Study on the Legal Application of Punitive Damages for Patent Infringement

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jel.202414612

Author(s)

Zixuan Hu

Affiliation(s)

School of Law, China University of Weights and Measures, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Abstract

Punitive damages system into the patent field, how to apply in order to maximize the compensation for infringement of the losses caused by the patentee, and at the same time to take into account in the after the inventor's enthusiasm for innovation, which is China's "Patent Law" continues to improve and develop an important significance. In order to avoid the provisions of punitive damages for patent infringement become a piece of paper, this paper aims at the legal application of punitive damages for patent infringement system to carry out research, using the literature research method to summarize the current situation of the application of punitive damages for patent infringement system in our country and the existence of the relevant problems, it is concluded that in the development process of China's intellectual property protection system, the important status of punitive damages should be further clarified, so as to enable each of them to play its own role and play their roles to the fullest extent.

Keywords

Patent Infringement; Punitive Damages; Statutory Damages; Burden of Proof

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