专利权期限限制的比较研究

Limit's to Authority of patent

专利权是国家授予专利权人的一种独占权,是国家对发明人作出发明创造并公诸于众的回报,这种独占权排除的是所有其他人和单位。但专利保护超过了“度”的限制,所损害的就是整个公众的利益。因此法律必须确保这种独占权的授予是价有所值的,确保专利权的行使不致于损害公众的合法利益。各国法律不同程度的对专利权作了限制,以期在权利与制约间寻求平衡。

Patent is a kind of monopolizing authority endowed by nations only to inventors, instead of their units or other people, for their invention. However, protection for the right should be within limits, otherwise it wiLl damage the whole society＇s benefits. So our hws must ensure that the authority endowing is valuable and it wiLl not do harm to the public＇s legal benefits. In order to balance authority and limits, different nation has their respectve hws to limit the authority more or less.