Opinion ID: 212115
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Denial of a Permanent Injunction

Text: 51 The district court denied Fuji's request for permanent injunctive relief. Fuji Photo Film Co. v. Jazz Photo Corp., No. 99-2937, slip op. at 2 n. 1 (D.N.J. Mar. 18, 2003). The district court determined that Fuji's proposed injunction lacked specificity and reasonable detail as required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 65(d). Id. Moreover, the district court held that even if Fuji's proposed injunctive language were more narrowly tailored it would still deny relief on three grounds: 1) the parties' discovery stipulation precluded injunctive relief for infringing activity after August 21, 2001; 2) the issues of proof would not necessarily adhere in a damages analysis for infringement after August 21, 2001; and 3) the ITC's injunctive relief, although not co-extensive with that of the district court, subsumed the relief that Fuji sought from the district court. Id. 52 Generally an injunction will issue when infringement has been adjudged, absent a sound reason for denying it. Richardson v. Suzuki Motor Co., 868 F.2d 1226, 1227 (Fed.Cir.1989) (citation omitted). Nevertheless, the trial court possesses broad discretion in granting injunctive relief. Odetics, Inc. v. Storage Tech. Corp., 185 F.3d 1259, 1272 (Fed.Cir.1999). On appeal, Fuji does not provide this court with specific injunctive language but rather seeks a remand to the trial court for further fine-tuning. In the alternative, Fuji argues that specific injunctive language is not required in such a case as this where the detailed record would prevent any unwarranted contempt proceedings, citing Oakley, Inc., v. Sunglass Hut International, 316 F.3d 1331 (Fed.Cir.2003), for support. To the contrary, as the district court recognized, this case is wrought with issues of proof surrounding the infringement issues. A future LFFP sale may or may not infringe depending on its refurbishment processes and the location of the first sale. This court need look no further than a recent proceeding before the Court of International Trade for evidence of these complexities. Jazz Photo Corp. v. United States, No. 04-00494, 2004 WL 2730143 (Ct. Int'l Trade Nov. 17, 2004). Because the proofs required for determining future infringing activity are not insignificant and not amenable to a narrowly tailored order, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Fuji's request for a permanent injunction.