专利搭售行为的反垄断法规制研究——以“专利设备+材料”型搭售为分析范式

Study on the Regulation of Anti-monopoly Law of Patent Tying Behavior——Analysis "Patent Equipment + Material " Tying

专利搭售行为具有提高效率的正面效应与排除、限制竞争的负面效应,因此需要对其反竞争性进行再判断。反垄断法规制专利搭售行为具有加大规制力度、扩展规制范围、提升规制利益的多方面优势。在反垄断法规制专利搭售行为的立法与司法经验方面,美国转变适用合理原则,欧盟注重考虑市场支配地位的决定作用。我国专利搭售反垄断法规制的立法与执法需要重点考虑四方面的问题:同等对待非专利搭售案件与专利搭售案件、坚持合理原则的基本分析方法、强化指南的可操作性、协调反垄断法与专利法的关系。

Patent tying has the positive effect of improving efficiency and the negative effect of restricting competition. It is necessary to re-judge the anti-competitive nature of patent tying. It has the multitudinous superiority which strengthens the regulation strength, expands the regulation scope, enhances the regulatory benefit. In the aspect of legislation and judicial experience, the United States applies the reasonable principle; the EU attaches great importance to the decision-making role of considering market dominance. The legislation and enforcement of antitrust regulation in China＇s patent tying need to focus on four aspects： equaling treatment of non-patent tying cases and patent tying cases, adhering to the basic principles of rational analysis, strengthening the operability of the guidelines, coordinating the relationship between anti-monopoly law and patent.