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A New Progress: China Issues Judicial Interpretation for Applying Punitive Damages in Intellectual Property Infringement Cases

Since 2013, China has gradually introduced the concept of punitive damages in the amendments to several laws on intellectual property rights, in which the elements of punitive damages were also stipulated, namely the infringement has to be “intentional” or “malicious” and “serious”. In 2020, the Civil Code was officially adopted, and it stipulates that the … Continue reading

More Chinese punitive damages being awarded

By Justin Davidson (HK) and Phoebe Poon (HK) on August 13, 2020 Posted in Trademark

Further to the award of punitive damages to Balanced Body (revisit our blog post here), we have seen a string of cases in the first half of 2020 where Chinese judges awarded punitive damages to trade mark owners for trade mark infringement. Guangzhou Redsun was awarded 50 Million RMB against its ex-employee Guangzhou Redsun has … Continue reading