包装产品外观设计专利侵权问题研究

Research on Design Patent Infringement of Packaging Products

专利法分为实用新型专利、外观设计专利和发明专利,包装在专利法领域属于外观设计专利这一分类。我国对于外观设计专利采取的是初步性审查,但也引入了延迟审查制度,这表明审查强度并非不高。外观设计专利领域的侵权事件数量较高。本文探索包装类外观设计专利的侵权问题,从概念解析入手,分析侵权标准和我国的侵权判断方法,对比分析日本、美国、欧盟这些国家的外观设计专利制度,对于如何完善我国的侵权认定提出一些见解。

At present,the Patent Law is divided into three kinds,which are utility model patents,design patents,and invention patents.Packaging belongs to the category of design patents in the field of patent law.There is a preliminary examination system for design patents in China,and it has also introduced a deferred examination system,which indicates that the examination intensity is not low currently.According to statistic,the number of infringement cases in the field of appearance design patents is relatively high.This article mainly explores the issue of infringement of design patents for packaging,which starts with conceptual analysis,analyzes infringement standards and China’s infringement determination methods,compares and analyzes the design patent systems of countries such as Japan,the United States,and the European Union,and it also proposes some insights on how to improve China’s infringement determination.