信息成本在专利司法保护中的作用

The Role of Information Cost in Patent Judicial Protection

2019年是专利的改革之年。知识产权局重组逐步落实、最高人民法院成立知识产权法庭,标志着专利保护机制的改革进入深化调整阶段。就专利法实施而言,各项措施的落实存在着共同目标:降低保护专利权所需的信息成本。信息成本,是指信息传递、信息处理所需之成本。任何法律的实施均产生信息成本,但它在专利法中尤为特殊,一旦信息无法有效传递、处理,专利法将难以有效实施。在专利司法保护中,技术因素的介入、当事人的维权成本是影响信息成本的关键变量。对信息成本的控制,是实现专利司法保护制度效益的有效路径。

2019 is the year of patent reform. The restructuring of the Intellectual Property Office and the establishment of the Intellectual Property Tribunal by the Supreme People’s Court marked the deepening of the reform of the patent protection mechanism. As far as the implementation of the patent law is concerned, the implementation of various measures has a common goal: to reduce the information costs required to protect patent rights. Information cost refers to the cost of information transmission and information processing. The implementation of any law generates information costs, but it is particularly special in patent law. Once the information cannot be effectively transmitted and processed,the patent law will be difficult to implement effectively. In the judicial protection of patents, the intervention of technical factors and the cost of rights protection of the parties are the key variables that affect the cost of information. The control of information costs is an effective coordination path to realize the benefits of the patent judicial protection system.