TLD Registry Operator Mediation Process Clause Samples

TLD Registry Operator Mediation Process. If a Complainant is a TLD registry operator and after completing the escalation process provided for in Section 7.2(a), the TLD registry operator may initiate mediation by delivering a written notice to the President of Contractor and the Secretary of ICANN. There shall be a single mediator who shall be selected by the agreement of the TLD registry operator and ICANN. ICANN shall propose a slate of at least five potential mediators, and the TLD registry operator shall select a mediator from the slate or request a new slate until a mutually agreed mediator is selected. The TLD registry operator may recommend potential mediators for inclusion on the slates selected by ICANN. ICANN shall not unreasonably decline to include mediators recommended by the TLD registry operator on proposed slates and the TLD registry operator shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the selection of a mediator on slates proposed by ICANN. The mediator shall be a licensed attorney with general knowledge of contract law and general knowledge of the DNS and ICANN. The mediator may not have any ongoing business relationship with ICANN, Contractor or the TLD registry operator. The mediator must confirm in writing that he or she is not, directly or indirectly, and will not become during the term of the mediation, an employee, partner, executive officer, director, consultant or advisor of ICANN, Contractor or the TLD registry operator. The mediator shall conduct the mediation in accordance with this Section 7.1(c), the laws of California and the rules and procedures of a well-respected international dispute resolution provider. The arbitration will be conducted in the English language and will occur in Los Angeles County, California, unless another location is mutually agreed between ICANN, Contractor and the TLD registry operator.