论网络交易平台提供者商标权帮助侵权责任

A Study on the Trademark Right Contributory Infringement of Online Trading Platform Providers

网络交易平台提供者是否需要承担帮助侵权责任,一直是商标权侵权纠纷案件认定的难点。文章在界定网络交易平台提供者法律地位的基础上,对我国现有法律规范进行了梳理,主要从"是否知道"网络用户的商标侵权行为以及对网络用户的商标侵权行为"有无提供帮助"入手认定网络交易平台提供者是否要承担帮助侵权责任。结合实践,分别从"主动获知"和"被动告知后得知"两个角度来对"是否知道"进行认定,从"服务性质"以及"必要措施的采取是否合理"等角度对"有无提供帮助"进行考察。

How to determine the trademark right contributory infringement of an online trading platform provider is always the crucial problem of a trademark right infringement case. Based on the definition of legal status of an online trading platform provider,and thorough understanding of the current related laws in China,the author proposes a 2-step method to solve this problem： 1） whether or not the provider knows the infringement by its user; 2） whether or not the provider contributes to the infringement. For the first step,it is determined by whether the provider actively or passively knows the infringement,or otherwise the provider does not know the infringement at all. For the second step,it needs to know the nature of the service by the provider and whether the provider takes adequate actions to prevent the infringement.