網絡交易平台提供商專利侵權法律責任

The Patent Infringement Liability of Internet Trading Platform Providers

互聯網技術的普及和迅速發展，促進了網絡交易的迅猛增長，也帶來了一系列知識產權保護方面的問題。以專利為例，由於現行法律法規關於網絡交易中專利權保護的規定不夠完善，網絡交易專利糾紛不斷增多。梳理和明確網絡交易平台提供商專利侵權法律責任，提出相應的法律修改建議，對於網絡交易市場持續健康發展意義重大。近年來，網絡交易平台專利侵權糾紛呈現四方面特點：一是專利糾紛數量居高不下，網絡交易平台提供商處理壓力極大；二是網絡交易平台專利侵權認定難，網絡交易平台提供商不具有認定主體資格；三是針對外觀設計和實用新型專利的惡意投訴問題突出；四是網絡交易平台提供商的法律責任不明。針對這些問題，建議將“通知”規則作為判斷網絡交易平台提供商專利侵權責任的一般原則，將“知道”規則作為判斷網絡交易平台提供商專利侵權責任的特殊原則，並對二者的適用條件進行區分。

With the development of the internet technology, online transactions have been growing rapidly. However, new problems and new challenges are coming at the same time. Take the patent for example, due to the lack of relevant laws and regulations of intellectual property, the number of patent infringement is increasing continuously. Under this background, it is very important to comb and determine the patent infringement liability of Internet Trading Platform Providers (ITPP) ahead for promoting the sustained and healthy development of online transactions. In recent years, there are four main features in patent infringement of Internet Trading Platform. Firstly, ITPP are under pressure to handle a large number of patent disputes. Secondly, it is very difficult to determine patent infringement liability and ITPP don’t have a subject qualification to determine. Thirdly there are a lot of malicious complaints about design and utility model patents. Finally, patent infringement liability of ITPP is not clear. Aiming at above problems, this dissertation gives some suggestions to perfect the laws and regulations including using the “Notice” rules as the general liability principles and the “Know” rules as the special liability principles, and distinguishing the applicable conditions of them.