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CISG-online number
2044
Case name
Innotex Precision Ltd. v. Horei Image Products, Inc.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Chamber
Atlanta Division
Judge
Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. (Sole judge)
Date of decision
17 December 2009
Case nr./docket nr.
1:09-CV-547-TWT
Claimant 1
Name
Innotex Precision Ltd.
Place of business
Hong Kong SAR (China)
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 4
Name
Horei Image Products, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
IMT Corp.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Horst Eiberger
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Owner and officer of buyers
Name
David Eiberger
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Owner and officer of buyers
Seller 1
Name
Innotex Precision Ltd.
Place of business
Hong Kong SAR (China)
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyers 2
Name
Horei Image Products, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Name
IMT Corp.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
89: Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Printer cartridges
CISG applicable
no, requirements of Art. 1(1)(a) not met
CISG applied
no, but potential applicability extensively discussed
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 93(1); Art. 93(4)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7; Art. 93(2); Art. 97(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Status of Hong Kong under the CISG (1997–2022)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3
Logicom v. CCT Marketing Ltd.
Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court)
France, 02 April 2008 – 04-17726, CISG-online 1651
Impuls I.D. Internacional, S.L. et al. v. Psion Teklogix Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
USA, 22 November 2002 – 01-7541-CIV-Zloch, CISG-online 783
Xiamen Trade Co. v. Lian Zhong (Hong Kong) Co.
厦门市中级人民法院 (Intermediate People's Court Xiamen, Fujian Province)
China, 05 September 1994, CISG-online 464
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America's Collectibles Network et al. v. Timlly (HK) Ltd. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
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Electrocraft Arkansas, Inc. v. Super Electric Motors, Ltd
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
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Electrocraft Arkansas, Inc. v. Super Electric Motors, Ltd
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
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Decision published in 1
679 Federal Supplement, Second Series (F. Supp. 2d) 1356
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
091217u1
Comments on this decision 3
Gregory M. Duhl, 'International Sale of Goods', 65 Business Lawyer (Bus. Law.) (2010), 1313–1324, at 1313–1314 [– in English]  
Ulrich Magnus, 'CISG applicable in Hong Kong and Macao', in: Mélanges en l'honneur du Professeur Claude Witz, Paris: LexisNexis (2018), 579–595, at 583 [– in English]
Francesco G. Mazzotta, 'Survey of Recent U.S. Cases Dealing with the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)', in: Ingeborg Schwenzer & Lisa Spagnolo (eds.), Boundaries and Intersections: The 5th Annual MAA Schlechtriem CISG Conference, The Hague: Eleven International Publishing (2014), 33–55, at 40–42 [– in English]
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