Uniform Law for Computer IP

Running head : FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS

Fundamentals of Business : Uniform Law for Computer Info Transactions

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Fundamentals of Business : Uniform Law for Computer Info Transactions

There has been a lot of difference in state laws making it hard to regulate the conduct of sellers and buyers across states . In this regard , the NCCUSL has tried diligently to institute commercial laws that apply evenly across all states in a bid to protect consumers and offer guidelines for redress where a breach has occurred . Before the formation of the UCC

the only attempt to regulate business transactions across the states was the commerce clause contained in article one of the US constitution . However the clause failed on several fundamental issues and with the formation of the NCCUSL it became important to draft a set of laws that exhaustively tackled the thorny issue of uniformity The UCC act did indeed try to make business operations across the nations easier but it also had several fundamental flaws that saw it receive some oppositions . However with an increase in use of computer to transact it became necessary to amend the law to offer clear guidelines regarding the use of computer information in sale of goods (Cheeseman 2007

Section two of the UCC says that firm offers are actually valid even without consideration and basically irrevocable since they are signed On the other hand UCITA simply tries to regulate computer transactions hence it 's a bid to give weight to offers that electronic and are...