《外商投资法》知识产权保护的法治化:基本架构、动因与博弈逻辑

Rule of Law for Intellectual Property Protection under the Foreign Investment Law:Basic Structure,Motivation and Game Logic

《外商投资法》构建的知识产权保护制度开启了外商投资企业知识产权保护法治化的新阶段,它是优化法治化营商环境不可或缺的重要制度支撑。该制度出台深受投资者母国重大关切、创新驱动发展战略、国际知识产权和投资规则高水平从严保护趋势等内外动因的影响。此外,其背后隐藏着多重主体之间的利益博弈,可依据法律博弈论构建两个标准形式博弈模型加以分析。第1个博弈模型旨在对比分析中国和印度外商投资企业知识产权保护制度吸引外资的收益得失,对中国收益而言,博弈最优解为印度采用“适度保护”策略,而中国采用“严格保护”策略;第2个博弈模型意在分析《外商投资法》纳入知识产权保护条款前后中国与外国投资者在各自可能行为下的收益情况,对中国收益而言,最优解为外商投资者采用“适度谨慎”策略,而中国采用“严格执法”策略。

The intellectual property protection system constructed by China’s Foreign Investment Law has opened a new phase of rule of law protection of intellectual property rights for foreign-invested enterprises,which is an important institutional support indispensable for optimizing the business environment under the rule of law.The introduction of the system is influenced by external pressure from the investor’s home country,the innovation-driven development strategy,and the trend towards a high level of stringent protection of international intellectual property and investment rules,among other internal and external factors.In addition,there is a latent game of interests between multiple subjects,which can be analyzed by constructing two standard formal game models according to legal game theory.The first game model aims to compare and analyze the gains and losses of China and India’s IPR protection system for foreign-invested enterprises to attract foreign investment,with the optimal solution being a moderate protection strategy for India and a strict protection strategy for China.The second game model is designed to analyze the benefits of China and foreign investors under their respective possible behaviors before and after the inclusion of IPR protection provisions in the Foreign Investment Law,with the optimal solution being a“moderately cautious”strategy for foreign investors and a“strict enforcement”strategy for China.