标准必要专利反垄断纠纷中相关市场的界定——兼评华为公司诉美国IDC公司案

Definition of Relevant Market of Standard Essential Patents( SEPs)in Patent Antitrust Dispute——A Review to Huawei,Inc vs. Interdigital,Inc.

随着"专利标准化、标准国际化"趋势的发展,为实现打击市场竞争对手,获取垄断利润的目的,国外企业利用标准必要专利实施知识产权滥用行为的案例在现实中已不鲜见,对知识产权滥用行为进行相应的法律规制已经成为业界共识。然而,法律规制的前提是对行为性质的确定,而相关市场的界定则是确定知识产权滥用行为关键的基础性工作之一。针对目前我国反垄断立法中关于相关市场规定的疏漏和空白,借鉴欧美反垄断立法和司法中相关市场界定的经验,找寻适应标准必要专利相关市场界定的方法,并完善我国现有立法,为法官提供更为明确和具体的方法指引,是法官在现实标准必要专利反垄断纠纷中进行准确、合理界定相关市场的关键。

With the development of patent standardization and standard internationalization, there spring up numerous cases that foreign enterprises abuse intellectual property through adoption of SEPs, in order to beat competitors and obtain monopoly profits. It is a professional consensus to legally prevent intellectual property abuse. However, the prerequisite of legal regulation is defini- tion of behavior nature, where definition of relevant market is one of such basic tasks. Aiming at the status quo of omissions and blankness of antitrust law in China, it is vital to learn from European and American experiences. It is critical to correctly define relevant market of SEPs, to improve China＇ s current legislation, and to provide more specific guidelines for judges, so that they can accurately and reasonably define relevant markets in antitrust lawsuits.