Anne St. Martin
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, Associate Alexandria, VA, USA

J. Derek Mason
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, Partner Alexandria, VA, USA

Entering into a properly crafted agreement to arbitrate provides the parties to a license agreement or other contractual business relationship the assurance that any dispute arising out of the contract will be decided by a technologically knowledgeable neutral arbitrator (or panel of arbitrators) in a manner that will be relatively inexpensive, confidential, and final.