方法专利的“延伸保护”和新产品制造方法专利侵权诉讼中的举证责任倒置——评最高人民法院张喜田提审案

"Extended Protection"and Reversal of Burden of Proof in Respect of Patented Process for Obtaining New Product:Comments on the Supreme People's Court's Review of Zhang Xitian Case(No.Mintizi 84/2009)

制造加工方法专利的有效保护依赖于‘延伸保护’和特殊的举证责任分配，这二者是《与贸易相关的知识产权协议》（TRIPS协议）以及《欧洲专利公约》等国际专利协议保护方法专利的重要规则。

For a process patent,1 the scope of protection is extended to the product obtained directly by the process （the ＂extended protection＂）, and where certain conditions are satisfied, the burden of proof is allocated otherwise. 2 These two rules are critical for process patents, and are explicitly set forth in the main international IP agreements,