Article 1585 Cases (1) This Convention applies to contracts of sale of goods between parties whose places of business are in different States:

(a) when the States are Contracting States; or

(b) when the rules of private international law lead to the application of the law of a Contracting State.

(2) The fact that the parties have their places of business in different States is to be disregarded whenever this fact does not appear either from the contract or from any dealings between, or from information disclosed by, the parties at any time before or at the conclusion of the contract.

(3) Neither the nationality of the parties nor the civil or commercial character of the parties of the contract is to be taken into consideration in determining the application of this Convention.

Number

Issue

# Cases

Material scope of application

1.1

Contract of sale of goods

1.1.1

Civil or commercial character of the contract not relevant

1.1.2

Contracts for the sale of software

1.1.3

Contracts similar to contract of sale

1.1.3.1

Distributorship agreements

Country	Date	Court
Arbitral Award	23-01-1997	ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris
Arbitral Award	00-12-1998	ICC Court of Arbitration - Milan
Arbitral Award	00-00-2003	ICC International Court of Arbitration
Arbitral Award	28-01-2009	Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce
Cases: 4
Australia	28-09-2010	Federal Court of Australia
Australia	20-04-2011	Federal Court of Australia
Cases: 2
Austria	21-06-2005	Oberster Gerichtshof
Cases: 1
France	20-02-2007	Cour de Cassation - Chambre Commerciale
France	30-04-2013	Cour d'appel de Reims
Cases: 2
Germany	17-09-1993	Oberlandesgericht Koblenz
Germany	11-07-1996	Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
Germany	09-07-1997	Oberlandesgericht München
Germany	09-07-1997	Oberlandesgericht München
Germany	23-07-1997	Bundesgerichtshof
Germany	05-11-1997	Oberlandesgericht Hamm
Germany	30-04-2003	Bundesgerichtshof
Cases: 7
Hungary	19-03-1996	Metropolitan Court of Budapest
Cases: 1
Italy	14-12-1999	Corte Suprema di Cassazione, Sez. Un.
Italy	20-09-2004	Corte di Cassazione
Cases: 2
Netherlands	16-07-1992	Gerechtshof's Amsterdam
Netherlands	02-07-1997	Rb s'Gravenhage
Netherlands	27-04-1999	Hof Arnhem
Cases: 3
Poland	27-01-2006	Supreme Court of Poland
Cases: 1
Switzerland	08-01-1997	Obergericht Kanton Luzern
Cases: 1
USA	23-07-1997	U.S. District Court, S.D., New York
USA	29-08-2000	U.S. District Court, E.D., Pennsylvania
USA	01-06-2006	U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Cases: 3