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1 Infringement Cases II (For Public Comments) 最高人民法院关于审理侵犯专利权纠纷案件应用法律若干问题的解释 ( 二 ) ( 公开征求意见稿 ) Publication Date: July 31 st, 2014 Deadline for Commenting: September 1 st, 2014 公布日期 :2014 年 7 月 31 日 征求意见截止日期 :2014 年 9 月 1 日 最高人民法院关于审理侵犯专利权纠纷案件应用法律若干问题的解释 ( 二 ) ( 公开征求意见稿 ) 为正确审理侵犯专利权纠纷案件, 根据 中华人民共和国专利法 中华人民共和国民事诉讼法 等有关法律规定, 结合审判实际, 制定本解释 For the purpose of properly hearing patent infringement cases, the Interpretations are formulated in accordance with the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China, the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China and other relevant laws and regulations and by taking into account the judicial practice. 第一条 Article 1 权利要求书有两项以上权利要求的, 权利人应当在起诉状中载明据以起诉被诉侵权人侵犯其专利权的权利要求 起诉状对此未记载或者记载不明的, 人民法院应当要求权利人明确 ; 经释明, 权利人不予明确的, 人民法院可以推定权利人选择全部的独立权利要 Where there are two or more claims in the patent claims, a patentee shall state the claim that is infringed by an accused infringer in the complaint. Where the complaint does not have such statement or the statement is not clear, a people's court shall require the patentee to Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 1 / 28

2 求 make clarification; in case that the patentee refuses to do so after the people's court explains its requirement, the people's court may presume that the patentee chooses to assert all independent claims. 第二条 Article 2 权利人主张被诉侵权技术方案落入独立权利要求及其从属权利要求限定的保护范围, 经审查, 被诉侵权技术方案已落入独立权利要求限定的保护范围的, 人民法院应当对被诉侵权技术方案是否落入其从属权利要求限定的保护范围作出认定 ; 被诉侵权技术方案未落入独立权利要求限定的保护范围的, 人民法院可以迳行认定被诉侵权技术方案未落入其从属权利要求限定的保护范围 被诉侵权技术方案落入权利人主张的一项以上权利要求限定的保护范围的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权技术方案落入专利权的保护范围 被诉侵权技术方案落入两项以上权利要求所限定的保护范围的, 不影响人民法院对赔偿数额的认定 Where a patentee alleges that accused infringing technical solution falls within the protection scope of an independent claim and a dependent claim thereof, in case that the accused infringing technical solution falls within the protection scope of the independent claim after the review, a people's court shall find whether or not the accused infringing technical solution falls within the protection scope of the dependent claim; in case that the accused infringing technical solution does not fall into the protection scope of the independent claim, the people's court may directly find that the accused infringing technical solution does not fall into the protection scope of the dependent claim. Where the accused infringing technical solution falls within the protection scope of one or more than one claims asserted by the patentee, the people's court shall find that the accused infringing Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 2 / 28

3 technical solution falls within the protection scope of the patent right. That the accused infringing technical solution falls within the protection scope of two or more claims shall not affect the people's court to determine the amount of damage. 第三条 Article 3 权利人在专利侵权诉讼中主张的权利要求被专利复审委员会宣告无效的, 审理专利侵权纠纷案件的人民法院可以裁定驳回权利人基于该无效权利要求的起诉 ; 有证据证明专利复审委员会宣告专利权无效的决定被生效行政裁判撤销的, 权利人可以重新起诉 Where a claim asserted by a patentee in a patent infringement lawsuit is declared invalid by the Patent Reexamination Board, a people's court adjudicating the patent infringement lawsuit may dismiss the lawsuit brought by the patentee based on the invalidated claim; in case that there is evidence to prove that the Patent Reexamination Board's decision of declaring the patent right invalid is revoked by a binding administrative case judgment, the patentee may file a new lawsuit again. 第四条 Article 4 对于权利要求书 说明书及附图中的语法 文字 标点 符号 图形等错误, 本领域普通技术人员通过阅读权利要求书 说明书可 For grammar, letter, punctuation, symbol, graphic and other errors in claims, specification and drawings, where an ordinary person skilled in Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 3 / 28

4 以清楚地得出唯一理解的, 人民法院应当根据该唯一理解予以认定 第五条 the art may clearly derive a sole understanding by reading the claims and specification, a people's court shall affirm the sole understanding. Article 5 权利要求记载的文字含义清楚, 但说明书的相应描述与其根本冲突, 且不属于本解释第四条规定的情形的, 人民法院应当根据权利要求的记载确定专利权的保护范围 权利要求含义不明, 运用法定的解释方法仍无法确定其限定的专利权保护范围, 且不属于本解释第四条规定的情形的, 人民法院可以裁定驳回起诉 当事人举证证明在专利侵权诉讼的裁判作出前无效宣告请求人基于上述事由请求专利复审委员会宣告该专利权无效的, 人民法院可以裁定中止诉讼 If the textual meaning of the claim is specific but is in fundamental conflict with the relevant descriptions of the written description of the patent and does not belong to the circumstances as prescribed by Article 4, the people's court may determine the scope of patent protection based on the recitations of the claim. If the meaning of the claim is not clear and the scope of patent protection based on the claim cannot be determined by any statutory interpretation methodology and does not belong to the circumstances as prescribed by Article 4, the people's court may dismiss the lawsuit. If the parties to the litigation prove that the person making the request for invalidation request the Patent Reexamination Board to declare the patent right invalid based on the above-mentioned grounds before the issuance of the judgment of the patent infringement litigation is made, the people's court may suspend the action. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 4 / 28

5 第六条 Article 6 人民法院对于权利要求的解释, 应当符合专利的发明目的 被诉侵权技术方案具有专利所要克服的现有技术的缺陷的, 人民法院应当认定其未落入专利权的保护范围 The claim construction made by a people's court shall be consistent with the invention purpose of the patent. Where an accused infringing technical solution has the technical defects of prior art that the patent is intended to overcome, a people's court shall find that the accused infringing technical solution does not fall within the protection scope of the patent right. 第七条 Article 7 人民法院判定被诉侵权技术方案是否落入专利权的保护范围, 一般应当对专利技术方案以及被诉侵权技术方案进行技术特征的分解, 并在此基础上进行相应技术特征的对比 技术特征, 是指技术方案中能够相对独立地实现一定的技术功能, 并产生相对独立的技术效果的最小技术单元 In determining whether or not an accused infringing technical solution falls within the protection scope of a patent right, a people's court usually shall decompose the technical features of the patented technical solution and those of the accused infringing technical solution, and compare the corresponding technical features based on the outcome of the decomposition. A technical feature refers to a minimum technical unit that can relatively independently perform certain technical function and achieve relatively independent effects in a technical solution. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 5 / 28

6 第八条 Article 8 涉案专利与另一专利之间存在分案申请等直接关联关系的, 人民法院可以运用该另一专利及其专利审查档案 生效的专利授权确权纠纷裁判文书解释涉案专利的权利要求 专利审查档案, 包括专利审查 复审 无效过程中专利申请人或者专利权人提交的书面材料, 国务院专利行政部门及其专利复审委员会作出的审查意见通知书 会晤记录 口头审理记录 生效的专利复审请求审查决定书和专利权无效宣告请求审查决定书等 Where a patent at issue has direct relationships with another patent such as divisional application, a people's court may carry out the claim construction of the patent at issue by using this directly related patent, the prosecution history files, and the binding judgment in the cases in the course of patent prosecution and patent validity proceedings of the directly related patent. Prosecution history files include the written materials filed by a patent applicant and a patentee in the course of patent examination, reexamination and invalidation actions, notifications of examination, meeting records, oral hearing records, binding decisions of the reexamination and invalidation issued by the Patent Administration Department under the State Council and the Patent Reexamination Board. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 6 / 28

7 第九条 Article 9 人民法院在确定专利权的保护范围时, 独立权利要求的前序部分 特征部分以及从属权利要求的引用部分 限定部分记载的技术特征均有限定作用 In determining of the protection scope of a patent right by a people's court, a preamble portion and characterizing portion of an independent claim, and a reference portion and a limiting portion of a dependent claim all have limiting function. 第十条 Article 10 权利要求中以功能或者效果表述的技术特征, 即功能性特征, 是指对于结构 组分 步骤 条件或其之间的关系等, 仅通过其在发明创造中所起的功能或者效果进行限定的技术特征 但是, 当事人举证证明技术术语系本领域约定俗成的或者本领域普通技术人员可以仅通过权利要求即可直接 明确地确定其技术内容的除外 与说明书及附图记载的实现上述功能或者效果不可缺少的技术特征相比, 被诉侵权技术方案的相应技术特征是以基本相同的手段, 实现相同的功能, 达到相同的效果, 且本领域普通技术人员在专利申请日无需经过创造性劳动就能够联想到的, 人民法院应当认 A technical feature as stated in terms of functions or effects thereof in a claim, i.e. a functional feature, refers to a technical feature in which the structures, compositions, steps, or the relations therebetween are only defined through their function or the effect achieved in an invention, except that a party proves with evidence that the technical term is conventional one in the art or the technical content can be directly and clearly derived merely from the claim itself by an ordinary person skilled in the art. Where comparing with a technical feature that is necessary to achieve above mentioned function or effect and is recited in the specification or Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 7 / 28

8 定该相应技术特征与功能性特征相同 与说明书及附图记载的实现上述功能或者效果不可缺少的技术特征相比, 被诉侵权技术方案的相应技术特征是以基本相同的手段, 实现基本相同的功能, 达到基本相同的效果, 且本领域普通技术人员在专利申请日后 被诉侵权行为发生日以前无需经过创造性劳动就能够联想到的, 人民法院应当认定该相应技术特征与功能性特征等同 drawings, the corresponding technical feature of an accused infringing technical solution can perform the same function in substantially the same way and achieve the same effects and is obvious to an ordinary person skilled in the art without creative efforts at the filing date of a patent application, a people s court shall find that the corresponding technical feature is identical to the functional feature. Where comparing with a technical feature that is necessary to achieve above mentioned function or effect and is recited in the specification or drawings, the corresponding technical feature of an accused infringing technical solution can perform substantially the same function in substantially the same way and achieve substantially the same effects and is obvious to an ordinary person skilled in the art without creative efforts after the filing date of a patent application and before the occurrence date of an accused infringing act, a people s court shall find that the corresponding technical feature is equivalent to the functional feature. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 8 / 28

9 第十一条 Article 11 对于组合物的封闭式权利要求, 被诉侵权技术方案在包含权利要求全部技术特征的基础上增加其他技术特征的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权技术方案未落入专利权的保护范围, 但该增加的技术特征属于不可避免的常规数量杂质的除外 For a closed claim of a composition, where an accused infringing technical solution has other technical features in addition to all technical features of the claim, a people's court shall find that the accused infringing technical solution does not fall within the protection scope of a patent right, except that the additional other technical feature is of the conventional amount of inevitable impurities. 第十二条 Article 12 被诉侵权技术方案不能适用于产品权利要求中使用环境特征限定的使用环境的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权技术方案未落入专利权的保护范围 第十三条 Where an accused infringing technical solution cannot be fit in the use environment that is specified by the use environment feature of a product claim, a people's court shall find that the accused infringing technical solution fall within the protection scope of a patent right. Article 13 对于产品权利要求中以制备方法界定产品的技术特征, 被诉侵 With respect to a technical feature in which the product is defined by Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 9 / 28

10 权产品的制备方法与其不相同也不等同的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权技术方案未落入专利权的保护范围 第十四条 the production and preparation method in a product claim, where the production and preparation method of an accused infringing product is neither identical nor equivalent, a people's court shall determine that the accused infringing technical solution does not fall within the protection scope of a patent right. Article 14 对于方法权利要求中的步骤顺序特征, 人民法院应当根据权利要求的记载, 结合说明书及附图, 确定步骤顺序的变换对技术效果是否产生实质性影响, 并在此基础上认定被诉侵权技术方案是否落入专利权的保护范围, 但属于本解释第十五条规定的情形的除外 With respect to a sequential step feature of a method claim, a people's court shall find whether or not the change of the sequential step have substantial impacts on the technical effects, based on the recitations in the claims, and by taking into account the written description and drawings, and then based on all the above determine whether or not the accused infringing technical solution falls within the protection scope of a patent right, except for the circumstance as prescribed in Article 15 of the Interpretations. 第十五条 Article 15 权利要求采用 至少 等用语对数值特征或者采用 首先 等 Where a claim uses words like at least for a numerical feature or uses Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 10 / 28

11 用语对步骤顺序特征进行界定, 且本领域普通技术人员认为权利人特别强调该用语对技术特征的严格限定作用, 权利人主张与其不相同的技术特征属于等同特征的, 人民法院不予支持 第十六条 words like firstly to specify a sequential step feature, and an ordinary person skilled in the art would believe that the patentee specifically emphasizes the strict limiting function of these words to a technical feature, if the patentee alleges that a non-identical technical feature is of an equivalent feature, a people's court shall not support such allegation. Article 16 专利申请人 专利权人在专利授权确权程序中修改权利要求书 说明书或者陈述意见, 被诉侵权人主张上述情形下放弃的技术方案不属于专利权保护范围, 权利人举证证明该修改或者陈述未被审查员采信或者与专利授权确权条件无因果关系的, 人民法院应当认定该修改或者陈述未导致技术方案的放弃 Where a patent applicant or a patentee amends a claim, a written description or a response during the authorization or validity examination of a patent, an accused infringer claims that a technical solution abandoned under the above circumstances does not belong to the protection scope of a patent, and a right holder proves with evidence that the amendment or statement is not accepted by an examiner or has no causality with the grounds under which the patent is granted or maintained, a people's court shall conclude the amendment or the statement does not cause the abandonment of the technical solution. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 11 / 28

12 第十七条 Article 17 人民法院认定外观设计是否相同或者近似, 应当从一般消费者的角度全面观察设计特征, 综合判断整体视觉效果 被诉侵权设计未包含授权外观设计区别于现有设计的全部设计特征的, 人民法院可以推定被诉侵权设计与授权外观设计不近似 ; 被诉侵权设计包含授权外观设计区别于现有设计的全部设计特征的, 人民法院可以推定该设计特征对整体视觉效果更具有影响 但是, 当事人提出反证推翻上述推定的除外 一般消费者, 是指被诉侵权产品的直接购买者 人民法院在认定一般消费者对于外观设计所具有的知识水平和认知能力时, 应当考虑授权外观设计的设计空间, 即设计者在创作特定产品外观设计时的自由度 设计空间较大的, 一般消费者通常不容易注意到不同设计之间的较小区别 ; 设计空间较小的, 一般消费者通常更容易注意到不同设计之间的较小区别 In determining whether or not designs are identical or similar, a people s court shall make an overall observation of the design features, and make a holistic judgment of the overall visible effects from the view of an average consumer. Where the accused infringing design does not contain all of the design features of the patented design that distinguish the patented design from prior designs, the people s court may presume that the accused infringing design is not similar to the patented design; where the accused infringing design contains all of the design features of the patented design that distinguish the patented design from prior designs, the people s court may presume that such design features have more impacts on the overall visible effects, except that a party provides evidence to the contrary to overturn such presumptions. An average customer refers to a direct purchaser of the accused infringing product. In determining the knowledge and cognitive capability of an average customer about a design, the people s court shall consider the design space of the patented design, that is, the Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 12 / 28

13 degree of freedom for a designer in creating the design of the particular product. In general, where there is a larger design space, it is not easy for an average customer to notice a relatively minor difference between different designs; where there is a smaller design space, it is easier for an average customer to notice a relatively minor difference between different designs. 第十八条 Article 18 被诉侵权设计与授权外观设计的差异不足以使一般消费者将两者区分或者两者的差异属于惯常设计或由技术功能唯一决定的设计的, 人民法院应当认定两者在整体视觉效果上无实质性差异 Where the difference between an accused infringing design and a patented design is not sufficient to enable an average customer to distinguish each other, or such difference is of a customary design or is dictated solely by the technical functions, a people s court shall find that there is no substantive difference between the two designs in the overall visible effects. 第十九条 Article 19 对于成套产品的外观设计专利, 被诉侵权设计与其一项外观设计相同或者近似的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权设计落入专利权的 With respect to a design patent of a set of products, where an accused infringing design is identical or similar to one of designs of the set of Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 13 / 28

14 保护范围 products, a people s court shall find that the accused infringing design falls within the protection scope of the patent right. 第二十条 Article 20 对于组装关系唯一的组件产品的外观设计专利, 被诉侵权设计与该组件产品在组合状态下的整体外观设计相同或者近似的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权设计落入专利权的保护范围 对于各构件之间无组装关系或者组装关系不唯一的组件产品的外观设计专利, 被诉侵权设计与其全部单个构件的外观设计均相同或者近似的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权设计落入专利权的保护范围 ; 被诉侵权设计缺少部分单个构件的外观设计或者与其不相同也不近似的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权设计未落入专利权的保护范围, 但该部分单个构件的外观设计对于全部单个构件的外观设计整体视觉效果未产生显著影响的除外 For a design patent of an assembled product in which there is an exclusive assembly relationship, where an accused infringing design is identical or similar to the overall design of the assembled product in the state of the assembly, a people s court shall find that the accused infringing design falls within the protection scope of the patent right. For a design patent of an assembled product which there is no fixed assembly relationship among the parts of, or in which the assembly relationship is not exclusive, where accused infringing designs are identical or similar to the designs of all of individual parts of the design patent, a people s court shall find that the accused infringing designs fall within the protection scope of the patent right; where the accused infringing designs do not have a design of some individual parts of the assembled product, or are neither identical nor similar thereto, an people s court shall find that the accused infringing designs Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 14 / 28

15 do not fall within the protection scope of the patent right, except that the design of such individual parts thereof does not have substantive impact on the overall visible effects of the designs of all individual components thereof. 第二十一条 Article 21 对于变化状态产品的外观设计专利, 被诉侵权设计与变化状态图所示的各种使用状态的外观设计均相同或者近似的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权设计落入专利权的保护范围 被诉侵权设计缺少部分使用状态的外观设计或者与其不相同也不近似的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权设计未落入专利权的保护范围, 但该部分使用状态的外观设计对于全部使用状态的外观设计整体视觉效果未产生显著影响的除外 For a design patent of a product that have variable states, where an accused infringing design is identical or similar to the design of all usage states shown in the drawings of variable states, a people s court shall find that the accused infringing patent falls within the protection scope of the patent right. Where the accused infringing design does not have a design of some of the usage states, or is neither identical nor similar thereto, a people s court shall find that the accused infringing design does not fall within the protection scope of the patent right, except that the design of such usage states does not have substantive impact on the overall visible effects of the design of all of the usage states. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 15 / 28

16 第二十二条 Article 22 权利人诉请在发明专利申请公布日至授权公告日期间实施该发明的单位或者个人支付适当费用的, 人民法院可以参照适用有关专利侵权赔偿数额确定的法律规定 专利申请公布时的申请人请求保护的范围与专利公告授权时的专利权保护范围不一致, 被诉侵权技术方案均落入上述两种范围的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权人在上述期间内实施了该发明 ; 被诉侵权技术方案仅落入其中一种范围的, 人民法院应当认定被诉侵权人在上述期间内未实施该发明 在发明专利授权公告日以后, 未经专利权人许可, 使用 许诺销售 销售上述期间内已制造 进口的产品, 权利人依据专利法第十一条主张停止上述实施行为的, 人民法院应予支持 但是, 实施人举证证明上述制造者 进口者依据专利法第十三条的规定已支付适当费用的除外 Where a right holder claims appropriate fee for that a company or an individual implementing the invention from the publication date of the invention patent application to the announcement date of patent issuance, a people s court may refer to laws and regulations about the determination of damages of patent right infringement. Where the protection scope claimed for by an applicant at the time of the publication of a patent application is different from the protection scope of a patent right at the time of the announcement of patent issuance, in case that an accused infringing technical solution falls within both scopes thereof, a people s court shall find that an accused infringer has practiced the invention during the above period; in case that an accused infringing technical solution only falls within one of the scopes thereof, a people s court shall find that an accused infringer did not practice such invention during the above period. Where using, offering for sale or selling, without the authorization of a patentee, already manufactured or imported products after the Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 16 / 28

17 announcement date of patent issuance, and the patentee asks for stopping the above mentioned acts in accordance with Article 11 of the Patent Law, a people s court shall support such claim, except that the implementer proves with evidence that the manufacturer or the importer has already paid appropriate fee in accordance with Article 13 of the Patent Law. 第二十三条 Article 23 产品销售合同依法成立的, 人民法院应当认定属于专利法第十一条所称的销售 第二十四条 Where a product sales contract is concluded according to law, a people s court shall find that it is the sales specified in Article 11 of the Patent Law. Article 24 对于将依照专利方法直接获得的产品进一步加工 处理而获得的后续产品, 进行再加工 处理的, 人民法院应当认定该行为不属于专利法第十一条所称的使用依照该专利方法直接获得的产品 Where a subsequent product derived from the further processing or treatment of a product that is directly derived from the patented method is further processed or treated, a people s court shall find that the act is not using a product that is directly derived from the patent method as specified in Article 11 of the Patent Law. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 17 / 28

18 第二十五条 Article 25 明知有关产品系专门用于实施发明创造的原材料 零部件 中间物等, 未经专利权人许可, 将该产品提供给无权实施该专利的人或者依法不承担侵权责任的人实施, 权利人主张该提供者的行为属于侵权责任法第九条规定的帮助侵权行为的, 人民法院应予支持 明知有关产品 方法可以用于实施发明创造, 未经专利权人许可, 通过提供图纸 传授技术方案等方式积极诱导无权实施该专利的人或者依法不承担侵权责任的人实施, 权利人主张该诱导者的行为属于侵权责任法第九条规定的教唆侵权行为的, 人民法院应予支持 Where a party that knows that its products are raw materials, partss or intermediary items dedicated to practicing an invention, without the authorization of a patentee, provides such products to a party that is not authorized to practice such patent or to a party that is legally exempt from infringement liability according to the law, if a right holder alleges that the provider s act is contributory infringement as specified in Article 9 of the Tort Law, a people s court shall sustain such allegation. Where a party that knows that its products and methods can be used to practice an invention, without the authorization of a patentee, induces another party that is not authorized to practice such patent or to another party that is legally exempt from infringement liability according to the law, by ways of providing drawings or passing on technical solutions etc., if a right holder alleges that the inducer s act is of the inducement infringement act as specified in Article 9 of the Tort Law, a people s court shall sustain such allegation. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 18 / 28

19 第二十六条 Article 26 被诉侵权人一般只能依据一项现有技术方案或者现有设计主张不侵权抗辩 但是, 被诉侵权人举证证明被诉侵权技术方案属于一项现有技术方案与公知常识在专利申请日前是显而易见的组合的, 或者被诉侵权设计属于一项现有设计与惯常设计在专利申请日前是显而易见的组合的, 人民法院可以认定被诉侵权人的不侵权抗辩成立 对于被诉侵权人主张的上述抗辩, 人民法院应当依照专利申请日时施行的专利法界定现有技术或者现有设计 In general, an accused infringer is allowed to assert non-infringement defense based on only one prior technical solution or one prior design. However, where the accused infringer proves with evidence that the accused infringing technical solution is an obvious combination of a prior technical solution and common knowledge before the filing date of the patent application, or the accused infringing design is an obvious combination of a prior design and a customary design before the filing date of a patent application, a people s court may conclude that the non-infringement defense is established. With respect to the above defense as alleged by the accused infringer, the people s court shall make a finding about the prior technical solution or prior design based on the patent law that was in effect at the time of the application date of the patent. 第二十七条 非强制性国家 行业或者地方标准明示所涉专利的信息, 被诉 Article 27 Where non-compulsory national, industrial or local standards explicitly Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 19 / 28

20 侵权人以其实施该标准而无需专利权人许可为由主张不构成专利侵权的, 人民法院一般不予支持 但是, 专利权人违反公平 合理 无歧视的原则, 就标准所涉专利的实施许可条件恶意与被诉侵权人协商, 被诉侵权人据此主张不停止实施行为的, 人民法院一般应予支持 标准所涉专利的实施许可条件, 应当由专利权人 被诉侵权人协商确定 ; 经充分协商, 仍无法达成一致的, 可以请求人民法院确定 人民法院应当根据公平 合理 无歧视的原则, 综合考虑专利的创新程度及其在标准中的作用 标准所属的技术领域 标准的性质 标准实施的范围 相关的许可条件等因素, 确定上述实施许可条件 法律 行政法规对实施标准中的专利另有规定的, 从其规定 disclose the information of a patent that is relevant to such standards, if an accused infringer alleges non-infringement defense by arguing that no license from the right holder is required for implementing such standards, a people s court shall not sustain such allegation. However, where the patentee violates the principle of fair, reasonable and non-discrimination and negotiates in bad faith with the accused infringer regarding licensing terms for the patents relevant to the standards, if the accused infringer claims that it shall not stop the act of implementation of standards based on such grounds, a people s court generally shall sustain such claim. The licensing terms of patents relevant to the standards shall be decided through the negotiation between the patentee and the accused patent infringer; where no agreement is reached after sufficient negotiation, the parties may ask a people s court to decide. In the determination of the licensing terms, the people s court shall apply the principle of fair, reasonable and non-discrimination, and make comprehensive consideration of the degree of innovativeness of the patent and the utility of the patent in the standard, the technical area of the standard, the nature of the standard, the implementation scope of the standard, relevant licensing terms and other factors. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 20 / 28

21 Where any law or administrative regulation specifies otherwise with regard to a patent in a standard, such other provisions shall prevail. 第二十八条 被诉侵权人为私人消费目的实施发明创造的, 人民法院应当认定不属于专利法第十一条 第七十条所称的为生产经营目的 第二十九条 为生产经营目的使用 许诺销售或者销售不知道是未经专利权人许可而制造并售出的专利侵权产品, 且能证明该产品合法来源的, 对于权利人要求上述许诺销售者 销售者停止侵权行为的诉讼请求, 人民法院应予支持 ; 上述使用者举证证明专利侵权产品的制造者赔偿权利人因被侵权所受到的实际损失的, 对于权利人要求该使用者停止使用行为的诉讼请求, 人民法院不予支持, 但该使用者应当支付专利侵权产品与专利产品的差价 Article 28 A people s court shall find that the practicing of an invention by an accused infringer for the purpose of private consumption is not done for the business purpose as specified in Article 11 and Article 70 of the Patent Law. Article 29 Where an infringing product is used, offered for sale or sold for business purpose without knowing that such product is manufactured and sold out without the authorization of a patentee, and the legitimate source of such products can be proved, a people s court shall sustain the patentee s legal claims of ordering above mentioned one offering for sale or selling the infringing product to stop such infringement acts; where above mentioned user can prove the manufacturer of the infringing product has compensated the right holder for the actual loss caused by the infringement, a people s court shall not sustain the right Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 21 / 28

22 不知道, 一般是指实际不知道 但是, 权利人举证证明上述侵权人应当知道的, 对于该侵权人不知道的主张, 人民法院不予支持 合法来源, 是指通过正当的商业行为购买专利侵权产品 正当的商业行为包括合法的进货渠道 通常的买卖合同 合理的价格等 对于合法来源, 使用者 许诺销售者或者销售者应当提供符合交易习惯的相关证据, 仅以合同中的权利瑕疵担保条款证明合法来源的, 人民法院不予支持 第三十条 Article 30 holder s claim of stopping the user s act of use, but the user shall pay for the price difference between the infringing product and the patented product. Without knowing generally refers to that the party actually does not know. However, where a right holder proves with evidence that the infringer should have known, a people s court shall not sustain the infringer s claim of without knowing. Legitimate source refers to purchasing the infringing product through legitimate business activities. The legitimate business activities include a legitimate purchasing channel, sales contract in normal practice, a reasonable price, and so on. With respect to legitimate source, the user, the party offering for sale or the seller shall provide relevant evidence that complies with business practice and custom, and if only the proof of legitimate source is the warranty of defects of right in the contract, a people s court shall not sustain. Where the infringer stops practicing relevant patents and it will Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 22 / 28

23 侵权人停止实施相关专利会损害社会公共利益或者导致当事人之间的利益严重失衡的, 人民法院可以判令侵权人不停止实施行为, 并代以支付合理的使用费 第三十一条 damage the social public interest or will cause serious interest imbalance between the parties, a people s court may rule that the infringer shall not stop the act of practicing the patent, but shall pay reasonable royalty instead. Article 31 根据权利人的申请, 人民法院可以判令侵权人将侵权产品以及专门用于制作侵权产品的材料和工具等交由权利人处理, 但该处理会严重损害他物的价值或者侵权产品已经附着于他物而难以替换的除外 上述物品由权利人处理的, 人民法院在确定赔偿数额时, 应当扣除该物品的相应价值 Based on the right holder s application, a people s court may rule that the infringer shall hand over infringing products and materials and tools that are dedicated to manufacturing of the infringing products to the right holder for disposal, except that such disposal will seriously damage the value of other items, or the infringing products have been attached to other items and is difficult to be substituted. Where the right holder disposes the above items, a people s court shall deduct the corresponding value of such items when determining the amount of damages. 第三十二条 权利人主张依据专利法第六十五条第二款确定赔偿数额, 侵权 Article 32 Where the right holder claims to determine the amount of damages according to Article 65.2 of the Patent Law, the infringer proves with Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 23 / 28

24 人提供证据证明权利人因被侵权所受到的实际损失 侵权人因侵权所获得的利益或者合理的专利许可使用费, 且权利人不能提供反证推翻的, 人民法院可以根据侵权人提供的证据确定赔偿数额 ; 侵权人未提供上述证据的, 人民法院可以依照专利法第六十五条第二款的规定确定赔偿数额 第三十三条 人民法院为确定赔偿数额, 在权利人已经尽力举证, 而与专利侵权行为相关的账簿 资料主要由侵权人掌握的情况下, 人民法院可以责令侵权人提供与专利侵权行为相关的账簿 资料 ; 侵权人无正当理由拒不提供或者提供虚假的账簿 资料的, 人民法院可以参考权利人的主张和提供的证据认定赔偿数额 evidence actual loss of the right holder due to the infringement, profits obtained by the infringer due to the infringement, or reasonable patent license royalty, and the right holder cannot provide evidence to the contrary to overturn, a people s court may determine the amount of damages based on such evidence provided by the infringer; where the infringer fails to provide such evidence, the people s court may decide the amount of damages according to Article 65.2 of the Patent Law. Article 33 In determining the amount of damages, where the right holder has tried the best to fulfill the burden of proof, but the account books and materials related to infringement acts are primarily controlled by the infringer, a people s court may order the infringer to provide such account books and materials related to the infringement acts; where the infringer refuses to provide without justified reason or provides falsified ones, the people s court may refer to the claim of the right holder and submitted evidence to determine the amount of damages. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 24 / 28

25 第三十四条 权利人与侵权人约定专利侵权的赔偿数额或者赔偿计算方法, 权利人在专利侵权诉讼中主张按照该约定确定赔偿数额的, 人民法院应予支持 第三十五条 专利法第四十七条第二款所称的在宣告专利权无效前, 是指在专利权无效宣告请求审查决定书载明的决定日前 ; 该款所称的已执行 已经履行或者强制执行, 是指已经实际执行 实际履行或者强制执行的部分 ; 该款所称的恶意, 包括专利申请人 专利权人明知其拟申请专利的技术方案属于现有技术或者现有设计等不应当被授予专利权的情形, 仍将该技术方案申请专利并获得专利权 Article 34 Where the right holder and the infringer have agreed on the amount of damages or the calculation method of the damages of patent infringement through agreement, if the right holder asks to the determine the amount of damages based on such agreement in a patent infringement lawsuit, the people s court shall sustain. Article 35 Before declaring a patent right invalid as specified in Article 47.2 of the Patent Law refers to before the decision date as shown on the decision of the request for a patent invalidation; the already executed, already implemented or compulsory executed in this provision refers to the part that has been actually executed, actually implemented or compulsorily executed; the bad faith in this provision includes the patent applicant or the patentee knows that the technical solution to be applied for a patent is prior art or prior design and so on that shall not be granted for a patent right, but still applies for a patent for such technical solution and obtains the patent right. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 25 / 28

26 第三十六条 人民法院裁定准许当事人基于和解协议提出的撤诉申请, 宣告专利权无效的决定对在宣告专利权无效前该和解协议已经履行的部分, 不具有追溯力 ; 尚未履行的, 不再履行 但是, 该和解协议损害社会公共利益或者第三人利益的除外 和解协议对宣告专利权无效的决定的追溯问题另有约定的, 从其约定 Article 36 Where a people's court rules to approve the parties' application for the withdrawal of a case based on a mediation agreement, the decision of declaring a patent right invalid shall not be retroactively applied to the relevant portion of the mediation agreement that has been performed before the declaration of the invalidation of the patent; and the unperformed portion shall not be performed, except that the mediation agreement is against the social and public interests or the third party interests. If the mediation agreement specifies otherwise with regard to the retroactivity of the decision of declaring the patent right the invalid, such other provisions shall prevail. 第三十七条 Article 37 对于专利复审委员会作出的宣告专利权无效的决定, 无效宣告请求人或者专利权人未在法定期间内向人民法院起诉或者该无效宣告决定被人民法院的生效裁判维持, 当事人依据该无效宣告决定 With respect to a decision of declaring a patent right invalid issued by the Patent Reexamination Board, where an invalidation requestor or the patentee does not appeal before a people's court within the statutory Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 26 / 28

27 申请再审, 请求撤销专利权无效宣告前人民法院作出但尚未执行或者尚未执行完毕的专利侵权的判决 调解书的, 经审查属实, 人民法院应当再审 ; 当事人依据上述无效宣告决定, 申请终结执行专利权无效宣告前人民法院作出但尚未执行或者尚未执行完毕的专利侵权的判决 调解书的, 经审查属实, 人民法院应当裁定终结执行 对于专利复审委员会作出的宣告专利权无效的决定, 无效宣告请求人或者专利权人已在法定期间内向人民法院起诉而未终审, 当事人依据该无效宣告决定申请再审, 请求撤销专利权无效宣告前人民法院作出但尚未执行或者尚未执行完毕的专利侵权的判决 调解书的, 经审查属实, 人民法院应当裁定中止再审审查, 并中止原判决 调解书的执行 period or the invalidation decision is affirmed by a binding judgment of a people's court, if a party applies for a retrial based on the invalidation decision requesting for the revocation of a patent infringement judgment or a consensual judgment which has been issued but has not yet been executed or has not been completely executed by a people's court before the declaration of invalidation of the patent right, a people's court shall rehear the case after the verification of the relevant facts; if a party applies for terminating the execution of a patent infringement judgment or a consensual judgment which has been issued but has not yet been executed or has not been completely executed by a people's court before the declaration of invalidation of the patent right, a people's court shall rule to terminate the execution of the judgment after the verification of the relevant facts. With respect to a decision of declaring a patent right invalid issued by the Patent Reexamination Board, where an invalidation requestor or a patentee has appealed before a people's court within the statutory period and the appeal is not completed, if a party applies for a retrial based on the invalidation decision, requesting for the revocation of a patent infringement judgment or a conciliation statement which has Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 27 / 28

28 been issued but has not yet been executed or has not been completely executed by a people's court before the declaration of invalidation of the patent right, a people's court shall rule to stay the rehearing review and to stay the execution of the judgment or the consensual judgment, after verification of the relevant facts. Translation Provided by Beijing AnJie Law Firm 28 / 28