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CISG-online number
2591
Case name
Corporate Web Solutions Ltd. v. Vendorlink B.V.
Jurisdiction
Netherlands
Court
Rechtbank Midden-Nederland (District Court Midden-Nederland)
Judges
mr. R.A. Steenbergen (Sole judge), W.A. Visser (Griffier)
Date of decision
25 March 2015
Case nr./docket nr.
C/16/364668 / HA ZA 14-217
Claimant 1
Name
Corporate Web Solutions Ltd.
Place of business
Canada
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 2
Name
Vendorlink B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Buyer
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
Corporate Web Solutions Ltd.
Place of business
Canada
Buyers 2
Name
Vendorlink B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Place of business
Netherlands
Category of goods
99: Miscellaneous
Goods as per contract
Software programme
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 1(1) (license agreement for software as contract of sale under the CISG)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4(a); Art. 7; Art. 8(1); Art. 30; Art. 41; Art. 42; Art. 53
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 2(a)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Contracts for software or data
Editorial remark
by Ulrich G. Schroeter
In the present decision, the Court held (based on an extensive reasoning) that a software licence agreement can be regarded as a “contract for the sale of goods” within the meaning of Art. 1(1) of the CISG.
Decision published in 2
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Handelsrecht (NTHR) (2015), 148
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Handelsrecht (NTHR) (2015), 153
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2015:1096
CLOUT number
1586
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
150325n1
Comments on this decision 3
Reinoud Westerdijk, 'Rechtbank verlegt grenzen: over toepassing van Weens Koopverdrag en uitputting onder de Auteursrechtrichtlijn. ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2015:1096', Tijdschrift voor Internetrecht (2015), No. 2 [– in Dutch]
G.J.P. de Vries, 'Rb. Midden-Nederland (zaaknr. C/16/344668/HA ZA 14-217 (Corporate Web Solutions): Draagt het Weens Koopverdrag bij aan het antwoord op de vraag of licentieverlening op een softwareprogramma het auteursrecht "uitput"?)', Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht (NIPR) (2015), No. 283, 605–607 [– in Dutch]
Łukasz Żarnowiec, 'The Law Applicable to the International Contracts for the Provision of Computer Software Made Available Via the Internet – Thoughts from the Case Corporate Web Solutions Vs. Dutch Company and Vendorlink B.V.', 3(5) CIFILE Journal of International Law (2022), 1–18 [– in English]  
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Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 1586 (Language: English)
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Original language: Dutch