欧洲专利一体化的最新进展--拟议中的“统一专利法院”述评  

The Latest Development of Patent Unification in the EU: a comment on the proposed Unified Patent Court

作　　者：张怀印[1,2] 单晓光[3] 

机构地区：[1]同济大学知识产权学院 [2]湘潭大学知识产权学院 [3]同济大学法学院

出　　处：《欧洲研究》2012年第4期76-89,7,共14页Chinese Journal of European Studies

基　　金：作者主持的湖南省法学基地课题“欧盟海关知识产权保护体制的历史与变革”的阶段性研究成果

摘　　要：自第二次世界大战以来,欧洲各国一直在探索专利一体化的道路。通过制定《欧洲专利条约》、《欧洲共同体专利条约》,并设置欧洲专利组织等方式(EPO)实现了欧洲专利申请制度的一体化。然而,欧洲专利诉讼仍由各国法院根据本国法审理,由此引发出"同案不同判"、"同案不同罚"以及诉讼费用高昂等各种问题,为欧洲专利制度的统一及其功效的发挥设置了诸多障碍。欧洲统一专利法院的设立解决了上述问题,实现了欧洲专利审判的一体化,对欧洲经济发展、企业竞争力提高都有很大的帮助,对于我国企业从事欧洲贸易和政府探索建立专门化的知识产权审判法院都有着重要的借鉴意义。Since World War Ⅱ,the European countries have been exploring the road towards patent unification.The unification of patent application has been realized by enacting the European Patent Convention and the European Community Patent Convention and the establishment of the European Patent Organization.However,patent litigations are still decided by national courts according to their own laws,which gives rise to a number of problems and expensive litigation fees,thus impeding the unification of European patent system and weakens its effectiveness.The establishment of the Unified Patent Court will help resolve the said problems,realize the unification of European patent litigations,promote the development of European economy and improve its competitiveness.It will also provide lessons and experiences for China to set up a professional intellectual property court in the future.

关 键 词：欧盟 专利一体化 统一专利法院 

分 类 号：D95[政治法律—法学] DD913