避风港规则植入专利法的问题与出路

The Problem and Solution of Implanting Safe Harbor Rules into Patent Law

与美国避风港规则相比,中国避风港规则赋予网络服务商较重的注意义务,通知和反通知程序容易被滥用,可能造成权利人和网络用户之间利益严重失衡。专利权和其他权利相比,网络服务商判断侵权与否的难度更大,删除信息对网络用户的影响也更大,贸然将避风港规则引入专利法无疑会加重上述利益失衡问题。因此,必须全面评估避风港规则对各利益主体的激励作用,减轻网络服务商的注意义务,规范通知和反通知程序的适用,重视网络用户的合法权益。

China's safe harbor rules place a heavier duty of care on internet service providers than American safe har bor rules,and the notice and counter-notice procedures are easy to be abused,which may cause a serious imbalance of interests between obligees and internet users.Compared with other rights,it is more difficult for internet service provid ers to judge whether patent rights are infringed or not,and the deletion of information has a greater impact on internet users.Rashly introducing the safe harbor rules into the patent law will undoubtedly aggravate the above interest imbal ance.It is necessary to comprehensively evaluate the incentive of the safe harbor rules to various interest subjects,re duce the duty of care of Internet service providers,regulate the application of notice and counter-notice procedures,and attach importance to the legitimate rights and interests of internet users.