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CISG-online number
2490
Case name
Roser Technologies, Inc. v. Carl Schreiber GmbH
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Judge
Arthur J. Schwab (District Judge)
Date of decision
10 September 2013
Case nr./docket nr.
11cv302 ERIE
Claimant 1
Name
Roser Technologies, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Carl Schreiber GmbH, doing business as CSN Metals
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Carl Schreiber GmbH, doing business as CSN Metals
Place of business
Germany
Buyer 1
Name
Roser Technologies, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Category of goods
68: Non-ferrous metals
Goods as per contract
Copper mold plates
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8; Art. 14; Art. 19(1); Art. 19(2); Art. 19(3)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 1(2); Art. 6; Art. 18(1); Art. 71
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 2
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Battle of the forms; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts
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Decision published in 3
81 Uniform Commercial Code Reporting Service, 2d (UCC Rep.Serv.2d) 693 [Full text – in English]
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (2015), 1067–1080 [Full text – in English]
2013 Westlaw (WL) 4852314 [Full text – in English]
CLOUT number
1744
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
130910u1
Comments on this decision 5
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Kenneth Mueller, 'International contract law - website incorporation into contracts requires actual notice under the CISG - Roser Technologies, Inc. v. Carl Schreiber GmbH, 81 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d 693 (W.D. Pa. 2013)', 37 Suffolk Transnational Law Review (Suffolk Transnat'l L. Rev.) (2014), 489–501 [– in English]
Roberta Peleggi, 'Exclusion of CISG, Battle of Forms and Incorporation of Standard Terms according to a recent decision by the U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania', Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (2015), 1080–1093 [– in English]
Michael P. Van Alstine, 'The Unified Field Solution to the Battle of the Forms Under the U.N. Sales Convention', 62 William & Mary Law Review (Wm. & Mary L. Rev.) (2020), 213–286, at 259–260 [– in English]
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