中国自由贸易协定知识产权执行条款研究——兼评中国加入CPTPP的相关挑战

Research on Intellectual Property Enforcement Provisions of China’s Free Trade Agreement——Also Comment on the Related Challenges to China’s Accession to the CPTPP

后TRIPS时代自由贸易协定成为国际知识产权保护的新平台,而TRIPS-Plus知识产权执行条款则成为自由贸易协定中的新趋势。中国自由贸易协定中的知识产权执行条款存在体系化程度不足、重要规则缺乏基本稳定性等缺陷,可以参照RCEP与中韩自由贸易协定构建知识产权执行范式加以弥补。在RCEP缔结后,中国正式提出加入CPTPP。CPTPP的知识产权执行条款与我国国内法基本处于同一保护水平,但是在民事程序及救济、边境措施以及刑事程序及处罚等方面仍存在差异,这些差异或将成为中国加入CPTPP的障碍。克服障碍的路径主要有二:一是修改相关国内立法,二是利用CPTPP赋予缔约方的自由裁量权。

In the Post-TRIPS era,free trade agreements have become a new platform for international intellectual property protection,and the TRIPS-plus intellectual property enforcement provisions in free trade agreements have become a new trend.There are some defects in the intellectual property enforcement provisions in China’s free trade agreement,such as lack of systematization and lack of stability of important rules.We can refer to RCEP and China-South Korea free trade agreement to construct the FTA paradigm of intellectual property enforcement provisions.After the signing of RCEP,China formally proposed to join CPTPP.The intellectual property enforcement provisions of CPTPP are basically at the same level as China’s domestic law,but there are still some differences in civil procedures and remedies,criminal procedures and penalties,border measures.These differences may become obstacles to China’s entry into CPTPP.The way to overcome obstacles mainly includes two:Amending relevant domestic legislation,and using the discretion power given by CPTPP to parties.