论实用艺术作品著作权与外观设计专利权的关系——由人体香水瓶案引发的法律思考

随着经济的发展,消费者已经不再仅仅要求生活品实用、耐久,更要求所购买的产品在实用的同时带给人以美感。在这种要求下,实用艺术作品和外观设计这两个在一定程度上相似又均符合人们的时代要求的概念出现在人们的视野里。司法实践中不断出现的相关案例也证实了其权利保护的重要性。本文从人体香水瓶案出发,界定实用艺术作品与外观设计的概念,分析两者权利保护的联系与区别。

With the development of economy, the products in daily life are not only required of durability but also beauty, As a result, the two objects, works of applied art and appearance design that are similar to each other in some extent have appeared in judicial practice field more frequently. According to the case of human body-shaped perfume bottle, the relationship of the two objects in lawful protection is analyzed in this treatise.