Remedies for Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights

Question

What are the remedies for Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights?

Answer 1

There are four remedies available for infringement, as described below:-

1. Damages: Applied in the same manner as under tort law.

2. Account for Profits: As an alternative to damages, requires a transfer of profits when infringer has been unjustly enriched.

3. Injunction: Restrains the defendant from further infringement.

4. Delivering up: Requires infringer to turn over the goods or to dispose of them.