云计算技术条件下专利侵权责任分析

An Analysis of Patent Infringement Liability under the Cloud Computing Technology

云计算技术条件下的专利侵权,涉及多方主体,不是简单的直接侵权情形,要结合分离式侵权、引诱侵权及帮助侵权理论分析。分离式侵权不同于共同侵权制度,也与替代责任有所区别,应作为一种新的制度形态存在。分离式侵权情况下的引诱侵权,难为共同侵权理论包容,将成为侵权法发展的重要争议。而帮助侵权应和引诱侵权统一要件。面对上述情况,实有必要借鉴国外司法实践的成果,明确判断标准,建立云计算技术主体责任边界。

Patent infringement under the cloud computing technology involves multi-parties,and is not a simple case of direct infringement.To analyze this problem properly,we need to take into consideration the theories of separate infringement,inducement infringement and contributory infringement.The separate infringement,as a new type infringement form,is different from joint infringement and vicariously infringement.It is very difficult for the courts to decide whether an entity commits inducement liability or not,when several parties perform all the steps of the claim method,which implies a major dispute in the development of tort law.Furthermore,contributory infringement and inducement infringement both stem from the same origin.Given the above facts,we should learn from the foreign judicial practice to modify our patent law in the future,and set clear criteria to distinguish these parate infringement,inducement infringement and contributory infringement,in order to clarify the responsibility of individual parties of the cloud computing technology.