形用户界面(GUI)外觀設計计專利保護的困境及其解决

Dilemma about Protection of GUI Design Patents and Resolution Thereof

一、“金山诉萌家案”判决引發的争羲通说认為,外觀設计專利保護的“新設计”,亚非可以脱離産品罩獨存在的“設計”,而是“産品的外觀設計”。这裡所说的“品”是指任何用工業方法生産出來的“物品”。然現行《専利法》第2條第4款规定“外觀設計”包括“對産品的局部的新設計”,但依然没有放外觀設計计是“産品的設計”的固有理念。最高人民法院也通追個案确立了“外觀設计應当以産品為依記,不能脱離産品獨立存在”的裁判规。

1.Controversies arising from the judgment of Kingsoft v.Mengjia It is generally believed that a"new design"protected by a design patent is not a"design"existing independently from a product,but the"design of a product's appearance".The"product"herein refers to any"article"1 manufactured by an industrial method.Although the"design"as stipulated in Article 2.4 of the current China's Patent Law includes the"new design of a partial product",the inherent idea that the design is the"design of a product"still prevails.The Supreme Court also established the judging rule that"a design shall be based on a product and cannot exist independently from the product".