[LINK] Web Dispute Resolution Policy

[Jan Whitaker]

At 07:38 AM 13/10/2009, Tom Worthington wrote:
>1. Purpose. This Web Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy") is
>incorporated by reference into your agreement with us as an organisation
>that provides any web-based facility or application, and sets forth the
>terms and conditions that will apply in connection with any dispute
>between you and a third party involving intellectual property which
>includes copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, designs
>including matters such as the use of an identity, name or avatar used by
>you, or otherwise challenging the legality of your conduct. Proceedings
>under this Policy will be conducted according to the Rules for Web
>Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules of Procedure"), which are
>available at www.wipo.org/wdrp/wdrp-rules-24nov2009.htm , and WIPO's
>supplemental rules available at
>www.wipo.org/wdrp/wdrp-supprules-24nov2009.htm ...

Is this some new sort of court? From where do they receive their 
authority to be so?

All those areas -- copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, designs
including matters such as the use of an identity, name or avatar used by
you, or otherwise challenging the legality of your conduct --

seem to be things that would be governed by actual courts.

Not that I'm big on taking things *to* court, but it seems like we 
are starting to have a proliferation of 'judges' in the world and I'm 
not sure I like that all that much.

Jan



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