汽车平行进口中的知识产权问题研究

Research on Intellectual Property Rights in Parallel Import of Automobiles

随着我国汽车平行进口规模的扩大,知识产权可能成为国外车企反制平行进口的突破点。目前我国尚未出现汽车平行进口方面的知识产权纠纷,但实际上存在很多潜在风险。本文采用案例类比分析的方法,剖析了汽车平行进口中潜在的专利和商标侵权风险。分析认为,汽车平行进口中主要的专利问题来自于平行进口车的改装是否适用权利用尽原则,主要的商标问题来自于不当使用商标进行宣传、不当使用中文产品标牌、未经质量认证或不当改动。对此,在汽车平行进口政策制定上要充分重视知识产权保护,在立法和司法实践中需要进一步明晰争议,此外还要进一步提高汽车平行进口商的知识产权意识。

With the expansion of the parallel import of automobiles in China,intellectual property rights may become the breakthrough point for foreign car manufacturers to counter parallel imports.At present,there are no intellectual property rights disputes concerning the parallel import of automobiles in China.However,there are actually many potential risks.This paper uses a kind of case analogy analysis method to analyze the potential patent and trademark infringement risks in parallel import of automobiles.According to the analysis,the main patent issue in parallel imports of automobiles comes from whether the conversion of parallel imported vehicles is suitable for the exhaustion of rights,and the major trademark issues arise from improper use of trademarks for promotion,inappropriate use of Chinese product labels,lack of quality certifi cation,or improper changes.In this regard,we must pay full attention to the protection of intellectual property rights in the formulation of parallel import policies for automobiles.We need to further clarify the disputes in the legislative and judicial practice,and we must further improve the awareness of intellectual property rights of parallel importers of automobiles.