Description
The Supreme People’s Court of China’s landmark judgment that ordered an infringer of technological secrets to pay the owner of these secrets nearly RMB 640 million as damages was recently selected as a Guiding Case. However, the guiding principles of this case do not focus on this exceptionally high amount of damages, but primarily concern (1) the circumstances under which an alleged infringer has the burden to prove that the alleged infringement did not occur; and (2) the additional damages an infringer is required to pay if the infringer fails to perform, within the required time period, the obligations imposed by the judgment. This Guiding Case has significant implications for the implementation of China’s new five-year plan on judicial protection of intellectual property rights.
中国最高人民法院责令技术秘密侵权方向权利人赔偿近6.4亿元人民币的具有里程碑意义的判决，最近被选为指导性案例。然而，该案例的指导原则并没有专注于这一数额巨大的赔偿金，而是主要涉及：(1) 在何种情形下，被诉侵权人负有举证责任，证明被诉侵权行为从未发生；以及 (2) 若侵权人未能在规定期限内履行判决所确定的义务，其须支付的额外损害赔偿金。该指导性案例对中国知识产权司法保护的新五年计划的实施具有重要含义。
