Corporate Code,Inc

question 54

Essay

Corporate Code,Inc.,sells business software-accounting and book-keeping programs,blank business forms,inventory control functions,and the like-in different combinations,in different packages,at different prices. Each package includes a shrink-wrap agreement that limits warranties and remedies. Developmental Research Corporation (DRC)buys a Corporate Code package and uses the product. Later,DRC files a suit against the software seller,claiming that the product was flawed and that the flaws caused DRC to suffer business losses. DRC asks for relief that exceeds the limits in the shrink-wrap agreement. What is a shrink-wrap agreement? Are such agreements al-ways enforced? Under what circumstances is a court likely to enforce this agree-ment?