知识产权侵权专属管辖之驳论

Rebuttal of Exclusive Jurisdiction of IP Infringement

目前我国司法实践对于涉外知识产权侵权基本上处于专属管辖的现实状态,这与国际上的发展趋势脱节与背离,也是跨境侵犯知识产权问题(如涉外定牌加工问题)长期未得到妥善解决的症结。侵犯外国知识产权案件的管辖被许多国家不同程度地接受并进而形成一定的趋势,这有利于实现知识产权国际保护方面的司法合作,从而促进国家之间互信互利。专属管辖存在五方面理由:与不动产物权的类比,礼让原则和国家行为原则,有效性与侵权的分离性问题,规范管辖权和裁判管辖权的混淆,外国法查明的困难。这些理由均难以成立。基于此,我国司法实践应适当地对涉外知识产权侵权案件突破专属管辖。

Currently,judicial practice of China takes the attitude of exclusive jurisdiction for foreign related IP infringement case.It is inconsistent with international trend,and also the crux of cross-border IP infringement dispute(e.g.,OEM problem)for long time.Jurisdiction for foreign IP has been accepted by many countries gradually,which favors judicial cooperation of IP protection and mutual benefits between countries.There are five reasons for exclusive jurisdiction:a.analogy with real property;b.comity and act of state doctrine;c.separability of validity and infringement;d.confusion between prescriptive jurisdiction and adjudicative jurisdiction;e.complexity of foreign laws.These reasons are unconvincing.Therefore,courts of China should accept jurisdiction over infringement of foreign IP right.