האם בין הצדדים הסכם בוררות בכתב?
29. אני סבורה כי בין הצדדים בענייננו קיים הסכם בוררות בכתב. סעיף 16 לתנאי ההזמנה הוא בבחינת הסכם בכתב כנדרש לצורך העניין.
30. זוהי לשון תניית השיפוט והבוררות בסעיף 16 לתנאי ההזמנה (יוער כי סעיף 16.2(a) מופיע במקור באותיות גדולות כשיתר הוראות סעיף 16, מופיעות באותיות קטנות. כל ההדגשות בקו בציטוטים המובאים בפסק הדין, הן שלי):
16. GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION
16.1 Governing Law. These Terms and Conditions, and any orders placed or sales or deliveries made hereunder, shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Switzerland, exclusive of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 11 April 1980) and exclusive of the Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (New York, 14 June 1974).
16.2 Arbitration.
(a) ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRESENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL BE FINALLY SETTLED UNDER THE RULES OF ARBITRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BY THREE ARBITRATORS (THE "ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL") APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID RULES. THE THIRD ARBITRATOR, WHO SHALL ACT AS PRESIDENT TO THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL, SHALL BE NOMINATED JOINTLY BY THE CO-ARBITRATORS, SUBSIDIARILY BY THE ICC COURT OF ARBITRATION. THE LANGUAGE OF THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE ENGLISH. THE PLACE OF ARBITRATION SHALL BE IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. THE EXISTENCE AND CONTENT OF ANY ARBITRATION PROCEEDING AND ANY AWARD THEREOF SHALL REMAIN STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
(b) Any award of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding upon the Parties.
(c) Each Party agrees that an arbitral award or any judgment upon an arbitral award rendered against it under or in connection with these Terms and Connection may be executed against its assets in any jurisdiction.
(d) The Parties shall have the right to seek interim injunctive relief from a court of competent jurisdiction, both before and after the Arbitral Tribunal has been appointed."