Exam 19: E-Contracts and E-Signatures

Under the UETA, once an e-record comes under the recipient's control, it is sent.

Standard Purchasing Corporation and Total Sales, Inc., enter into a part?nering agreement. Under a partnering agreement, parties agree

Metal Manufacturing, Inc., orders supplies online from National Parts Supply. To complete the order, Metal is required to click on a button that says, in reference to certain terms, "I agree." This is

Quality Sales Corporation sells its products in contracts entered into online. Quality can protect itself against disputes involving these contracts by making im?portant terms

Parties cannot opt out of the UETA.

Parties cannot waive or vary the provisions of the UETA by contract.

A partnering agreement can indicate the parties' intent with respect to subsequent contracts.

Mary and Nick make a deal that falls under the UETA. Under the UETA, "information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form" is

The UETA does not require that an agreement to conduct a transaction electroni?cally be made electronically.

Lightspeed Corporation makes computers, each of which is packaged with a shrink-wrap agreement. Milo buys a Lightspeed desktop. The shrink-wrap agreement is most likely enforceable if

Final Foto, Inc., makes photo and video editing software, which includes a shrink-wrap agreement. Gert buys a package of the software. With respect to the contract for the software's purchase, the shrink-wrap agreement may not be enforced if

Creative Solutions Corporation (CSC) agrees to sell software to Drew from CSC's Web site. To complete the deal, Drew clicks on a button that, with reference to certain terms, states, "I agree." What is this sort of agreement called? Do the parties have a binding, enforceable contract that includes the terms? Explain.

Under federal law, an electronic signature is as valid as a signature on pa?per, without exceptions.

Financial Services Corporation engages in an e-transaction with Greater Metro Bank over the Internet. The UETA

Bret enters into a contract with Collegiate University over the Internet to take an online course titled "Internet Law." This is an e-contract because

The terms of a contract must have been read to be enforceable.

Jelly Jar Company includes in its online offers a provision that indicates any disputes arising under the contract must be resolved in Kansas. Lena, a resident of Maine, accepts Jelly Jar's offer. If a dispute arises, a court will most likely rule that it must be resolved in

Terms in a shrink-wrap agreement are normally not enforced.

Magic Math Corporation makes business accounting software, which is packaged with a shrink-wrap agreement. National Distribution Company distributes the software to retailers, including an Office Stuff store, where Peg buys a package of it. The parties to the shrink-wrap agreement are

A shrink-wrap agreement may not be enforced if its terms are objec?tionable on grounds that apply to contracts in general.