美国驰名商标保护问题的司法现状——对美特别301报告涉华商标保护问题的反击

Judicial Status of US Well-known Trademarks Protection:Counterattack against the US Special 301 Report on Trademark Protection in China

跨国商标认证和保护,在机制上还停留在巴黎公约下暂不成熟的驰名商标法则阶段。并且目前各签约国就驰名商标保护的细则未形成共识,仅有大体的框架。但是,承认和保护签约伙伴国驰名商标作为一项选择性义务,具有权利和义务的统一性。通过美国吉冈提案和ITC案,我们可以了解到美国司法对于他国驰名商标承认和保护上仍处于法理的分裂中,因此基于美国目前司法实践,美国2019年度特别301报告对于我国漠视对美国驰名商标承认和保护的大篇幅指责,且不论其事实描述是否属实,是缺乏要求我国和其他国家对其履行驰名商标保护对等义务的有力根据的。

The mechanism of transnational trademark certification and protection is still in the immature stage-following the rules about famous trademark protection stipulated in the Paris Convention.Up to now,there is only a general framework among the signatory countries,lacking consensus on the detailed specification of well-known trademark protection.However,as an optional obligation,to recognize and protect the well-known trademarks of the signatory partner countries is also bound up with the legal rights of mutual recognition among them.From the Gigante case and ITC case,we can know that the United States is in the legal split in judicial recognition and protection of trademarks of other countries.The Special 301 Report of the United States in 2019 China accuses China of ignoring US well-known trademarks.Based on the current judicial practice in the United States,such an accusation lacks strong basis for requiring China and other countries to fulfill their obligations,the description in the report is true or not.