FRAND许可费的计费基础:最小可销售单元(SSPPU)规则及其适用

Billing Basis for FRAND License Fees:Minimum Saleable Unit(SSPPU)Rules and their Application

在认定FRAND许可费时,最小可销售单元(SSPPU)规则提供了一个将产品价值进行分配,在整体利润中析出专利特征所贡献的部分产品利润,进而确定合理许可费计费基础的一般路径。在专利侵权案件中,它与基于整个最终产品的整体市场价值规则(EMVR)不同,SSPPU规则密切关注损害赔偿与专利特征的联系,以确定可归因于被侵权的专利特征的损害赔偿。行为经济学中的“锚定效应”解释了SSPPU规则的应用对最终许可费认定产生的实质影响,避免因过大的许可费基础导致产生与补偿目的相悖的超额损害赔偿。确定某个专利特征在SSPPU中所占价值的过程,是一个不断进行价值分配的过程。最终可运用增量价值标准对许可费数额进行校验和调整,并结合个案的特殊因素加以考虑。

When determining a FRAND royalty,the rule of smallest salable patent-practicing unit(SSPPU)provides a basic path for fi xing a reasonable royalty base by apportioning product value and extracting part of the product profi t contributed by patented features from the overall profi t.In patent infringement cases,distinguish from the entire market value rule(EMVR),which measures based on the whole product,the SSPPU rule pays close attention to the relationship between the royalty damage and patented features,so as to attribute damages to the infrin ging patented features.The"anchoring ef fect"in behavioral economics explains the substantial impact of the application of the SSPPU rule on the determination of final royalty damages,and avoids excessive damages that are contrary to the purpose of compensation due to an excessively large royalty base.Determining the value of a patent feature in a smallest salable patent-practicing unit is a process of continuous apportionment.The incremental value standard can finally be used to check and adjust the amount of the royalty damages,and influencing factors in specifi c case should be considered as well.