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The Mediators' Green Pledge outlines measures for mediators to reduce their climate impact. View it here.The Croatian Government nominated Mladen to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Panel of Conciliators at its sessions in 2017 and 2024. The ICSID designated Mladen Vukmir as an ICSID Consilliator on August 2, 2017, for a six-year term until August 2, 2023, and again upon the expiration of this term.
On January 1, 2026, Mladen was appointed to the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Unified Patent Court (PMAC UPC) in the first batch of appointed panelists.
Mladen served as Chair of the International Trademark Association (INTA) ADR Committee from 2010 to 2011. He served as Vice Chair during the 2008-2009 term and as Chair of the External Partnering Subcommittee during the 2006-2007 term and of the Law Firm Outreach Subcommittee during the 2004-2005 term. Mladen served as a member of the INTA Board of Directors from 2012 to 2015. He served as Vice Chair of the Brands and Innovations Committee during the 2016-2017 term and as its Chair during the 2018-2019 term. He is the recipient of the 2020 INTA President's Award.
Mladen Vukmir has been appointed by the Government of the Republic of Croatia to serve as a member of the Board of Appeals for Patents and Topographies. The Board of Appeals of the Croatian State Intellectual Property Office (CSIPO) was an internal appeals body that heard appeals of CSIPO first-instance decisions until its jurisdiction was transferred to the Administrative Courts. He served as a Member of the Appeals Board from 2008 to 2011.
Mladen is empaneled as a Distinguished Neutral (Mediator) with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), 2006 – Present. He serves as a Distinguished Neutral at CPR's trademark, domain names, IP, and IT lists. He is an Arbitrator and Mediator at the Permanent Arbitration Court and the Mediation Center of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (SIS HGK). He is a Mediator at the Croatian Mediation Association (HUM) and the Croatian Bar Association's Mediation Center, and is a certified mediator registered with the Croatian Ministry of Justice (2011).
As a member of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, Mladen conducted numerous training sessions, both online and in person, in Budapest, Hungary, Belgrade, Serbia, and Prishtina, Kosovo, and participated in WIPO mediation-related missions in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Mladen introduced mediation activities to ECTA and was instrumental in founding the ECTA Mediation Committee, where he currently serves as a member. He served as the ECTA's appointed representative on Working Group 1 of the EUIPO MCSN (European Intellectual Property Office Mediation Center Stakeholder Network) and is the Mediation Committee appointed Member of the EUIPO Link Committee.
Mladen is a UDRP Panelist and mediator at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, a Panelist at the Czech Arbitration Court, a Panelist at the .eu domain name arbitration, and an arbitrator of the Croatian DNS CarNET domain name panel.
Mladen is the founding partner of VUKMIR + ASSOCIATES LLC, a law firm based in Zagreb, Croatia. He holds various teaching assignments, including the LIPIT postgraduate program at Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany; the University of Zagreb; and the American College of Management and Technology (a Rochester Institute of Technology institution in Dubrovnik, Croatia). He is also a lecturer at other international teaching institutions. Mladen is a frequent public speaker.
I mediated over 50 commercial disputes through court-annexed mediation programs at the Commercial Court in Zagreb, the High Commercial Court of the Republic of Croatia, and various mediation institutions. Mediation at the High Commercial Court was specific in the sense that it was conducted once a first-instance decision was rendered and appealed by one of the parties.
I also mediated disputes at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Court's Mediation Center and at the Croatian Bar Association's Mediation Center, and conducted several ad hoc mediations between domestic and international parties.
I am a frequent trainer in the Croatian Mediation Association (HUM) basic and advanced training and a frequent mediation advocacy evangelist.
Empowering the parties to resolve their disputes responsibly is the underlying approach in most mediation situations and needs. Techniques and styles (facilitative or evaluative) are viewed as tools to achieve a desired outcome. Courtesy and politeness help bridge cultural differences and create spaces that can serve as platforms for discovering common interests. Emphasizing the available space around the disputed areas helps disputants alleviate their perceptions and lead to creative solutions. Outside of the mediation room, the general approach is to prevent conflicts from arising by empowering parties to listen and accommodate the other party's interests.
Advertising, Arts/Entertainment/Media, Environmental, Franchising, General Commercial, Intellectual Property (including copyrights, trademarks, patents, designs, unfair competition, and geographical indications), technology (start-ups, software, and pharmaceuticals), telecommunications, wine, and geographical indications.
Hourly fee EUR 450. Daily fee EUR 3000. Multiple-day mediations are further discounted. Flexible, task-conditioned fees negotiable.
Croatian Bar Association (HOK), Mediator and Trainer at the Croatian Bar Association Mediation Center;
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI) (past National President of the Croatian Group);
International Trademark Association (INTA) (ADR Committee past Chairperson, Brands and Innovations Committee Chairperson);
International Bar Association (IBA) (Committees L, R, S, X);
ITechLaw (formerly CLA) (Local Representative-past);
Global Advertising Law Alliance (GALA);
Union Internationalle des Avocats (UIA);
American Bar Association (ABA) - past
Licensing Executives Society International - past
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Mediation and Arbitration Center (UDRP Panelist and Mediator);
International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) (Distinguished Neutral);
International Chamber of Commerce Croatia (ICC);
ICC IP Commission member in Croatia;
Past Member of the ICC Standing Committee for Expertise;
American Chamber of Commerce Croatia (ADR Committee member, IPR Committee member);
Nordic Chamber of Commerce Croatia;
Slow Food;
Rotary International Club Zagreb-Medvedgrad;
VUKMIR & ASSOCIATES is a member of additional international organizations:
Pharmaceutical Trademarks Group (PTMG);
Deutsche AnwaltsCooperation (DAC) - past
Former member of Licensing Executives Society Italy and Croatia (LES); and
Geneva Group International (GGI).
Mladen Vukmir is the Danish Royal Honorary Consul General in Zagreb, decorated twice by Her Majesty, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (Knight of Dannebrog, 1st Class).
Mr. Srđan Šimac, judge, past Presiding Justice, High Commercial Court of the Republic of Croatia, President, Croatian Mediators' Association (HUM, Hrvatska Udruga za Medijaciju);
Mr. Peter Mueller, Partner, Mueller Schupfner, Munich, Germany, past Chair, ADR Committee, International Trademark Association (INTA), past President ECTA (European Community Trademark Association.
Ms. Alicia Lloreda, Partner, Lloreda Camacho, Bogotá, Colombia, past Chair, ADR Committee, International Trademark Association (INTA)
1999 WIPO Workshop for Commercial Mediators in Intellectual Property Disputes, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland, held in San Francisco, CA, US; Mediation, non-caucusing mediation (Mnookin, Friedman),
2001 ABA/CEELI Introduction to Mediation, Zagreb, HR,
2002 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center), Geneva, CH Various Arbitration Issues 2 Days Arbitration Training,
2003 USAID / Booz, Allen, Hamilton / Carr, Falkner, Swanson, Mediation Training and Advanced Training For Commercial Mediation, Zagreb and Trakoscan, HR, (3 weeks),
2003 INTA International Trademark Association Training in trademark mediation, Complete training in trademark mediation, 2 Days, Amsterdam, NL (MATA and various assorted trainers, Bill Marsh, Carlo Mosca),
2005 WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Geneva, CH - WIPO Advanced Workshop for Mediators in Intellectual Property Disputes, Mediation, non-caucusing mediation, 2 Days,
2006 INTA International Trademark Association INTA Training in intercultural mediation - 2 Days, Toronto, CN,
2007 Croatian Commercial Courts Mediation Pilot Program training, Zagreb, HR, Short-term mediation, CEDR London, 2 days
2008 Croatian High Commercial Court Mediation Program training, Zagreb, Croatia, Advanced commercial mediation and multiparty mediation training, Hon. Lynn Cole, US, 2 days,
2008 Telephone mediation, High Commercial Court, and CEDR training,
2009 Risolvi Online, Milan Chamber of Commerce, Online mediation training, IT
2010 IMI and ICC pilot Intercultural capabilities certification program, Paris, FR,
2011 CEDR Master Trainer program, Zagreb, HR
2011-2020 various short mediation programs,
2025 AAA Training, Advanced Mediation and Dispute Resolution Process Management, San Diego, CA, US
Each December, from 1993 to the present, I have attended the Croatian Chamber of Commerce Permanent Arbitration Court in Zagreb, HR, for the 2-day Annual Arbitration and Mediation Conference.
Attending on average every other year since 2000, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center), Geneva, CH, WIPO Domain Panelist Meeting.
Frequent Basic, Advocacy, and Advanced Mediation Training Programs Trainer
Teaching Introduction to mediation, Roles of mediation participants, and Mediation advocacy at the Government Certified training team of the Croatian Conciliator's Association (HUM).
Teaching negotiations at the Advanced Croatian Ministry of Justice certification programs.
Participated as a panelist or a speaker in numerous informative sessions on ADR by the HUM.
Frequent international speaker on mediation and ADR topics (INTA, AIPPI, PTMG, UIA).
Teaching Negotiations and Dispute Management at the American College of Management and Technology in Dubrovnik, Croatia (A Rochester Institute of Technology, RIT Institution) as an adjunct professor.
Video @YouTube from the HUM-AmCham Mediation Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSpCwOFUbhU
IMI Code of Professional Conduct
Code of Conduct for Mediators of the UIA Forum of Mediation Centres
Code of Conduct of Croatian Association for Mediation (HUM)
Code of Conduct of the Center for Mediation of the Croatian Bar Association
IMI Professional Conduct Assessment Process
Croatian Bar Association (Mandatory)
The mandatory per claim coverage limit is HRK 800.000,00 (approximately EUR 105.000,00). For cases of multiple claims during one year of insurance, the mandatory coverage limit is HRK 1.600.000,00 (approximately EUR 210.000,00) per year, per policy.
Allianz (Additional Professional Indemnity)
The additional per claim coverage limit with Allianz is EUR 500.000,00 (EUR 1.000.000,00 for cases of multiple claims during one year of insurance).