In the cases where intellectual property infringement occurs there are some special provisions in patent law which alleviate the burden of proof of the intellectual property owner for the claim of damages that arise from the tort cases, but there are no special provisions for the claims of restitution of unjust enrichment. If the intellectual property owner fails to establish the requirements of the tort or the statute of limitations of damages claim has already completed, the owner can sue for the restitution of unjust enrichment but the range of restitution is limited to licence fee. This study focuses on reviewing the overall theories and cases of unjust enrichment to find out the ground for proper range of restitution. Owners of intellectual property may receive an infringer’s operating profit, or compensation of a malicious beneficiary. However the owner himself has a burden of proof so it is actually difficult to claim for further damages. Even though the main purpose of unjust enrichment is not to sanction the wrongful act but to restitute or adjust the profit which the law does not admit, In order to make unjust enrichment supplementally function as efficient protection of intellectual property there is a need to have hermeneutical and legislative special actions to alleviate the burden of proof of the intellectual property owner for the claims against the malicious beneficiary.
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I. 서론 II. 지식재산권에 관한 부당이득의 유형 III. 부당이득 성립요건 1. 개설 2. 지식재산권의 침해 3. 이익과 손실, 인과관계 4. 법률상원인의 흠결 5. 주관적 요건 6. 입증책임 IV. 부당이득반환의 범위 1. 원물반환의 원칙 2. 손실 범위 3. 운용이익의 반환 4. 선의의 수익자의 반환의무 5. 악의의 수익자의 반환 의무 6. 손해액 추정 규정의 준용 여부 V. 맺는 말 참고문헌 <Abstract>
본 학회는 지식재산 및 관련 제도(특허, 실용신안, 상표, 디자인, 영업비밀, 저작권, 반도체칩, 컴퓨터프로그램, 데이터베이스, 디지털콘텐츠 등)에 관한 국내외 이론과 실무에 대한 연구를 촉진하여 지식재산분야의 학문간 융합발전과 국제적 유대를 강화하고, 지식재산에 관한 지식을 보급하여 인적 네트워크 구축과 정책제언을 추진하며 이를 통해 국가발전에 이바지하는 것을 목적으로 한다.