Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Flashback Holdings Pty Ltd v Showtime DVD Holdings Pty Ltd (No 6) [2010] FCA 694 Citation: Flashback Holdings Pty Ltd v Showtime DVD Holdings Pty Ltd (No 6) [2010] FCA 694
Parties: FLASHBACK HOLDINGS PTY LTD, GAIAM, INC and GAIAM AMERICAS, INC v SHOWTIME DVD HOLDINGS PTY LTD, INTERFREIGHT LOGISTICS PTY LTD, WILLIAM NIGEL HEYDON LESLIE, GT HOLDINGS, INC and JAFFA ROAD LIV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
File number(s): NSD 680 of 2008
Judges: PERRAM J
Date of judgment: 2 July 2010
Catchwords: COPYRIGHT – Infringement – Relief – Election for damages – Calculation of damages using method of "lost profits" – Inclusion in assessment of damages of sales lost by exclusive licensee on other products whose copyright had not been infringed – Claimable head of damage so long as sufficient causation and foreseeability – Insufficient evidence to calculate damages
Legislation: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 36, 37, 115, 119 Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 (Cth) Sch 1 [39] Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 51A Federal Court Rules O35 r 1; O 35A r 3; O 38 r 1
Cases cited: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v DAP Services (Kempsey) Pty Ltd (2007) 157 FCR 564 cited Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd v Jain (1990) 26 FCR 53 cited Golden Editions Pty Ltd v Polygram Pty Ltd (1996) 61 FCR 479 cited Gordon M Jenkins & Associates Pty Ltd v Coleman (1989)23 FCR 38 cited Hall v Busst (1960) 104 CLR 206 cited Harris v Caladine (1991) 172 CLR 84 cited Flashback Holdings Pty Ltd v Showtime DVD Holdings Pty Ltd (No 3) [2009] FCA 308 cited Flashback Holdings Pty Ltd v Showtime DVD Holdings Pty Ltd (No 4) [2009] FCA 461 cited Flashback Holdings Pty Ltd v Showtime DVD Holdings Pty Ltd (No 5) [2009] FCA 859 cited Krueger Transport Equipment Pty Ltd v Glen Cameron Storage and Distribution Pty Ltd (No 2) (2008) 79 IPR 81 cited Light v William West & Sons Ltd [1926] 2 KB 238 applied Luna Park Sydney Pty Ltd v Bose [2006] FCA 94 cited Milwell Pty Ltd v Olympic Amusements Pty Ltd (1999) 85 FCR 436 cited Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd (2003) 77 ALJR 768 cited TS & B Retail Systems Pty Ltd v 3Fold Resources Pty Ltd (No 3) (2007) 158 FCR 444 cited Victorian Economic Development Corporation v Clovervale Pty Ltd [1992] 1 VR 596 cited
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