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| Title: | 從廣達與LGE案看專利權耗盡之專利授權管理策略
From Quanta v. LGE to patent licensing management strategies |
| Authors: | 黃苑菱
Cynthia Huang |
| Contributors: | 馮震宇
Jerry Gen Yu Fong
黃苑菱
Cynthia Huang |
| Keywords: | 權利耗盡
廣達
第一次銷售理論
平行輸入
散佈
專利授權策略
銷售後限制
限制性銷售
Exhaustion Doctrine
Quanta v. LGE
First Sale Doctrine
Post-sale restriction
Licensing Strategy
Conditional Sales
Parallel Trade |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Issue Date: | 2012-10-30 10:20:28 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | 自從美國最高法院在廣達與LGE案中作出解釋後，便將權利耗盡理論亦稱為第一次銷售理論帶往另一個層次。此案已被普遍認為對於美國過去的判例影響甚鉅，對於產業界的商業活動發展更是具有深遠的影響。智慧財產權旨在保護發明及創造公眾利益間取得一平衡點，權利耗盡理論長久以來已被視為專利法中重要的一環，並藉以杜絕專利權人的過當控制。而最高法院對於第一次銷售理論的解釋，則進而撼動專利權人長此以往對限制性銷售策略的仰賴。
即便銷售後限制(Post-sale restriction)確實提供了專利權人避免耗盡其權利的好方法，但專利權範圍則限縮了專利權人所享有的權利控制範圍，換言之，專利權人僅能擁有專利法所賦予的權利，且其加諸於被授權人的購買條件限制僅限於該專利之功能及使用目的。而超越該專利功能及使用目的的過分限制，則可能導致專利權濫用。而在開放WTO框架下，國際貿易的頻繁也使得權利耗盡衍生出了在散佈等方面的相關討論，平行輸入/輸出的議題亦隨著跨國交易的興盛而隨之重要。
故此篇論文的研究目的不僅僅探討權利耗盡理論及其相關議題，更旨在藉由廣達案的啟發，提供台灣的IT產業一有效的專利授權策略，並提供不論專利權人或被授權人於制定授權契約時，能有一更具有策略性的思考方向。
The Supreme Court’s current decision in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. brings the exhaustion doctrine also known as first sale doctrine up to a new phase. This case is believed significantly overcome quite a lot of past precedents and will effectively influent industry business operations in the future. The core goal of intellectual property right aims to find a balance between protecting the incentives to create and innovate, and providing the benefits to public interests. Exhaustion doctrine has been long standing as part of patent law to prevent patentees’ over control. The interpretation made by Supreme Court regarding the first sale doctrine does vibrate the conditional sale strategies long believed by patentees. Now the Supreme Court brings the issue from the phase of patent law down to the contract law level. Subsequently, the litigations of antitrust and fair trade are therefore involved while patentees are tempting to make an “end-run” control over the downstream purchasers.
Though applying post-sale restriction provides a way out for intellectual property owner from triggering the exhaustion, however, the scope of the patent claims determine how far the privilege is given to the inventors. A patent owner or licenser can only enforce its patent right while the right is truly granted by the patent law. Subsequently, the restriction set forth to limit the licensees or purchasers must be accordance with the function or feature of the patent claims for. On the contrary, the patentee intends to restrict its purchasers by holding the exclusive right which beyond the scope of the patent granted may result to patent misuse, for instance, the resale price maintenance, prohibition of manufacturing the competing products, the conditional license which incorporates another license, and overwhelming royalties on the price of the whole product instead of the actual usage of the patented article.
Under WTO, the concern of intellectual property protection has become more critical in the perspective of international trade, different issues and disputes regarding exhaustion have also been generated. Not alike the traditional domestic exhaustion, the discussion regarding distribution has therefore been derived. Moreover, the issues related to parallel import/export are generated in accordance with the frequent cross-border transaction.
The purpose of this research does not merely lead us look into the doctrine and restriction patentees used to impose for avoiding exhaustion. But I intend to further illustrate a guideline based on the inspiration from Quanta and the explanation of the Courts. This guideline should provide both patentees and licensees an orientation while considering making a licensing agreement. |
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3. Rules and Regulations
1. 35 U.S.C. 273 Defense to infringement based on earlier inventor.
2. 35 U.S.C. 154.
3. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union art.34, 35 (ex Article 28, 29 TEC)
4. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union art.36 (ex Article 30 TEC)
5. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union art.101 (ex Article 81 TEC)
6. Commission Regulation 2790/1999, 1999 O.J. (L336) 21 (EC).
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9. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
10. Anti-Monopoly Law (P.R.C.), art. 55.
11. Patent Law of the People’s Republic China art. 11. |
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國立政治大學
法律科際整合研究所
98652014
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