Interpretation on Application of Punitive Damages in the Trial of Civil Intellectual Property Infringement Cases

关于审理侵害知识产权民事案件适用惩罚性赔偿的解释

Serious willful IP infringements may be liable to punitive damages

(Promulgated by the Supreme People's Court on March 2, 2021 and effective as of March 3, 2021.)

（最高人民法院于二零二一年三月二日公布，自二零二一年三月三日起施行。）

SPC Interpretation [2021] No.4

法释〔2021〕4号

The Interpretation has been formulated pursuant to laws such as the PRC Civil Code, the PRC Copyright Law, the PRC Trademark Law, the PRC Patent Law, the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law, the PRC Seed Law and the PRC Civil Procedure Law and in light of adjudication practice in order to correctly implement the system of punitive damages relating to intellectual property, penalize in accordance with the law serious infringements of intellectual property and comprehensively strengthen the protection of intellectual property.

为正确实施知识产权惩罚性赔偿制度，依法惩处严重侵害知识产权行为，全面加强知识产权保护，根据《中华人民共和国民法典》《中华人民共和国著作权法》《中华人民共和国商标法》《中华人民共和国专利法》《中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法》《中华人民共和国种子法》《中华人民共和国民事诉讼法》等有关法律规定，结合审判实践，制定本解释。

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