知识产权转让不破许可之证伪

On the Substantiate Disapproving of “No Break of IP License by Transfer”

知识产权被转让后,新知识产权人是否可以禁止订立在先许可合同的被许可人继续使用知识产权客体,是知识产权利用制度中的焦点问题。遗憾的是,相关法律中用语较为模糊,并在追求效果的稳定性方面呈现明显欠缺。对这些规范的内容及其引发的诸多困境进行分析后,进一步对相关租赁合同规范的类推适用可能性予以考察。随后对许可关系自身的特殊性进行了立法论层面的分析。在解释论和立法论均不能贡献支撑转让不破许可的正当理由之后,在权利变动层面对许可的法律本质进行初步探讨,最终得出知识产权转让不破许可在中国法下未被确立的结论。

It is a hot-debated issue that whether the new IP owner can forbid the licensee of an earlier license contract to continue using the IP objects after the IP has been transferred. Regretfully, the legal terms in relevant legislation are both vague and unstable to clarify this question. Based on the analysis of the relevant legal stipulations and the consequent application dilemma, the paper further examines the possibility of applying by analogy the similar provisions in lease contract. Then the paper analyzes the speci ficity of the license-related relationships from the perspective of legislation. It is found that neither the legislative theory nor the interpretative theory can justify the saying that “no break of license by transfer”. The paper then explores the legal nature of license from the perspective of right changes. It is finally concluded that the saying “no break of license by IP transfer” is not established in the context of Chinese law.