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CISG-online number
2346
Case name
EAS tags case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. zivilrechtliche Abteilung (1st department for civil law matters)
Judges
Kathrin Klett (Presiding Judge), Bernard Corboz (Judge), Christina Kiss (Judge), Gilbert Kolly (Judge), Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch (Judge)
Date of decision
17 April 2012
Case nr./docket nr.
4A_591/2011
Claimant 1
Name
[...] AG
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer's assignee
Respondent 1
Name
[...] AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
EAS tags case
Bezirksgericht March (Court of First Instance March)
Switzerland, 21 December 2010 – BZ 2008 18, CISG-online 2990
EAS tags case
Kantonsgericht Schwyz (Court of Appeal Canton Schwyz)
Switzerland, 30 August 2011 – ZK1 2011 5, CISG-online 2991
affirming
Present decision reversing and remanding
EAS tags case
Kantonsgericht Schwyz (Court of Appeal Canton Schwyz)
Switzerland, 05 December 2012 – ZK1 2012 20, CISG-online 6230
Seller 1
Name
[...] AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Name
[...]
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
87: Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
229,000 Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) tags
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 42; Art. 45
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 46-52; Art. 74-77
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
120417s1
Comments on this decision 3
Christoph Brunner & Markus Vischer, 'Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zum Kaufvertragsrecht im Jahr 2012 – "unpublizierte" und "publizierte" Entscheide', Jusletter (2. Dezember 2013), at no. 14–18 [– in German]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 518 [– in German]
Ingeborg Schwenzer & David Tebel, 'Produktpiraterie und internationales Kaufrecht: eine Anmerkung zum Urteil des Bundesgerichts 4A_591/2011 vom 17. April 2012', Jusletter (17. September 2012), 1–5 [– in German]  
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
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Language: English
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