
Calculating Trade Secret Damages in Chinese Courts
Chinese courts calculate trade secret damages through actual losses, infringer profits, or license multiples, applying apportionment and punitive multipliers up to five times base losses.

Chinese courts calculate trade secret damages through actual losses, infringer profits, or license multiples, applying apportionment and punitive multipliers up to five times base losses.

PRC Anti Unfair Competition Law Article 17 claims require notarized electronic chains of custody, judicial technical appraisal, and audited VAT invoices to secure damage awards.
Asset preservation delays in PRC courts lock operational cash; precise quantify of exposure requires modeling counter-security costs against unreported precedent.

PRC trade secret misappropriation liabilities escalate from SAMR administrative fines to criminal prosecution at RMB 300k loss, with civil damages reaching 5x.

Cross-border custom tooling enforcement demands prior CNIPA registration, physical core laser-etching, GACC customs recordation, and explicit PRC bailment contracts.
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