从TRIPs协议第40条谈知识产权滥用的竞争法规制

Study on the Regulation of Intellectual Property Abuse by Competition Law in Terms of the 40th Article in TRIPs

TRIPs协议第40条授予了各成员国对知识产权许可协议中的限制竞争行为进行规制的权利。主要西方国家根据各国的经济竞争政策制定了相应的反垄断法及知识产权许可的反垄断指南,有力地解决了知识产权滥用的问题。通过对TRIPs协议该条关于知识产权滥用规定的分析,结合该条规定所体现的立法精神与法律价值,认为我国也有必要制定相应的反垄断规则,并尽力保持知识产权的政策性与灵活性,从而对国际知识产权贸易特别是技术贸易领域中存在的知识产权垄断问题进行规制。

On the basis of the 40th Article provided by TRIPs, the member nations are empowered to regulate the anticompetitive practices in intellectual property licensing contract. The main western countries laid down the antimonopoly law and antimonopoly guide of intellectual property- license according to their policy of economy competition, which effectively solved the problem of the abuse of intellectual property. In view of the analysis of the regulations on the abuse of intellectual property in 40th and the representation of the lawmaking spirits and legal value of the article, this paper holds that China should also enact antimonopoly rules and maintain the policy and the flexibility of intellectual property in order to regulate the monopoly of intellectual property in the trade of international intellectual property, especially in the field of technology trade.