等同原则在中国

Equivalent Doctrine in China

采用成文法的中国，自P985年建立专利制度以来，在《专利法》和《专利法实施细则》中都没有对等同原则作出任何规定，只有最高法院以司法解释的形式对等同原则及其适用作出过规定和解释。尽管如此，中国法院在司法实践中从未停止过对等同原则的适用，而这也使等同原则的适用在中国一直充满了争议和不确定性。

In China in which the statutory laws are adopted, the Patent Law and the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law do not provide for the equivalent doctrine from 1985 when the patent system was instituted. Only the Supreme People＇s Court has provided for, and interpreted, the. equivalent doctrine and its application in the form of judicial interpretation in 2001. In spite of all these, the courts in China have never ceased applying the equivalent doctrine in their judicial practice, which has made the application of the equivalent doctrine always controversial and uncertain.