商标侵权案件中重复起诉的识别

The Identifi cation of Repeated Prosecution in Trademark Infringement Cases

商标侵权案件中重复起诉的识别主要体现在当事人相同的识别和诉讼标的的识别。当事人相同的识别要区分商标许可和商品流通两个环节。商标许可中当事人是否相同以许可人和被许可人之间形成的共同诉讼或诉讼担当来识别;商品流通中当事人是否相同以被诉侵权商品的生产者在前案中的责任范围来识别。诉讼标的的识别以实体法律规范为依据,从前后两案的诉请保护的商标是否同一、商品类别是否同一、被诉侵权标识是否同一来确定,当三者同一时可以认定为同一诉讼标的,商品型号和商品系列不构成识别诉讼标的的要素。商标侵权重复起诉的识别还应当关注停止侵权民事责任的效力等因素。

The identification of repeated prosecution in trademark infringement cases is mainly reflected in the same identification of the parties and the identification of the subject matter of action.The identification of the parties should distinguish between the two situations of trademark license and commodity circulation.Whether the parties in the trademark license are the same is identified by the Joint Litigation or litigation taken-on formed between the licensor and the licensee;whether the parties are the same in the commodity circulation i s identifi ed by the scope of responsibility of the producer of the infringed goods in the former case.The identification of the subject matter of action is based on the substantive legal norms,which is reflected in whether the trademarks protected,the category of goods and the marks of infringement sued between the former and the latter cases are same.When the three are the same,the subject matter of actions are same.The type and series of goods are not the elements to identify the subject matter of action.The effectiveness of stopping infringement liability should be paid full attention in identifi cation of repeated prosecution.