Document Type
Essay
Publication Title
Emory Int'l L. Rev. Recent Dev.
Publication Date
Fall 1-1-2017
Abstract
As the use of technology is increasingly utilized in the digitization of commerce, business transactions involving electronic signatures are increasingly employed. This rapid growth led the European Union to enact a new electronic signature regulation (eIDAS) in 2016, creating an infrastructure for electronic signatures that facilitates e-commerce. Because standards in the United States, based on the E-Sign Act of 2000, are outdated and inefficient, it is imperative that the United States takes an affirmative step to increase the efficiency of international e-commerce. By using the European model to add clarification to its existing regulations, the United States can streamline the uniform signature standard for patent assignments in a way that allows business and agencies to increase efficiency in the workplace.
Volume
32
First Page
1027
Recommended Citation
Nicholas Marais,
Advancing Digitization in Intellectual Property: How the E-Sign Act is Failing,
32
Emory Int'l L. Rev. Recent Dev.
1027
(2017).
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/eilr-recent-developments/7