涉及多主體的專利侵權分析——兼評敦駿案與西電捷通案

Multi-Party Patent Infringement Analysis——Comments on Dunjun V.Tengda and IWNCOMM V.Sony

1.引言新技術發展正在日新月異地改變着我們的世界。技術軟件化帶來緑色環保和迭代昇級上的優勢,也使産品的定義和物理邊界變得模糊。人工智能競賽讓機器的運作變得更加自主和獨立。方興未艾的物聯網産業讓人與人之間的通信被機器與機器之間的通信所取代。如火如荼的雲計算技術正在把繁重的信息處理環節從客户端轉移到雲端。面對技術發展帶來的挑戰,我們的專利侵權制度,是僵化地固守傳統規則,還是舊瓶裝新酒、通過創造性地解釋原有規則來適應新的環境,還是另辟蹊徑、創設新的規則?時代等着我們去回答。涉及多主體場景的專利侵權問題,便是挑戰之一。

New technologies are developing and bringing about changes to our world every day.While having the advantages of environmental protection and iterative upgrading,softwarization of technologies also blur the definitions and physical boundaries of products.Artificial intelligence competition renders the operation of machines more autonomous and independent.The emerging Internet of Things(loT)industry makes it possible to replace man-to-man communication with machine-to-machine communication.Cloud computing technology is in full swing,transferring tremendous information processing works from client ends to cloud ends.In face of challenges brought by technological development,what shall we do for the patent infringement system?Shall we rigidly adhere to established rules,or adapt to new situations by creatively interpreting the existing rules,or blaze a trail by creating new rules?