Poland – Punitive damages for copyrights infringement declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Tribunal
The Polish Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act gives the injured party an option to claim from the copyright infringer triple the value of license fees if the infringement was culpable. The value of the license fees is calculated on the basis of the market standard in similar cases. On 23 June the Polish Constitutional Tribunal found that provision to be unconstitutional.
The decision was made upon a request filed by UPC – one of largest…