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Winning the battle of the forms: many business-to-business contracts are formed by the combination of price quotations, purchase orders, and invoices, each of which can contain terms that conflict with the others. This article reviews typical "battle of the forms" issues under the Illinois UCC and helps parties increase the chance that their terms will control.

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Consider the following scenario: you represent a parts manufacturer that sells a large quantity of parts to another manufacturer for inclusion in a final product. your client, as is common in its industry, sends the buyer a price quotation listing a proposed price, quantity, and delivery dates. the buyer responds to your client's quotation by sending a standard purchase order that agrees with the quotation as to price, quantity, and delivery. Your client then ships the requested quantity of parts, and the buyer pays in full.

Unfortunately, the story does not end there. The buyer manufactures its final products containing the part supplied by your ...

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