知识产权的基本理念与反不正当竞争扩展保护之限度--兼评“金庸诉江南”案

On the Basic Ideas of Intellectual Property and Limits of Extended Protection by Anti-Unfair Competition Law: with Comments on the “Jin Yong vs. Jiang Nan” Case

自由竞争和知识的公共性决定了应该采取"公共领域为原则、知识产权为例外"的知识产权基本理念,而这种知识产权基本理念则不仅决定了知识产权法与反不正当竞争法之间的关系,也决定了反不正当竞争扩展保护的限度。要确定反不正当竞争扩展保护的限度,不仅要坚持严格的法律适用规则,而且要确定扩展保护的具体标准。因不满足反不正当竞争扩展保护的基本标准,"金庸诉江南"案的反不正当竞争扩展保护有失当之嫌。

Free competition and the public nature of knowledge determine the basic ideas of intellectual property, i.e. public domain is generally protected and the protection of intellectual property is an exception. Such a basic idea of intellectual property not only determines the relationship between Intellectual Property Law and Anti-Unfair Competition Law, but also decides the limits of the extended protection by Anti-Unfair Competition Law. To determine the limits of the extended protection, it is above all to insist on strict legal application rules, then specifc standards for the extended protection are to be set. Unable to meet the basic standards for extended protection by Anti-Unfair Competition Law, the extended protection as applied in the “Jin Yong vs. Jiang Nan” case is improperly decided.