合理原则下专利搭售的反垄断法规制研究

THE REGULATION OF ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW UNDER THE REASONABLE PRINCIPLE OF PATENT TYING

专利法是保护创新、促进经济发展的重要法律制度,然而权利人却可能通过滥用专利权实施一系列阻碍创新、削弱竞争的行为。专利搭售作为滥用专利权的一种形式,既能带来积极的经济效益,又可能造成排除、限制竞争的恶劣后果。美国传统反垄断法对专利搭售适用本身违法原则,但是于2006年Independent Ink案中正式转向适用合理原则。中国作为专利技术使用大国,应当对专利搭售案件和非专利搭售案件适用同样的合理原则进行反垄断法的分析,并且在这一分析过程中应注意专利权范围并非决定专利行为竞争效果的唯一要素,合理原则下专利搭售案件当事人的举证责任也有所不同。

Patent law is an important legal system of protecting innovation and promoting economic development, however,the owner of the patent is likely to set a series of obstacles to hinder innovation and weaken competition by abusing his/her patent right.As a form of abusing patent rights,patent tying can bring positive economic bene-fits,and may also result in the adverse consequences of eliminating or restricting competition.American traditional antitrust law applies in the principle of illegal patent tying on its own but in 2006 in the case of IndependentInk formally shifted in applying the reasonable principle of patent tying.As a big country in the use of patented technolo-gy,China should carry out an analysis of the anti-monopoly law in that the same reasonable principles apply to both patent tying cases and non patent tying cases,and in the process of analysis it should be noted that the scope of patent rights is not the only factor to determine the effect of competition on patent behavior.Under the reasonable principles,parties to the case of patent tying have different responsibilities for providing burden of proof.