新加坡专利异议制度及其可鉴经验

Singapore Patent Opposition System and Its Experience

新加坡专利制度经过五次修改,从原本的完全基于英国相关法律的规定处理专利问题到现在的实现专利制度本土化转型,促使新加坡成为知识产权保护制度亚洲第一的国家,加之我国与新加坡具有密切的贸易往来,为此研究新加坡知识产权制度对我国完善相关制度具有借鉴意义。通过梳理新加坡专利异议流程,并结合比较我国专利公众意见制度,发现两项制度均设置于专利授权前用于判断专利申请是否符合授予条件,并且两项制度均具有不足;新加坡专利异议制度存在易被利害关系人滥用恶意延迟授权时间的缺陷,而我国专利公众意见制度缺乏反馈机制易削弱公众参与专利审查的积极性。为此我国需要明确公众意见制度的法律地位,且纳入反馈机制,使该项制度更好地服务于专利审查。

After five revisions,the Singapore patent system has been transformed from the original patent law based on the relevant UK laws to the current localization of the patent system,making Singapore the number one country in Asia for intellectual property protection,coupled with our country and Singapore have close trade,In this regard,the study of Singapore’s intellectual property system has implications for China’s improvement of relevant systems.By combing the Singapore patent opposition process,compared with our country’s patent public opinion system,it is found that both systems are set before the patent authorization to determine whether the patent application meets the conditions for grant,and both systems are insufficient;The Singapore patent opposition system has the disadvantage of easy to be abused by the interested person to delay the authorization time,However,the lack of feedback mechanism in China’s patent public opinion system tends to weaken the enthusiasm of public for participating in patent examination.To this end,China needs to clarify the legal status of the public opinion system and incorporate a feedback mechanism to make the system better serve patent examination.