美国专利复审程序与337调查结果间的互动关系研究——以“大疆无人机案”为例

Study on the Interaction between Inter Partes Reviews and 337 Investigation Findings——For Example the Case of Autel Robotics V. DJI

自我国加入世界贸易组织以来,我国对美出口企业一直遭受来自美国国际贸易委员会以知识产权为由提起的"337调查"。而大疆公司在2020年8月被调查的"无人机案"中,一改此前中国企业在"337调查"中的被动状态,积极利用美国的专利复审程序以应对。通过分析大疆公司在此案中采取的策略,结合对美国专利复审程序与"337调查"结果间的互动关系研究,提出掌握专利武器,提升自主创新意识,积极理性应诉以维护自身利益,利用IPR程序对337调查进行反击的建议,为中国企业提供借鉴。

Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization,enterprises exporting their products to the United States have been subject to"Section 337 Investigations"initiated by the US International Trade Commission on the grounds of intellectual property,making the friction between China and the United States in the field of intellectual property more and more intense.However,in the"DJI Drone Case",which was temporarily concluded in August 2020,DJI has changed Chinese enterprises’passive attitude in the previous"337 Investigations",and actively used the US Iner Partes Reviews to respond.The analysis of DJI’s strategy adopted in this case,combined with the study of the interaction between the US Inter Partes Reviews and 337 investigation findings,will provide beneficial guidelines for Chinese enterprises to"attack"and"defence"in the US"337 investigation"arena in the future.