Re: Copyright and UCC 2B

On 01/31/97, Harold Federow <hfederow[_at_]u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, fantome[_at_]deltanet.com (William M Jacobson) wrote:
> >
> > I am seeking any information I can find on the proposed Article 2B
> > of the Uniform Commercial Code. Any information on how 2B will impact
> > copyright would be most appreciated. Thanks! - Bill
>
> Since the UCC is a state enactment, obviously the copyright act
> preempts. However, an old draft I've seen does specifically consider
> interaction with copyright issues, at least in the comments. I
> haven't looked at recent drafts. It is scheduled for release sometime
> this year.
>
> According to the ABA Journal (Oct. 1996), drafts can be found at:
>
> http://www.law.upenn.edu/library/ulc/ulc.htm
>
> which should get you to a ucc page (apparently U. Penn Law School
> serves as the official repository).

I could be wrong, but as I recall, Art. 2B is directed to the transfer of intellectual property, ie standardizing licensing the like. From that stand point, I don't see any conflict between state law and federal law the would give rise to preemption. Does Art. 2B treat copyrights directly?

Regards
David Crosby
dcrosby[_at_]lappinkusmer.com Received on Mon Feb 03 1997 - 13:58:23 GMT