知识产权惩罚性赔偿制度的正当性及基本建构

Research on the Legitimacy and Institutional Construction of Punitive Damages for Intellectual Property Infringement

知识产权惩罚性赔偿制度是解决侵权成本低、维权成本高的重要制度,是具有准刑罚性的民事责任。该制度具有法哲学、心理学和伦理学正当性并在一定范围内具有博弈经济学上的正当性。该制度的适用条件是,侵权人故意、严重侵权后果以及权利人提出申请。该制度的适用后果是,用与补偿性赔偿间比例关系的方式确定惩罚性赔偿的金额与幅度。

Punitive damages system for intellectual property infringement is an important method to solve the problem of low cost in infringement and high cost in infringement prevention. It is a kind of civil liability with the nature of quasi-criminal penalty. The system has the legitimacy of legal philosophy, cognitive psychology and behavior ethics. Based on the Hand Formula, according to infringer＇s predictive behavior of IPR owner, the system has the legitimacy of game economics. The applicable conditions of punitive damages for IP infringement include the intent, the serious consequences of infringement and the application by the right owner. Its legal consequence is that the sum for punitive damages should fit for compensatory damages in proper ratio.