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'''Facts'''
'''Facts'''

Revision as of 19:27, June 23, 2023

ProCD v. Zeidenberg
Court 7th Circuit
Citation 86 F.3d 1447 (1996)
Date decided June 20, 1996

Resources

Facts

Plaintiff complied from more than 3,000 telephone directories a database that was effectual in returning queries for companies and for individuals in a program called SelectPhone. The plaintiff sold to companies at a price higher than individuals, because of the benefits of price discrimination. Every box containing the consumer product declares that the software comes with restrictions stated in an enclosed license, but the terms themselves do not appear on the outside of the package. Defendant bought a consumer package of SelectPhone, but decided to ignore the license and resold the software for cheaper over the Web.


Procedural History

District court ruled that the licenses were ineffectual because their terms do not appear on the outside of the packages.


Issues

Whether a notice of a license on the outside of a package with the terms of the license printed on the inside of the package constitutes a binding contract.


Holding/Decision

Reversed and remanded.


Reasoning

Plaintiff extended an opportunity to reject if a buyer should find the license terms unsatisfactory; defendant inspected the package, tried out the software, learned of the license, and did not reject the goods.