At 12:13 AM 8/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
>CORE (ICANN) dispute resolution policy, to be signed by domain name
>registrants:
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>DISPUTES BETWEEN APPLICANT AND A THIRD PARTY THAT ARE BROUGHT BY THE
>THIRD PARTY TO MEDIATION/ARBITRATION:
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>The language to be used in the mediation or arbitration shall be
>English, unless the parties agree otherwise.
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>Where the third party chooses arbitration, the place of arbitration
>shall, unless the parties agree otherwise, be either the location of
>the applicant as indicated in the Registration Agreement or the
>location of the Registrar, at the option of the third party.
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>JURISDICTION:
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>Applicant submits to the personal and subject matter jurisdiction
>and venue of a competent tribunal in the country where the Registrar
>resides for purposes of any action brought under trademark law,
>unfair competition laws, or similar/related laws arising out of
>actual or intended use of the domain name applied for; and Applicant
>waives all rights to challenge such personal jurisdiction, subject
>matter jurisdiction and/or venue.
Under U. S. law, parties cannot stipulate to subject matter jurisdiction
Either the court has it or it does not, and I don't know who else would
be competent to deal with "any action brought under trademark law,
unfair competition laws, . . . ."
Bill Lovell
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