The consideration of the degree of guilt when determining civil responsibility for the infringement of intellectual rights in case law

The research examines the doctrinal and empirical base to analyze the aspects of considering the degree of guilt when determining civil responsibility for the infringement of intellectual rights. The study investigates the court language used to award the compensation as a punishment for such an offense. It is concluded that there has been little research on the category of the degree of guilt in legal science. In addition, most enforcers use only a formal approach to this issue. The author analyzes the scientific approaches to dealing with the above-mentioned concept and defines it in the context of civil responsibility for the infringement of intellectual rights. Besides, the researcher identifies the criteria for determining the degree of guilt and its content in this regard.