The penalty for contempt
Previously, I had noted that the remedy for breaching an injunction is proceedings for contempt of court.
Tracey J, having found various respondents in contempt arising from breaches of injunctions made in 2004 not to infringe Ugg Australia’s copyright and trade marks in connection with the manufacture and sale of ugg boots, has now handed down the punishments:
- One of the individual respondents, a Mr Vladimir Vaysman, was sentenced in the No. 8 proceeding to 3 years’ imprisonment for the most serious contempt
- A second principal contemnor, Mr Josef Vaysman (the father of Vladimir) has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, with a minimum of 6 months to be served and the balance suspended for 2 years, in the No. 9 decision,
- a third principal, Victoria Vaysman (the daughter of Josef, and sister of Vladimir) received a sentence of 12 months, with a minimum of 2 months to be served and the balance suspended for 2 years in the No. 8 decision;
- all also received other, shorter terms of imprisonment for lesser breaches to be served concurrently.
It would appear that copyright owners over in the UK have secured their first imprisonment for ‘camming‘, although that seems to be for a criminal offence rather than contempt.
Deckers Outdoor Corporation Inc. v Farley (No 9) [2010] FCA 1007
Deckers Outdoor Corporation Inc. v Farley (No 8) [2010] FCA 657
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