The purpose of compensatory damages is to compensate the victim of any harm or wrongdoing. Punitive damages are given on top of compensatory damages when the misconduct was deemed grossly negligent, intentional, or malicious. These are designed to deter the defendant from repeating harm or misconduct...
The money of the compensation which is to be paid to the plaintiffs can include property damage award, medical bills, and even damages to be awarded only to punish the defendants for their misconduct. The punitive damage award is paid by the defendant to the plaintiff. Punitive damages are ...
forpunitive damagesin Roman law and thus in some of the continental European systems that derived from it. But many countries allow punitive damages or their equivalent (exemplary damages, moral damages) in some classes of cases. And the European Court ofJusticehas ruled that national courts must...
For example, the interpretation stipulates that the amount of punitive damages should be calculated based on the extent of personal harm or property losses caused by the pollution or environmental damage. It added that such punitive damages should generally be no more than twice the amount of those...
BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- A new draft section on torts of China's civil code introduced punitive damages for the infringement of intellectual property rights (IPRs). The new draft has been submitted to the ongoing session of China's top legislature which opened Sunday. ...
For example, the interpretation stipulates that the amount of punitive damages should be calculated based on the extent of personal harm or property losses caused by the pollution or environmental damage. It added that such punitive damages should generally be no more than twice the amount of those...
The U.S. Supreme Court's focus on punitive damages ratios is misplaced, as it is the total damages amount, not the ratio, that is instrumental. The criteria for evaluating punitive damages in bodily injury cases should be different from the criteria used in property damage cases. The ...
It was also remarked that, while it was questionable whether punitive damages had a place in international law, if they did, they were potentially applicable to certain breaches of any international obligation 又有人说,惩罚性赔偿在国际法中是否成立是有疑问的,如果成立,那当然可适用于某些违反任何国...
For example, the interpretation stipulates that the amount of punitive damages should be calculated based on the extent of personal harm or property losses caused by the pollution or environmental damage. It added that such punitive damages should generally be no more than twice the amount of those...
Marketa Trimble Landova - 《European Intellectual Property Review》 被引量: 4发表: 2009年 Punitive damages under the new Chinese Tort Liability Law With the adoption of the new Tort Liability Law (TLL) in December 2009, the Chinese legislature not only consolidated the basic principles for tortio...