Courts may award moral and exemplary damages and order item destruction even if the defendant is acquitted.
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Owners can elect statutory damages of at least Fifty thousand pesos instead of actual damages before final judgment.
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Courts evaluate infringement nature, flagrancy, bad faith, deterrence needs, and plaintiff losses when awarding statutory damages.
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Courts may reduce statutory damages to Ten thousand pesos if the infringer acted without knowledge or suspicion.
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Courts can seize and impound articles as evidence in infringement actions following Supreme Court search and seizure rules.
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Infringement actions do not block independent suits for damages, injunctions, or other relief for the injured party.
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First-time criminal offenders face one to three years of imprisonment and fines up to One hundred fifty thousand pesos.
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Second offenses carry three to six years of imprisonment and fines reaching Five hundred thousand pesos.
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Third offenses result in six to nine years of imprisonment and fines up to 1.5 million pesos.
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If an infringer is insolvent, they must serve subsidiary imprisonment in place of the unpaid criminal fine.
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