论ACTA下著作权侵权损害赔偿额确定问题

在著作权损害赔偿额确定问题上,ACTA的规定与TRIPS协定相比更为全面、细致,执法标准也更加严厉。其主要内容分为4个层面:三层方法(权利持有人的损失、侵权利润、替代方法)和一个范围(各项费用)。在具体适用上,主要体现如下特征:全面赔偿和附加威慑、各计算方法的平行适用、向权利人利益保护倾斜。鉴于我国相关立法的不足,虽然我国目前尚未加入ACTA,但该协议的相关规定也并非对我国没有任何参考价值,我国对此不能一味排斥,而应该辩证看待其利弊,根据我国国情有鉴别地取舍。

Determination of the Amount of Damages in Copyright Infringement under ACTA

In determining the amount of damages for infringement of copyright,the regulations of ACTA,compared with those of TRIPS agreement,are more comprehensive and elaborate,and the standards are more rigorous.The main contents concerned include the following four parts:three methods(injury of the right holder,infringer’s profits,and alternative methods) and one scope on expenses.In application of the regulations above,the following characteristics are embodied:all-around compensation and a deterrent to future infringements,parallel-application of different methods,and a tilt of protection to the side of the right holders.To deal with the deficiencies of China’s relevant laws,we shall not copy the regulations of ACTA or oppose them totally.What we shall do is to retain the positive aspects and abandon the negative ones of the related regulations of ACTA after weighing the advantages and disadvantages of them.