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It Looks Like A Sale; It Quacks Like A Sale…But It's Not? An Argument For The Application Of The Duck Test In A Digital First Sale Doctrine, Matthew J. Turchyn Sep 2012

It Looks Like A Sale; It Quacks Like A Sale…But It's Not? An Argument For The Application Of The Duck Test In A Digital First Sale Doctrine, Matthew J. Turchyn

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

What are you purchasing when you buy a print of Picasso's Guernica? The piece of paper it is printed on, several courts have replied. In these instances, courts have created a pragmatic legal fiction that allows for the transfer of a copy of a work while the author retains his or her rights and privileges under copyright law. Therefore, the purchaser of the Guernica print could resell his or her legally created print of the painting on the secondary market. This is the essence of the First Sale Doctrine of the U.S. Copyright Act. This practice breaks down, however, when …


Explaining Adversarial Boilerplate Language In The Battle Of The Forms: Are Consequential Damages In The U.C.C. Gap Fillers A Penalty Default Rule?, Ryan Griffee Jan 2012

Explaining Adversarial Boilerplate Language In The Battle Of The Forms: Are Consequential Damages In The U.C.C. Gap Fillers A Penalty Default Rule?, Ryan Griffee

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

In this article, game theory is applied to the battle of the forms and related scenarios to explain Daniel Keating’s observations, reported in the article “Exploring the Battle of the Forms in Action,” 98 MICH. L. REV. 2678 (2000). The first of the two major findings in this article is that there is a game-theoretic reason drafters of boilerplate language should use adversarial, U.C.C. § 2-207(1) proviso-conforming language, namely, to ensure that clients receive terms that are no worse than the default U.C.C. gap fillers. The second major finding is that there is a penalty default rule in contract law. …


The Development Of The Commercial Judicial System In Uganda: A Study Of The Commercial Court Division, High Court Of Uganda, Geoffrey Kiryabwire Jan 2012

The Development Of The Commercial Judicial System In Uganda: A Study Of The Commercial Court Division, High Court Of Uganda, Geoffrey Kiryabwire

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

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Financial Considerations When Owning And Selling A Business, David G. Adishian Jan 2012

Financial Considerations When Owning And Selling A Business, David G. Adishian

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

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Baby Boomers' And The Branding Of Political Speech: An Unintended Consequence Of Bono's Red Campaign, Robert Koulish Jan 2012

Baby Boomers' And The Branding Of Political Speech: An Unintended Consequence Of Bono's Red Campaign, Robert Koulish

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

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