惩罚性赔偿(punitive damages)的概念源于英美法,是与补偿性损害赔偿相对应的一种损害赔偿,是指当被告以恶意、故意、欺诈或放任之方式实施加害行为而致原告受损时,法庭判定被告承担的超出实际损害数额的赔偿。①对于惩罚性赔偿制度的适用,我国立法的态度是非常谨慎的,《侵权责任法》中有限的能够适用惩罚性赔偿的侵权类型针对的都是人身损害,未见在财产损害的侵权类型中明确规定惩罚性赔偿,对于知识产权侵权案件也没有进行特殊规定。 The concept of punitive damages originates from the Anglo-American law and is a kind of compensation for damages corresponding to compensatory damages. It means that the plaintiff is damaged when the defendant maliciously or deliberately cheats or lays in deeds When the court ruled that the defendant should bear more than the actual amount of damages. ① For the application of the punitive damages system, the attitude of our country’s legislation is very cautious. The limited types of infringement types that can apply punitive damages in the Tort Liability Law are all targeted at personal injury, and are not found in the infringement types of property damage Clearly provide for punitive damages, there is no special provision for intellectual property infringement cases.