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CISG-online number
637
Case name
Software case II
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Date of decision
17 February 2000
Case nr./docket nr.
HG 980472
Claimant 1
Name
[...] AG
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller’s assignee
Respondent 1
Name
[...] GmbH
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
[...] GmbH
Place of business
Austria
Buyer 1
Name
[...] GmbH
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
99: Miscellaneous
Goods as per contract
Software
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 3 (software as goods)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3(1); Art. 39(1); Art. 53
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3(2)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 78
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Contracts for software or data; Definition of 'goods'
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
000217s1
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Thomas Frey & Camilla Brasch Andersen