新《专利法》实施下我国专利开放许可制度的确立与完善

The Establishment and Improvement of China’s Patent Open License System Under the Implementation of New Patent Law

专利开放许可制度能够有效降低专利许可交易的成本,不仅契合我国专利权人当前的现实需要,制度成本也比较合理。专利开放许可制度有望帮助扭转我国近几年来专利许可率的下降趋势,新一轮《专利法》修订将之引入是一项重要的立法突破。但是严格来说,新《专利法》中的相关条款仍存在对专利权人的吸引力不足、谈判环节缺失与纠纷解决机制效率低等问题,建议分别通过建立动态的年费减免机制、厘清开放许可声明的法律性质以及构建多元化的纠纷解决机制来予以解决。

The open license system of patent can reduce the transaction costs of patent licensing effectively.It also fits the current need of Chinese patentees and have a relatively reasonable institutional costs,which can hopefully reverse the downtrend of Chinese patent licensing rate in recent years,the introduction of such system by the latest amendment of China’s patent law shall form an important legislative breakthrough.However,there are still three main shortcomings in the relevant provisions of the new Patent Law:the lack of negotiation stage,the inefficiency of its dispute resolution mechanism and insufficient attraction to patentees.They can be solved respectively by clarifying the legal nature of open license declaration,setting up a diversified dispute resolution mechanism and establishing a dynamic mechanism for the remission of patent fees.