网络环境中知识产权穷竭原则的诉讼适用

On Application of the Principle of Exhaustion of Intellectual Property Rights under the Network Environment

网络信息交易中,杂糅着知识产权、信息财产权与信息服务的交易,其相互间界限模糊、常被混淆,导致诉讼中知识产权穷竭原则对网络环境的适用成了问题。针对其产生的原因加以分析,知识产权穷竭原则具有适用于网络环境的正当性,对其适用障碍也可以克服,进而可以确定其适用条件,包括:信息知识产品销售的前后手中始终只有一份复制件;信息知识产品产生于知识产权人授权或其他合法原因;知识产权人获得必要的报酬。

The network information transaction, mingles with intellectual property rights, information property rights and information service trade, which leads to the application of the exhaustion of intellectual property rights principle in the network environment a problem owning to their fuzzy boundaries. By analyzing the causes, we found that the principle of exhaustion of intellectual property rights has the legitimacy for the network environment and we can then find its applica- ble conditions through overcoming the application obstacles. The applicable conditions include： there always should be only one copy in the hand of information product sellers ; information knowledge products are created under the authorization of the intellectual property owners or other legitimate reasons ; and intellectual property owners can obtain the necessary compensation.