Sony Computer Entertainment Aust Pty Ltd v Jakopcevic [2002] FCA 777

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Sony Computer Entertainment Aust Pty Ltd v Jakopcevic [2002] FCA 777

TRADE MARKS – infringement – accounting for profits – application of established principles – no new question of principle.

Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) s 126 Colbeam Palmer Ltd v Stock Affiliates Pty Ltd (1968) 122 CLR 25 followed Dart Industries Inc v Décor Corp Pty Ltd (1993) 179 CLR 101 followed Kettle Chip Co Pty Ltd v Apand Pty Ltd (1998) 40 IPR 481 followed LED Builders Pty Ltd v Eagle Homes Pty Ltd (1999) 44 IPR 24 referred to Apand Pty Ltd v Kettle Chip Company Pty Ltd (1999) 43 IPR 225 referred to

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 077 583 183) & ANOR v BARRY JAKOPCEVIC & ORS

N 113 OF 2001 LINDGREN J 14 JUNE 2002 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 113 OF 2001

BETWEEN: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 077 583 183)

FIRST APPLICANT

KABUSHIKI KAISHA SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT

SECOND APPLICANT

AND: BARRY JAKOPCEVIC

FIRST RESPONDENT

DOMINIQUE JAKOPCEVIC

SECOND RESPONDENT

CHRISTIAN FABRE

THIRD RESPONDENT

ANTHONY "FRANK" GUTHRIE

FOURTH RESPONDENT

JUDGE: LINDGREN J

DATE OF ORDER: 14 JUNE 2002

WHERE MADE: SYDNEY

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The first, second and fourth respondents account to the applicants for profits in a sum of $156,000.00.

2. There be judgment for the applicants against the first, second and fourth respondents for $208,979.73, including the sum of $156,000.00 referred to in Order 1 above and interest of $52,979.73 under s 51A of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) calculated to 14 June 2002.

3. The first, second and fourth respondents pay the applicants' costs, including reserved costs, but excluding any costs the subject of any previous order.