专利恶意诉讼中引入惩罚性赔偿的必要性

On Necessity of Introducing the Punitive Damages in Malicious Patent Litigation

随着经济的发展和进步,知识产权也成为了国家竞争实力的重要体现。保护权利人的合法利益是知识产权制度建立的初衷,但部分企业和个人出于不正当目的,却假借维护合法权利的名义恶意提起专利侵权诉讼,旨在打击竞争对手,获取非法利益,这类行为给相对人造成了损失,并严重阻碍司法权威的树立以及法治社会建设。目前我国对于专利恶意诉讼并没有明确的法律规定,这也在一定程度上,促使一些不法分子以专利诉讼为工具,来达到其损害他人利益或者使自身获利的目的。文章将通过对专利恶意诉讼的分析,借鉴各国对相关问题的处理方式,从而得出适用我国发展的专利恶意诉讼规制方式。

With the development of the knowledge economy,intellectual property has become a core competitiveness among countries. The protection of the legitimate interests of rights holders was the original purpose of the intellectual property system. However, for an improper purpose, some companies and individuals under the guise of safeguarding the legitimate rights filed patent infringement lawsuits against competitors to obtain illegal benefits. Such conducts have caused the loss of a relative, and a serious impediment to the judicial authority and the establishment of rule of law and society. However, there is no clear law for malicious prosecution. To some extent, it has prompted some unscrupulous patent litigation as a tool to damage the interests of others or to make their own profit. This paper analyzed malicious litigation of patent by learning from related cases of other countries to establish some regulations applicable in China.