专利池代际演化的过程、模式与启示

The process,modesand implications of intergenerationa levolution of patent pools

专利池作为一种"一站式"的专利授权制度安排,有效地解决了分割的专利市场的授权问题,并对产业创新产生了重要影响。近年来,专利池呈现出明显的代际演化现象,在此过程中专利池业务模式不断升级、应用范围显著扩大,已有研究对这一问题却缺乏深入分析。通过对光碟和MPEG两个专利池的代际演化过程进行深入剖析和比较,探讨了专利池代际演化的过程、模式和发展趋势。研究发现随着内外部环境的变化,专利池的专利数量不断增加、成员类型日益多元、治理结构逐步完善,现代专利池正在向"池中池"和"多元专利池组合"等超级专利池模式演化。研究结论对知识产权管理理论和我国的产业创新实践都具有重要的贡献和启示。

As a "one-stop" patent licensing solution, patent pool has effectively solved the challenges in fragmented patent market andplayed an important role in industrial innovation. In recent years, patent pools haveshown obvious intergenerational evolution phenomenon.During this process, the patent pool business model has continuously upgraded and the scope of application was significantly expanded. However, the existing literature has rarely discussed the evolution process and the dynamic mechanism related to it. Through analyzing and comparing the evolution process of optical disk and MPEG patent pools, wediscussed the process, modes and development trend of intergenerational evolution of patent pools. The study found that with the changes of environment, the number of patents in the patent pool is increasing, the membership structure is increasingly diversified, and the governance structure become more complicated. Modern patent poolsevolved from patent pool to super patent poolssuch as "pool of pools" and "diversified patent pool portfolios". The research conclusions have important contribution and enlightenment to the intellectual property management theory and China’s industrial innovation practice.