Download Evaluation of Lanham Act Mediation Program

This report describes the results of a study of the first three years of the Lanham Act Mediation Program in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The study explored how many Lanham Act mediation cases were being conducted in the program, how the program was working and how it might be improved. The study examined court records for 679 Lanham Act cases filed from the beginning of the Court's program on January 1, 1997, to December 31, 1999. It surveyed 1,102 lawyers who had filed appearances in the 359 Lanham Act cases that had been filed during the study period and had not been archived. It also surveyed the 56 neutrals on the Court's roster and collected other anecdotal information.

The authors of this report are RSI staff members.