国内企业应对“337调查”之专利预警研究——以净水器行业为例

Early Patent Warning Analysis of Domestic Enterprises Responding to the“337 Investigation”——Taking the Water Purifier Field as an Example

近年来,我国企业在美国遭遇“337调查”的频率不断增大。国内企业在“走出去”的过程中,面临的知识产权挑战极为严峻。本文以净水器行业为例,从海外主要国家、重点细分领域、重点企业、重点产品、涉诉技术方案等几个方面进行专利预警分析研究,给出国内创新主体应对“337调查”的一些策略建议,以提升创新主体海外知识产权维权意识,为国内创新主体在海外市场占据一席之地护航,推动出口贸易健康发展。

In recent years,the frequency of“337 investigation”encountered by Chinese enterprises in the United States has been increasing.The intellectual property challenges faced by domestic enterprises in the process of“going out”are extremely severe.This paper takes the analysis and research of patent early warning in the water purifier industry as an example,from the aspects of major overseas countries,key subdivisions,key enterprises,key products,and litigation-related technical solutions,and gives some strategic suggestions for domestic innovation entities to respond to the“337 investigation”.In order to enhance the awareness of innovation entities to protect the oversea intellectual properties,escort domestic innovation entities to occupy the places in the overseas markets,and promote the development of export trading healthily.