Exam 19: E-Contracts and E-Signatures

An online offer should include provisions relating to dispute settlement.

Kia and Lucy enter into a contract that falls within the provisions of the UETA. Under the UETA, "an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record" is

Research Products, Inc., and Scientific Tools Corporation enter into a con?tract online in a state that has enacted a modified version of the UETA in which a procedure for the use of e-signatures is different from that provided in the E-SIGN Act. The alternative procedure is effective if it is

A click-on agreement is normally not enforced.

Office Application Corporation (OAC) sends an e-record to Precision Design, Inc. Under the UETA, the record will be considered received when it

Eagle Products, Inc., transacts business with First Distribution Corporation online. Under the UETA, what determines the effect of the electronic documents evidencing the parties' deal? Is a party's "signature" necessary?

Under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (E-SIGN) Act, a signature may be denied legal effect solely because it is in electronic form.

Overnight Delivery Service delivers a package to Pam. At the request of Overnight's delivery person, to acknowledge receipt Pam signs a digital pad. This signing creates

Calculations, Inc., makes computers, each of which is packaged with a shrink-wrap agreement. The maker sells its products to retailers, including Delite Catalog Company, through which Evon buys a Calculations laptop. The parties to the laptop's shrink-wrap agreement are

Bakery Foods Corporation and Cookin' Good, Inc., transact a deal that the UETA covers. The UETA covers contracts that are also governed by

Lively Toys Store and Movin' Products Company (MPC) enter into an e-contract under which MPC agrees to ship a case of electronic, remote-controlled bugs to Lively Toys, which agrees to pay on delivery. The Uniform Electronics Transactions Act (UETA)

The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) is a federal law.

Deb buys a song through eSongs, an online music vendor. Before completing the purchase and downloading the song, Deb must agree to a provision not to make and sell copies of the song. This provision is

The UETA applies to an e-transaction unless the parties "opt out."

Order Processing Corporation and Pinpoint Data, Inc., enter into a con?tract online in a state that has enacted an unmodified version of the UETA. With regard to the E-SIGN Act

Central Shipping Corporation and Data Software Company (DSC) make a deal for DSCs products, communicating entirely online. Under the UETA, an e-record is considered sent

Most courts have applied traditional contract law principles to con?tracts formed online.

A partnering agreement reduces the likelihood that a dispute will arise under a contract.

The UETA does not apply to a transaction unless the parties "opt in."

The UETA provides that a contract is enforceable only if it is in electronic form.