The judge has not yet decided on awarding damages in the case, said Ngavetene, coordinator of the AIDS Law Unit at the Legal Assistance Centre.

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Advocates of change say judges who deem a patent to have been infringed should use more discretion in deciding between awarding damages and a course of action that could close all or part of a business.

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Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that the courts have discouraged awarding punitive damages in recent years.

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The result of that trial was the awarding of damages to the major US record labels.

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It would establish a national standard for awarding punitive damages that is more strict than many existing state laws.

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"It is obvious that an allegation that a professional cricketer is a match fixer goes to the core attributes of his personality and, if true entirely destroys his reputation for integrity, " he said in awarding the damages.

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The courts then completely cooperated, awarding UAL the necessary rulings in bankruptcy and denying all worker legal attempts to mitigate its damages.

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