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Punitive Damages In Intellectual Property Civil Cases
China's Supreme People's Court has issued a comprehensive 2026 Interpretation that fundamentally reshapes the punitive damages landscape for intellectual property disputes. The new framework introduces stricter procedural requirements, clearer standards for proving intentional infringement, and detailed methodologies for calculating damages multipliers. How will these refined rules impact litigation strategy and enforcement outcomes for rights holders operating in China's evolving IP regime?
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Spruson & Ferguson
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SPC Released Guiding Cases On Boosting Judicial IP Protection For Technological Innovation
China's Supreme People's Court has released seven guiding cases that establish new precedents for intellectual property protection, addressing critical issues from trade secret theft through employee poaching to malicious patent litigation. These landmark rulings introduce detailed enforcement mechanisms, clarify liability standards for online seed sales platforms, and strengthen remedies for copyright holders facing evidence obstruction.
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China Court Decision On AI Copyright Creation And Copying
A Guangzhou court has delivered China's first criminal verdict for copyright infringement involving AI-generated content, sentencing two individuals for illegally recording and reselling over 1,700 AI-created short dramas. The landmark decision confirms that AI-assisted works can receive copyright protection when significant human intellectual effort is involved, while making clear that unauthorized commercial distribution of such content remains illegal.
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Punitive Damages In Intellectual Property Civil Cases
China's Supreme People's Court has issued a comprehensive 2026 Interpretation that fundamentally reshapes the punitive damages landscape for intellectual property disputes. The new framework introduces stricter procedural requirements, clearer standards for proving intentional infringement, and detailed methodologies for calculating damages multipliers. How will these refined rules impact litigation strategy and enforcement outcomes for rights holders operating in China's evolving IP regime?
China IP
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Spruson & Ferguson
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SPC Released Guiding Cases On Boosting Judicial IP Protection For Technological Innovation
China's Supreme People's Court has released seven guiding cases that establish new precedents for intellectual property protection, addressing critical issues from trade secret theft through employee poaching to malicious patent litigation. These landmark rulings introduce detailed enforcement mechanisms, clarify liability standards for online seed sales platforms, and strengthen remedies for copyright holders facing evidence obstruction.
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Panawell & Partners
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侵害技术秘密行为直接决定侵权人获利时可不考虑技术贡献率——最高院案例解读系列③
在侵害技术秘密纠纷案件中，不论是权利人，还是被诉侵权人，往往都会利用技术贡献率做损害赔偿数额的“文章”，以争取最有利于己方的判赔结果。法院也往往倾向于结合案情与证据情况,论述涉案技术秘密对被诉侵权产品的价值，并酌定出具体的技术贡献率数值，用于计算损害赔偿数额z
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