法国知识产权法律性质探析

An Analysis of the Legal Nature of the Intellectual Property in France

对于知识产权的性质,法国立法和司法活动中呈现出观点分歧,原因在于知识产权与所有权的性质存在差异,而无法将知识产权简单地归类于法国法所定义的所有权。法国学界通过对所有权定义的扩展,将知识产权定义为一种财产权利,并且知识产权的特殊性决定了必须适用特殊的知识产权法律制度。

Regarding the nature of intellectual property, the French legislation and judicial circles witness divergent opinions. Since the nature of intellectual property and that of ownership is different, it cannot simply to categorize intellectual property as the ownership stipulated by French law. By expanding the definition of ownership, the French academic circle defines intellectual property as a kind of property right, but the particularity of intellectual property decides there must be a special intellectual property legal system.