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CISG-online number
1716
Case name
Remote display devices case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe (Court of Appeal Karlsruhe)
Chamber
19. Zivilsenat (19th panel for civil matters)
Judges
Lauven (Presiding Judge), Dr. Schoppmeyer (Judge), Schüle (Judge)
Date of decision
12 June 2008
Case nr./docket nr.
19 U 5/08
Claimant 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Remote display devices case
Landgericht Freiburg im Breisgau (District Court Freiburg)
Germany, 04 December 2007 – 8 O 109/07, CISG-online 3561
Present decision dismissing case for lack of jurisdiction
Seller 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
87: Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
2 remote display devices
CISG applied
no, mere reference to Art. 3(1) CISG in determining the jurisdiction of the German courts under the Brussels I Regulation
(Domestic) law applied in addition
EU Brussels I Regulation No. 44/2001
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 3(1)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Jurisdiction of the courts at the place of performance of obligations arising from a CISG contract under the EU 'Brussels I' Regulation 44/2001
Decision published in 4
OLG-Report (OLGR) Karlsruhe (2008), 724–726 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (2008), Nr. 19, 39–42 [Full text – in German]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2008), 194–196 [Full text – in German]
Die Justiz (Justiz) (2008), 279–281 [Full text – in German]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
080612g1
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Daniel Nagel