The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) represents the first comprehensive uniform computer information licensing law. This act uses the accepted and familiar principles of contract law, setting the rules for creating electronic contracts and the use of electronic signatures for contract adoption-thereby making computer information transactions as well-grounded in the law as traditional transactions. Part 4 of UCITA adjusts commonly recognized warranties as appropriate for computer information transactions; for example, to recognize the international context in connection with protection against infringement and misappropriation, and Published information content is an important feature of the "information age". Digital systems and changes in our economy have made this information a focus of significant commercial activity. Courts have recognized that digital information deserves protection just like traditional newspapers and magazines. UCITA ensures that First Amendment concepts protecting distribution of such information are recognized in contract law. UCITA provides the following basic warranties which will be familiar to practitioners not found in common law but provided statutorily by UCITA : quiet enjoyment and non-infringement (§ 401), merchantability of a computer program (§ 403), information content (§ 404) and fitness for licensee's purpose and system integration (§ 405). It also clarifies what is an express warranty (§ 402). It sets forth the manner in which implied warranties may be disclaimed (§ 406). Implied warranties are not generally recognized and/or clear under common law. UCITA thus significantly extends warranties over those imposed under current law.

The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) represents the first comprehensive uniform computer information licensing law. This act uses the accepted and familiar principles of contract law, setting the rules for creating electronic contracts and the use of electronic signatures for contract adoption-thereby making computer information transactions as well-grounded in the law as traditional transactions. Part 4 of UCITA adjusts commonly recognized warranties as appropriate for computer information transactions; for example, to recognize the international context in connection with protection against infringement and misappropriation, and Published information content is an important feature of the "information age". Digital systems and changes in our economy have made this information a focus of significant commercial activity. Courts have recognized that digital information deserves protection just like traditional newspapers and magazines. UCITA ensures that First Amendment concepts protecting distribution of such information are recognized in contract law. UCITA provides the following basic warranties which will be familiar to practitioners not found in common law but provided statutorily by UCITA : quiet enjoyment and non-infringement (§ 401), merchantability of a computer program (§ 403), information content (§ 404) and fitness for licensee's purpose and system integration (§ 405). It also clarifies what is an express warranty (§ 402). It sets forth the manner in which implied warranties may be disclaimed (§ 406). Implied warranties are not generally recognized and/or clear under common law. UCITA thus significantly extends warranties over those imposed under current law.

Computer Information Transactions, Warranty, UCITA