The Federal Supreme Court clarifies the conditions for risk transfer under the CISG and joint liability under the SCO. The Court confirms that when it comes to sales contracts involving transportation of goods, risk remains with the seller until the goods have been delivered to the carrier, and that joint liability can be established through contractual form as well as subsequent conduct.

The buyer was entitled to invalidate a sales contract (an asset deal for the sale of a car dealership that included software) for fraud that was committed by the seller (Art. 28 SCO) because the seller had not disclosed to the buyer that it did not own the intellectual property rights on the software but only had a license to use the software granted by a third-party licensor.

The duty to inform on a specific feature of an artwork exists only if a seller should assume that this feature might influence the decision of a buyer to conclude a contract or even the conditions under which a contract is concluded.

Agreed qualities and good faith expectations of the Buyer in the sale of goods that can be used for multiple purposes.