Any disputes under this Agreement shall be submitted initially by either Party for resolution by the Executive Officers. The Executive Officers shall meet and discuss such matter within 15 days after a Party proposes that such Executive Officers meet to discuss the dispute. In the event the Executive Officers of each Party are unable to resolve the dispute within 30 days after receiving notice of the dispute (or such longer period as the Parties may mutually agree upon), then such dispute shall, after expiration of the 30-day period, be submitted to the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (“ CPR ”) for final and binding arbitration pursuant to the arbitration clause set forth in Exhibit C . Notwithstanding the foregoing, no matters relating to breach or alleged breach of the provisions of Article 6 or the ownership of intellectual property or rights in intellectual property (including Improvement and Inventions) or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be subject to resolution by the CPR, but rather shall be determined by a U.S. federal court of appropriate jurisdiction.