Damages: Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd v Cinram Logistics UK Ltd
Though not strictly an intellectual property case, the Court of Appeal's decision in Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd v Cinram Logistics UK Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 955 (8 August 2008) would certainly apply to many computer suply and e-commerce disputes and arguably also to the correct computation of damages in any other type of dispute. The Issue The issue as expressed by Lord Justice Rix in opening his lead judgment was: "If a manufacturer and seller of goods loses them through the fault of another before he can make delivery and earn the price, can he recover that price as damages for their loss or is he limited to the lower manufacturing cost of replacing those goods, at any rate unless he proves that he could not make good the lost sale to his buyer?" The claimants were subsidiaries of the Sony consumer electronics group which distributed " Playstation " games and peripherals in the UK and the defendant , Cinram Logistics UK Limited ( " Cin...