商标恶意诉讼的认定与法律规制

Identification and Legal Regulation for Trademark Malicious Lawsuits

商标恶意诉讼是一种恶意诉讼行为,诚实信用原则是规制商标恶意诉讼的法理依据。现行法律规定存在界定不清、规范和预防机制不足等问题,司法实践中"恶意"认定标准不同、损失赔偿标准较为复杂,不利于遏制近年来商标恶意诉讼的频发趋势。针对上述问题,实体法上,应明确商标恶意诉讼及认定标准,增加反赔制度。程序法上,需明晰诉前禁令制度,严格限制原告撤回起诉。同时,应进一步完善信用规制机制作为实体法和程序法的配套措施共同保障当事人权益。在借鉴国外先进经验基础上实现对商标恶意诉讼行为的有效识别和规制。

Trademark malicious lawsuit is a kind of malicious litigation behavior,and the principle of good faith is the legal basis for regulating trademark malicious lawsuits.There exist some problems in the current laws and regulations,such as unclear definition,insufficient norms and prevention mechanisms,etc..In judicial practice,the identification of"malicious lawsuits"has different standards,and the stan dards of compensation for losses are quite complicated,which are not conducive to curb the trend of frequent occurrences of trademark malicious lawsuits in recent years.Aimed at the above problems,in the substantive laws,the trademark malicious lawsuits and the identification standards should be clarified,and the anti-compensation system should be added.In the procedural laws,it is necessary to clarify the pre-litigation injunction system and strictly limit the withdrawal of prosecution.At the same time,the credit regulation mechanism should be further improved to be a supporting measure to the substantive laws and procedural laws to jointly safeguard the interests of the parties.On the basis of learning from foreign advanced experience,trademark malicious lawsuits can be effectively identified and regulated.