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CISG-online number
1175
Case name
American Mint LLC et al. v. GoSoftware, Inc.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Judge
Kane (District Judge)
Date of decision
06 January 2006
Case nr./docket nr.
Civ.A. 1:05-CV-650
Claimants 3
Name
American Mint LLC
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Goede Beteiligungsgesellschaft
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Michael Goede
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Owner of buyer
Respondent 1
Name
GoSoftware, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
American Mint LLC et al. v. GoSoftware, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
USA, 16 August 2005 – Civ.A. 1:05-CV-650, CISG-online 1104
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
GoSoftware, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyers 2
Name
American Mint LLC
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Name
Goede Beteiligungsgesellschaft
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
99: Miscellaneous
Goods as per contract
RiTA Software designed to facilitate the billing of credit cards
Price
10'995.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
no, Art. 1(1) (non-applicability of the CISG to domestic sales contract)
CISG applied
applicability discussed, but eventually denied
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 6
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 10(a)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 4; Art. 74
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Contractual penalty (fixed sums) clause; Recoverability of attorneys' fees as damages; Uncertainty about party to the sales contract
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Decision published in 2
2006 LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) 1569
2006 Westlaw (WL) 42090
CLOUT number
848
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
060106u1
Comments on this decision 2
Andreas Ehlers, 'Establishing a Uniform Interpretation of the CISG: A Case Study of Article 74', Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (NJCL) (2013), #2, 1–35, at 27–28 [– in English]  
Claude Witz, 'Panorama: Droit uniforme de la vente internationale de marchandises', Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2007), 530–540, at 532 [– in French]
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