{"id":27,"date":"2013-04-12T14:46:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miblaw.com\/lawschool\/?p=27"},"modified":"2020-10-25T20:07:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T00:07:55","slug":"ucc-2-207-flowchart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/ucc-2-207-flowchart\/","title":{"rendered":"UCC 2-207 Flowchart: Battle of the Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Download a .pdf version of the <a title=\"UCC 2-207 Flowchart\" href=\"http:\/\/miblaw.com\/lawschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/UCC-2-207-Chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCC 2-207 flowchart<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When it is not exactly clear what parties agreed upon but it is clear that the parties intended to agree, a court must determine what terms apply. If various forms have been sent back and forth between the parties common law only gives us two options to apply to the forms: Offer and Acceptance or Counteroffer. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) gives us a third option: <strong>acceptance with additional terms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-389\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-389 size-medium\" title=\"UCC 2-207 Flow Chart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/UCC-2-207-Flow-Chart-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"UCC 2-207 Flowchart\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/UCC-2-207-Flow-Chart-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/UCC-2-207-Flow-Chart.jpg 831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCC 2-207 Flowchart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This option can be found in the UCC 2-207. The goal of 2-207 is to determine which terms apply from the contract negotiation; however, the language of the section can be very confusing and hard to follow. This UCC 2-207 flowchart should be helpful in navigating this section of the UCC.<\/p>\n<h3>Download a .pdf version of the <strong><a title=\"UCC 2-207 Flowchart\" href=\"http:\/\/miblaw.com\/lawschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/UCC-2-207-Chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCC 2-207 flowchart<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For an example of the Battle of the Forms in action see <a title=\"Brown Machine, Inc. v. Hercules, Inc. \u2013 770 S.W.2d 416 (1989)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/brown-machine-inc-v-hercules-inc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brown Machine, Inc. v. 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