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论专利侵权诉讼中的等同原则

Research on the Doctrine of Equivalents in Patent Infringement Action

【作者】 张泽吾

【导师】 冯晓青;

【作者基本信息】 湘潭大学 , 经济法学, 2003, 硕士

【摘要】 专利制度的根本目的是为了保护专利权人的合法权益,激励其智力创造,同时在此基础上通过公开专利技术方案促进技术的进步与创新。然而,各种各样的专利侵权行为却阻碍着专利法目的的实现,特别是等同侵权行为。深入研究等同原则,可以为我国立法界、司法界处理该类问题提供理论指导,对于拓宽知识产权研究领域、促进专利法乃至整个知识产权法学学科建设也具有重要的意义。本文以利益平衡理论和知识产权哲学为指导,以等同侵权判定为主线,对等同原则的一些基本理论问题做了探讨。文章从研究等同原则的普通法渊源和现代先例入手,运用知识产权哲学中抽象物的概念对等同原则进行了法哲学分析,接着分析该原则在适用过程中可能存在的问题并提出解决问题的方案。然后阐述了等同原则的具体应用。在阐明等同原则适用前提的基础上分析了整体等同理论和全部技术特征原则的局限性,并建议将两者有机结合起来;同时,主张判定等同的主体标准应是“所属技术领域的普通技术人员”,客观标准应是“非实质性不同”,判定等同的时间应以侵权日为准;另外,鉴于多余指定原则存在诸多问题,主张废除该原则。最后,本文讨论等同原则的合理限制。借助于图表,分析了适用禁止反悔原则的各种情况以及禁止反悔的根据问题,探讨了在适用已有技术抗辩时,如何区分专利技术、已有技术和被控侵权技术三者之间的关系。

【Abstract】 The fundamental goal of the patent system is to protect the patentee’s lawful rights and interests, encourage his intellectual property creation, and based on which to push forward progress and innovation of science and technology through making public the scheme of patented technology. However, various patent infringements hinders the realization of this goal, especially the infringement under the doctrine of equivalents(hereinafter "DOE"). Further studies on the DOE does good to set the problem of that kind by offering realistic theories for our legislative and judicial circle, and is of great importance to establish the idea of balancing of interests, widen the realm of intellectual property rights, and promote the development of the patent law, even, in a sense, the whole intellectual property jurisprudence.Guided by the idea of balancing of interests and regarding some basic theories of equivalent infringement as the main clue, this dissertation probes into some basic theoretic problems of the DOE. Starting from studying the origin of the Common law and the modern precedent, the dissertation makes an analysis of the DOE from the respect of jurisprudence by making use of the definition of "abstract objects", then it analyses some problems which maybe exist during applying the DOE and puts forward a program to solve these problems. Then, the dissertation comments on the substantial application of the DOE. This dissertation makes it clear the application premise of the DOE, and based on which expounds the limitations to the whole doctrine of equivalents and all elements rule, then suggests the organic combination of them. Meanwhile, the dissertation holds that the subjective standard forevaluating equivalency should be "the average technician pertaining to this field", the objective standard be "insubstantial difference", and the time be at the time of infringement. In addition, the dissertation stands for the abolition of the unnecessary appointing rule in consideration of some problems existing in this rule. Finally, the dissertation discusses the rational constraints on the DOE. With the help of charts, it analyses such problem as circumstance in which prosecution history estoppel is applied, and the basis thereof, expounds how to distinguish the relationship from the patented technology, the prior art and the accused infringing technology in the course of applying the argument of prior art.

  • 【网络出版投稿人】 湘潭大学
  • 【网络出版年期】2004年 03期
  • 【分类号】D913
  • 【被引频次】2
  • 【下载频次】426
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