Assessment of Damages in Intellectual Property Cases: Some Recent Examples of "the Exercise of a Sound Imagination and the Practice of a Broad Axe"?

• Main Author: LLEWELYN, Gordon Ionwy David
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Intellectual Property Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2120; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4072/viewcontent/2015_27SAcLJ_480_505_Llewelyn_DamagesIPCases__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There are few cases outside the US that deal with the assessment of damages for infringement of intellectual property rights. When they do, as Lord Shaw said: “[It involves] the exercise of a sound imagination and the practice of the broad axe.” This article discusses decisions where the infringer h...