well ,with good coordination. NLU D and NUJS as mediators have good balance between them . Anirudh from NUJS asked Drake why is IPR Important for them as a University. Drake said it wants control and an agreement with the company over the technology but they do not want IPR rights asn the Royalty in most cases would be too low. Drake as University wants profits.

15:20

Drake's caucus gets over and GNLU is called in.

NUJS had a minor slip about the law and the fact and there is a slight contradiction within the team. Looks like the Client made a mistake about the law. Don't blame clients do we?

Who gets patent? Use of technology, legality, novelty of the technolgy are being discussed by NUJS and Amity. Solar infrastruture is their last resort even as the client from Drake wants to give it back to the UNivesity as she is an alumnus. Mediators ILS and HNLU have started discussing these.

Amity calls for a caucus.

15:25

GNLU tries to make the mood lighter with a couple of jokes as NUJS tries to explain Drake's position to them. Tanima from NLU D Interrupts and says Drake must explain their own position. Tanima has a fan following, confidential information from our side, and of course on a lighter note.

Drake, University Dean, says whatever revenue it'll get from IPR rights it will use it only for the University's purpose and not as profits, ever.

Counsel for Amity ,University, says NUJS's initial contract with Aberdeen is void. Amity is a balanced team and both speak on turns. ILS Mediator asks Amity to discuss within the team. Mediators clarify that NUJS has put on table an offer of 9% stake in Homesolar instead of their demand of 20%.

15:32

After quite a long conversation between parties Mediators interrupt in GNLU vs. Drake. GNLU doubts Drake ,university, spent 20 lakhs over development of technology and they ask for bills. Judge Case Ellis shows an interesting expression on GNLU's doubt. The GNLU Counsel is being slightly agressive.

Amity says they agree with NUJS's proposal of giving internship to students of the University. HNLU is being more active as compared to ILS.

15:37

Client from Amity wants legal clarifications from the company NUJS. HNLU's mediator stressed on important of commercialization and wants parties to keep this in mind. Amity, University, is adamant on the fact that they have patent rights and will not concede on this point.

Anirudh, Mediator from NUJS ,is confused about GNLU's royalty rate proposals. Urvashi, GNLU, is putting forward royalty demands cautiously.

NUJS goes radical against Amity  and wants to negotiate on stake holdings even more.

15:42

Anirudh is trying to bring parties back on track as it goes slightly array. Caucus with GNLU follows.

NUJS and Amity are discussing if they can both narrow down their demands. NUJS is now giving a 15% stake and said it could offer university Internships. Its revealed NUJS's client is an alumnus of the University.

15:48

Mediator from HNLU is verbose while ILS is quiet. HNLU is asking NUJS and Amity to consider their clauses on royalty. Amity wants royalty between 20 and 25% and are ready to make an exclusive agreement. NUJS gave option to increase the stake from 15% by two percent and decrease royalty to 17 %. Amity is stubborn. It is again arguing on the legality of the contract between Aberdeen and NUJS Company.

Anirudh suggests GNLU to involve Drake , University, as a part of their company's R&D department and pay for their research. Anirudh is a smart boy. Except he took off his coat and stretched. Not manners wise, maybe.

GNLU are disgreeing with Mediators with the counsel being agressive.

15:55

NUJS, company, gives 19.5% royalty for a period of 5 years , 7% stake, an internship programme and Amity accepts. There is a solution!!! The session hence ends.

15:58

In GNLU and Drake there is no solution in sight and the mediation seems confusing.

16:05

GNLU counsel Urvashi is taking the lead and being assertive. She says all profits earned out of Rs twenty lakhs that Drake invested in the technology and Drake says is would want funding for future research as Royalty rates are not so feasible as it would imply earning profits. Drake is being calm and discussing things.

GNLU proposes 8% Royalty for five years as compared to the 20% that Drake is demanding. Avani from GNLU seems flexible in this regard.

16:13

Agreement in sight! GNLU offers 12% royalty rate, for five years on the capital of Rs. 20 lakhs, which was the amount invested by Drake on the development of technology. This would be called a research fund donation given by GNLU to Drake, and the maximum this amount could go up to in the next five years,is Rs. 20 lakhs. But if the royalty rates amount to less than Rs 20 lakhs in the next 5 years GNLU is not liable to pay the remaining sum. Drake wants payment on 1st of January for the next 5 years. GNLU would like to pay it on a quarterly basis and Drake agrees to it.

Signing of the Agreement takes place.

Happy Ending. Final Rounds over.

We'll be back with the Grand Result. See y'all.

 

 

18:06

For the last time.

Results!!

Best Mediator

Ritika Banerjee - HNLU, Raipur

Top Eight Client Counsel Teams for the Competition

1.NUJS, Kolkata
2.Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
3.Gujarat National Law University
4.Amity Law School ,Noida
5.Jindal Global Law School
6.RMNLU, Lucknow
7.SVKM Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai
8.Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT KGP

Top Eight Mediator Teams for the Competition

1. NLU Delhi
2. ILS, Pune
3. HNLU, Raipur
4.NUJS, Kolkata
5. Jindal Global Law School
6. Amity Law School, Noida
7. School of Excellence in Law, Chennai
8. NLU ,Orissa

With this we have come to an end of the competition. Its been 2 days full of a lot of frantic writing and a lot of work for the Media Team for the competition. We hope you've enjoyed it.

Also Prateek Mishra asked us to tell everyone that a book co-edited by him was launched at the Valedictory session and it contains essays on Mediation and Negotiation. You're welcome Prateek.

Good Night.

Exeunt.