我国知识产权惩罚性赔偿制度的法律适用与完善建议

The Judicial Application and Improvement Suggestions of Punitive Damages for Intellectual Property Infringement

《中华人民共和国专利法》(以下简称《专利法》)《中华人民共和国著作权法》(以下简称《著作权法》)最新修正案相继正式颁布,我国知识产权领域全面确立惩罚性赔偿制度已成既定事实。笔者建议在搁置理论争议的同时,应理性思考和深入探讨其整体制度的规范设计,特别是如何在司法实践中使之有效落实运行。在对我国知识产权惩罚性赔偿的立法和司法现状进行梳理、分析的基础上,对目前的司法适用困境进行分析,并对我国知识产权惩罚性赔偿制度的法律适用提出具体完善建议,从主观要件和客观方面厘清知识产权惩罚性赔偿制度的适用条件,提出完善侵权损害举证规则,合理确定赔偿数额,去除法定赔偿对知识产权惩罚性赔偿发展所造成的阻碍,以保障知识产权惩罚性制度能够在我国落地实施。

The latest amendments to the“patent law”and the“copyright law”have been formally promulgated in succession.It has become an established fact that the system of punitive damages has been established in the field of intellectual property in China.The author suggests that while shelving theoretical disputes,we should also rationally think about and thoroughly explore the normative design of the overall system,especially how to make it effective in judicial practice.On the basis of combing and analyzing the legislation and judicial status quo of China's intellectual property punitive damages,this article focuses on the analysis of the current judicial application dilemma,and on this basis,proposes specific improvements to the legal application of China’s intellectual property punitive damages system.It is recommended to clarify the applicable conditions of the punitive damages system of intellectual property from the subjective and objective aspects,propose to improve the rules of proof of infringement damage,reasonably determine the amount of compensation,and remove the obstacles caused by statutory compensation to the development of punitive damages for intellectual property,so as to guarantee the punitive damages system of intellectual property infringement can be implemented in China.