外观设计专利:判断主体与设计空间 评最高法院“万丰摩托车轮案”(2010)行提字第5号

Chinese Design Patent:Concept of "Normal Consumer" and Degree of Freedom of Designer;Comments on Patent Reexamination Board et al.v.Wanfeng Corp.,No.Mintizi 5(Supreme People's Court of P.R.China,2010)

国家知识产权局专利复审委员会、浙江今飞机械集团有限公司与浙江万丰摩轮有限公司专利无效行政利纷案（简称＂万丰摩托车轮案＂）是最高人民法院精选出作为《最高人民法院知识产权案件年度报告》（2010）示范指导案例之一。特别的,本案讨论了两大外观设计计专利制度的基本问题：外观设计专利相同或近似的判断主体和设计空间。对此,

The Patent Reexamination Board et al. v. Wanfeng Corp., （Wanfeng）, an administrative case of dispute over patent invalidation, is one of the model cases selected by the Supreme People＇s Court in its Annual Report on IP Cases 2010. Particularly, the case touches upon two fundamental issues of the Chinese design patent regime, namely the con- cept of ＂normal consumers＂,