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CISG-online number
1047
Case name
Software case III
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Gernot Floßmann (Presiding Judge), Dr. Christa Kalivoda (Judge), Dr. Johann Höllwerth (Judge), Dr. Peter Baumann (Judge), Dr. Therese Hurch (Judge)
Date of decision
21 June 2005
Case nr./docket nr.
5 Ob 45/05m
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Software case III
Bezirksgericht Neumarkt bei Salzburg
Austria, 13 August 2004 – 2 C 1637/03m-14, CISG-online 3178
Software case III
Landesgericht Salzburg (District Court Salzburg)
Austria, 25 November 2004 – 53 R 485/04m-18, CISG-online 3179
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Producer
Buyer 1
Place of business
Austria
Category of goods
99: Miscellaneous
Goods as per contract
Software
Price
4'713.60 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a) or (b)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 25; Art. 51(1); Art. 51(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 6; Art. 53
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Contracts for software or data
This decision is cited by 3
Carel Electronic Suzhou Co. Ltd. v. SY.DE.CO. S.r.l.
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Italy, 12 November 2012 – 616/2011, CISG-online 2594
Video surveillance systems case
Oberlandesgericht Linz (Court of Appeal Linz)
Austria, 18 May 2011 – 1 R 181/10h, CISG-online 2443
Mitias d.o.o. v. Solidea S.r.l.
Tribunale di Forlì (District Court Forlì)
Italy, 09 December 2008 – 2280/2007, CISG-online 1729
Decision published in 3
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2005), 195–198 [Full text – in German]
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (2005), 230 [ – in German]
Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft (RdW) (2005), 745 [ – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2005:0050OB00045.05M.0621.000
CLOUT number
749
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
050621a3
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Full text of decision
Translation of decision
translated by
Jan Henning Berg & Daniel Nagel