-1- battle of forms The purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold the seller harmless from all actions, claims or demands arising out of
or in any way connected with the item of sale, its operation, use, or misuse, including all such actions, claims, or demands based in whole or in part on the default or negligence of the seller. indemnity provision or indemnification provision misuse, including or the design, construction or composition of any product made or handled by the item of sale, 10 boilerplate clauses or phrases boilerplate adhesion contract -2-
mirror image rule acceptance offer counter offer common law judge-made law 59 [A]n offeree's reply which purports to accept an offer but makes acceptance conditional on the offeror's assent to terms not contained in the original offer is effective as a counter-offer rather than acceptance. 59 makes conditional on the offeror's assent to terms not contained in the original offer 59-3-
1980 1988 1 19(1) A reply to an offer which purports to be an acceptance but contains additions, limitations or other modification is a rejection of the offer and constitutes a counter-offer. last shot rule matching acceptance rule 2 207-4-
-5-49 2 207 2-207 2-207 440.2207 400.2-207 402.207 55-2-207 Uniform Commercial Code UCC UCC 2-207 UCC 2-207 3 2 a c 3 2-207 1 2-207 2b 2-207 1 2-207
-6- (TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE) UCC 2-207 2-207 1 2-207 1 2-207 1
-7-2-207 1 acceptance expressly made conditional on assent UCC 2-207 1 UCC 2-207 2 2-207 2 (a)
-8- (b) (c) UCC 2-104(1) 2-104(2 UCC 3 2-207 2 UCC 1981 2 24
-9- (price quotation) purchase order order acknowledgement or acknowledgement form invoice UCC 2-207 2 UCC 2-201 12 UCC 2-207 2 arbitration clause disclaimer of warranty limitation of remedies UCC 2-207 2 2-207 3 2-207 3
2-207 3 2-207 1 gap-filler provisions off-the-rack terms 2-313 express warranty 2-314 implied warranty of merchantability 2-315 implied warranty of fitness for particular purpose UCC 2-208 (course of performance) 1-205 course of dealing 1-205 usage of trade 2-207 3 diversity action -10-
-11- UCC 2-207 1 UCC 2-207 2 UCC 2-207 3 UCC 2-207 1 2-207 3
-12- UCC 2-207 1 UCC 2-207 1 2-207 1 2-207 1 UCC UCC UCC 2-207 3
-13-2-207 3 2-207 1 2-207 3 2-207 3 2-207 3 2-207 3 2-207 3 2 2-207 3 2 2-308 a 2-309 1 2-310 a
-14-3 2-207 3 2-207 3 2-207 2 warranty disclaimers acquiescence
-15-2-207 1 2-207 1 2-207 2 UCC 2-313 2-314 2-315
-16- UCC 2-207(1) 2-207(2) 2-207(2) 2-207 2-207(1) 2-207(3) 2-207(2) 3 (2) (2)
-17-2-207(2) UCC 2 6 6 2 2 UCC 6 2-207(2) 6 (cancel each other out) UCC 2-207(1)
-18- knockout rule UCC 2-207(2) remedy UCC consequential damages UCC 2-715(2) UCC 2-715(2) 2-719(3) Hadley v. Baxendale 416
-19-2-207(2) (exclusive and sole remedy) (special, direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages) 2-207 5 4 4
-20- (surprise) (hardship) course of dealing 4 usage of trade 2-207(2)
-21- UCC 2-719 2-207 UCC
-22- (normative account) (positive account) (efficiency) 8
-23- unreasonable surprise UCC 2-207 4
-24- (1) (2) (a) (b) (i) (ii) (Limited Use License Agreement)
UCC 2-207 1 dickered terms 1 Brown Machine v. Hercules, Inc., 770 S.W.2d 416 Mo.App. 1989 2 C. Itoh & Co. America Inc. v. Jordan International Co., 552 F.2d 1228 7th Cir. 1977 3 Gardner Zemke Co. v. Dunham Bush, Inc., 850 P.2d 319 N.M. 1993 4 Dale R. Horning Co., Inc. v. Falconer Glass Industries, Inc., 730 F.Supp. 962 S.D.Ind. 1990 5 Union Carbide Corp. v. Oscar Mayer Foods Corp., 947 F.2d 1333 7th Cir. 1991-25-
6 Step-Saver Data Systems, Inc. v. Wyse Technology, 939 F.2d 91 3rd Cir. 1991 7 Dorton v. Collins & Aikman Corp., 453 F.2d 1161 6th Cir. 1972 8 Daitom, Inc. v. Pennwalt Corp., 741 F.2d 1569 10th Cir. 1984 9 Air Products and Chemicals. Inc. v. Fairbanks Morse, Inc., 206 N.W.2d 414 Wis. 1973 10 TwinDisc,Inc.v.BigBudTractor,772F.2d1329 7th Cir. 1985 11 Kathenes v. Quick Check Food Stores, 596 F.Supp. 713 D.N.J. 1984 12 Trans-Aire International, Inc. v. Northern Adhesive Co., Inc., 882 F.2d 1254 7th Cir. 1989 13 Diamond Fruit Growers, Inc. v. Krack Corp., 794 F.2d 1440 9th Cir. 1986 146 1 1998.10.1 Copyright 2006 SEIJI ANDO All Rights Reserved -26-