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PROPRIETA' INTELLETTUALE E RISARCIMENTO DEL DANNO

2005

The claim for damages is an effective sanction to react to infringements of intellectual property rights like patents, utility models, designs, copyrights and trademarks. Article 125 of the Italian Industrial Property Code expressly provides the obligation of the infringer to pay the rightholder damages to compensate the injury suffered. Damage claims in this field are not governed by the same principles which run for different property rights. The italian Supreme Court held that the right-holder can choose among three methods for the assessment of the damages suffered: 1. actual damages, including lost profits; 2. the royalty which is normally paid by a licensee; 3. the profits obtained by…