專利無效宣告程序中互聯網證據的認定

Verification of Internet Evidence in Invalidation Proceedings

一、引言隨着互聯網技術日新月異地發展,越來越多的技術内容和設計信息被公開在互聯網上,互聯網證據日益成為知識產權領域的一種重要證據形式。尤其在專利無效宣告程序中,互聯網證據已經成鳥證明現有技術或設計的常見證據形態。然而,相對於傳統的出版物證據,互聯網證據具有特殊性,其形式多樣、來源廣泛、易於删改、機制動態,真實性難以保证,公開性不易認定,公開時間亦難以確定。因此,在無效宣告程序中,互聯網證據的認定已成為審查實踐中的熱點和難點問題。

I.Introduction With the rapid development of Internet technology,more and more technical materials and designs are being made public online,and Internet evidence is becoming a vital form of evidence in the intellectual property field.Especially in patent invalidation proceedings,Internet evidence has become a common form of evidence for prior art or prior design.However,in comparison with the traditional publications,Internet evidence is quite special as it is difficult to verify its authenticity,identify its publicity and determine its time of disclosure due to its various forms,extensive sources,ease in deletion and edition,and dynamic state.Therefore,in the patent invalidation proceedings,verification of Internet evidence has becomea hot and difficult issue in judicial practice.