专利法中善意侵权救济路径的“张”与“度”

The “Expansion” and “Restriction” of Relief Path of Innocent Infringement in Patent Law

善意侵权人不承担赔偿责任是我国专利法的明确规定,但是否应该承担其他民事责任,承担什么民事责任,法律未作出明文规定,致使善意侵权案件中当事人的权利与责任模糊不清。因此,有必要明确善意侵权人的责任承担方式与专利权人的权益救济路径,追求张弛有度、公平合理的法律效果。专利法需要明确规定善意侵权人停止侵害的民事责任,并引入不当得利返还请求权以强化专利权人的司法救济能力,此谓善意侵权救济路径之"张";为了避免专利权的过度扩张和滥用,需要对停止侵害的民事责任规定具体化,并对不当得利返还请求权加以必要限制,此谓善意侵权救济路径之"度"。

According to the regulation of patent law in china, infringers in good faith are not liable to damages. However, whether the infringers in good faith shall assume other civil liability, and if they shall, what kind of civil liability they should bear is not provided by the Patent law. Therefore, the rights and responsibilities of litigants in innocent infringement cases are blurred. It is necessary to clarify the responsibilities of infringers and the relief paths of patent right’s owners, to pursuit modest, fair and reasonable legal effect. The civil liability of cessation of infringement should be cleared, and the right of claim of restitution of unjust enrichment should be introduced to the patent law to strengthen judicial relief capacity of the right’s owners, this is called“expansion of relief path of innocent infringement”. In order to avoid excessive expansion and abuse of patent rights, the civil liability of stopping infringement need to be speciifc and the right of claim of restitution of unjust enrichment need necessary limitation, this is called“restriction of relief path of innocent infringement”.