我國專利侵權訴訟中的現有技術抗辯:司法實踐十二週年回顧(上)

Prior Art Defense in Patent Infringement Litigation in China:Overview of 12-Year-Long Judicial Practice(Ⅰ)

一、引言根據我國第三次修訂的《專利法》(下文簡稱“修法”)第62條(現第67條)的規定,“在專利侵權糾紛中,被控侵權人有證據證明其實施的技術或者設計屬於現有技術或者現有設計的,不構成侵犯專利權”。該規定自2008年修法引入我國專利法,結束了我國專利法没有正式規定現有技術抗辯的局面,目的在於克服之前僅依靠司法解釋'而導致現有技術抗辯“缺乏堅實的法律基礎容易導致施行上的不一致”的現象。

Ⅰ.Introduction According to Article 62(Article 67 after the fourth revision)of the China's Patent Law revised for the third time(hereinafter referred to as the third revision),ain a patent infringement dispute,where the alleged infringer has evidence proving that technology or design it or he exploited belongs to the prior art or is a prior design,such exploitation does not constitute patent infringement/This provision was introduced into the China*s Patent Law in its third revision of 2008,and put an end to the situation that the China^patent law set forth no formal provisions on prior art defense.It is aimed to overcome the“inconsistencies in law enforcement”due to“lack of solid legal basis”for prior art defense where only the judicial interpretations 1 could be referred to.