关于确立专利侵权惩罚性赔偿金的思考:比较法的视野

自20世纪60年代以来,英美等普通法国家开始极力扩张惩罚性赔偿金的适用范围,使其能够较好地发挥出惩罚被告与遏制他人实施相同侵权行为的功能.美国、日本、韩国等将其适用于专利权保护与侵权救济,形成了专利侵权之诉的惩罚性赔偿金制度.在对故意侵权的认定、裁判程序、评估方法以及对惩罚性赔偿金额度控制等方面,西方国家的司法实践和立法经验为我国确立专利侵权惩罚性赔偿金制度提供了一定的借鉴.我国《专利法修改草案》(征求意见稿)应大胆移植惩罚性赔偿金制度,使之成为惩罚侵权行为和鼓励创新的一种机制.

Thinking About Establishing Patent Infringement Punitive Damages from a Comparative Law Perspective

Since the 1960s,the common law countries such as Britain began to enlarge the scope of application of punitive damages, to better play its function of punishing the defendant and curbing others to implement the same tort.Countries such as the United States, Japan and South Korea applied punitive damages to the patent protection and tort relief, and formed a patent infringement lawsuit system of punitive damages.In aspects like the identification of intentional tort, refereeing procedure, evaluation method and the punitive compensation amount control, western judicial practice and legislative experiences contribute to the establishment of patent infringement punitive damages system in China.The fourth amendment to China patent law should boldly transplant punitive damages system, making it a mechanism to punish infringement and encourage innovation.