论商标先用权制度之“在先使用”

On“Prior Use”of Priority Right in Trademark Law

在完善知识产权法治建设的立法背景下,我国于2014年5月1日起正式施行的新《商标法》第59条第3款增设了商标先用权制度,赋予先用人在原有范围内继续使用商标的权利,对有一定影响力的未注册商标加强了法律保护力度1。成立在先使用行为是适用商标先用权制度进行抗辩的前提基础,鉴于理论和实践中对于构成"在先使用"行为的法律解释莫衷一是,该文针对理论和司法实践中的分歧之处,对适用在先使用行为的要件作出具体明确的阐释。

Under the background of improving the construction of the rule of law in intellectual property legal system,the current trademark law adds the provision of prior use as the 59th（3）clause,since its coming into effect on May 1st,2014,entifling a prior user the interest of continuously using his trademark for original purpose, which strengthens the legal protection of unregistered trademarks with influence. The act of prior use has proved to be the premise of applying the defense. Since it has failed to come to any agreement about the legal explanations on what consists of＂prior use＇behavior, this essay has elaborated the issue above ,especially focusing on those controversial point of views both in theory and practice.