专利行政确权制度存在的问题及其解决思路

Study on the Patent Administrative Conf irmation System

专利侵权诉讼往往伴之以专利行政确权,两个程序叠加、交织,导致侵权诉讼时间过长,不利于维护专利权人的合法权益,为此需要完善司法、行政两个程序,加强彼此间的衔接和协调。在创新激励的政策导向下,以合理扩大依职权审查范围为重点,有利于完善专利行政确权制度。根据问题难易、最终可能的审查结果分类解决,可以达到"减少真发明创造权利在维权时受到的困扰,使其得到及时保护;减少伪发明创造权利对公众和竞争对手的干扰,维护公正合理的市场竞争秩序和公共利益"的目的。

Patent infringement litigation is often accompanied by the patent administrative confirmation process. The interplay and overlap of the two procedures result in unreasonably long proceedings of infringement lawsuits, which may undermine the legitimate rights and interests of patent holders. Therefore it is necessary to improve the judicial and administrative procedures, and strengthen the connection and coordination between them. Under the guidance of the innovation driven policy, reasonably expand the scope of the ex officio review can help to perfect the patent administrative confirmation system. By classifying patents into different categories, based on the possible review result, true inventions can have timely protection in safeguarding their legal rights, and the confusion caused by inferior inventions to the public and competitors may be curbed, whereby the fair and reasonable market competition order and the public interest are well maintained.