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Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v AIFA Sdn Bhd
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Expediente y fuentes
- Nombre
- Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v AIFA Sdn Bhd
- Cita
- Civil Appeal No. 13 of 2014
- Tribunal
- Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam
- Instancia
- apelación
- Fechas
- Decisión
- 2014-12-03
- Estado
- resuelto-firmeza-no-verificada
- Resultado
- Appeal dismissed; judgment interest ran from 22 July 2014 and costs were awarded to AIFA.
- Resumen
- The alleged breach did not defeat damages, the delay was reasonably explained, and the Senior Registrar had applied the correct questions and reached a reasoned quantum that did not warrant interference.
- Antecedentes
- Philips obtained an ex parte Anton Piller order and injunction on 10 June 2004 over alleged copyright infringement involving six blender models. A large quantity of goods was seized on 11 June. AIFA applied to discharge the orders on 27 July 2004; discharge was granted on 15 March 2005 and goods were returned.
- Historia procesal
- AIFA pursued damages under Philips' undertaking after Philips withdrew its stalled appeal on 27 June 2012. On 22 July 2014 the Senior Registrar awarded B$403,441.85 lost profit and B$4,040 promotion/marketing expenses, declined aggravated damages and awarded costs. Philips appealed the undertaking-damages assessment.
- Cuestión jurídica
- Whether AIFA's conduct or delay defeated undertaking damages and whether causation, remoteness and quantum justified appellate interference.
- Criterio
- The alleged breach did not defeat damages, the delay was reasonably explained, and the Senior Registrar had applied the correct questions and reached a reasoned quantum that did not warrant interference.
- Fundamento decisivo
- Undertaking damages turn on loss caused by interlocutory relief and ordinary causation/remoteness; a reasoned first-instance assessment is not reopened merely because another amount might be possible.
- Límites
- No infringement-merits adjudication. The judgment does not establish copyright validity, originality or authorship in the blender designs and has no CGW or GenAI holding.
- Relevancia
- procedimiento-relacionado
- Referencias relacionadas
- Peso del precedente
- binding Court of Appeal authority on undertaking damages and appellate review, not on copyright subsistence Integración/votación: Burrell JA delivered judgment; Mortimer P and Leonard JA joined and signed; no dissent recorded.
- Fuente
- Referencia
- Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v AIFA Sdn Bhd
- Enlace
- Consultar fuente
- Autoridad
- Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam
- Tipo
- copyright_related_procedure
- Tipo de evidencia
- official_complete_national_judgment
- Localizador
- pp. 1-6 (orders, discharge and inquiry); pp. 7-12 (damages reasoning and outcome)
- Verificación documentada
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