美国云计算专利诉讼的调查与启示  

Survey and Inspiration on U. S. Cloud Computing Patent Litigation

作　　者：王晓燕[1] 寿步[1] 

机构地区：[1]上海交通大学法学院,上海200240

出　　处：《科技管理研究》2014年第20期153-159,共7页Science and Technology Management Research

基　　金：教育部人文社会科学研究规划基金项目"云计算知识产权问题研究"(12YJAZH116);上海市软件和集成电路产业发展专项资金项目"云计算产业法律政策保障研究"(沪经信信(2012)698号);上海交通大学文理交叉专项基金重点项目"云计算知识产权问题研究"(11JCZ04);赢创德固赛(中国)投资有限公司赢创知识产权研究基金项目

摘　　要：对美国云计算专利诉讼案件的调查发现如下特点:首先,非实施性专利实体(NPE)已进入美国云计算专利诉讼领域,而诉讼被告几乎囊括了该产业链各个环节的各大型企业;其次,讼争技术领域较为集中,尤其是国际专利分类号为G06F的云存储计算专利技术较多;第三,受诉法院主要集中于联邦德州东区法院与特拉华州法院,被告通常运用的诉讼对策是反诉及管辖权异议;最后,案件一般以撤诉、双方和解结案,判决极少。由于《美国专利改革法案》对单一程序中被告数量的限制,新近云计算专利诉讼基本为单一被告。对美国云计算专利诉讼情况的调研将为我国企业参与云计算专利竞争,合理进行专利布局提供帮助。Survey of cloud computing patent litigation in the United States shows that the following characteristics：First, NPEs have entered the field of cloud computing patent litigation,defendants involved almost all large enterprises of the in-dustry chain;Second,technology field of relating patents is more concentrated,especially drawn on cloud storage in G06F of IPC;Thirdly,the courts are more concentrated in U.S.District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and for the Dis-trict of Delaware,the defendants usually contradicted by counterclaiming or raising objection to jurisdiction;Finally,litiga-tion was ended most based on withdrawal,reconciliation and little judgment.Because of the limit of the number and type of defendants in a single litigation from “Leahy -Smith America Invents Act”,there has begun to have single -defendant in single newly cloud computing patent litigation.Research on cloud computing patent litigation in United States will do a favor to Chinese enterprises to participate in cloud computing patent competition and carry out reasonable patent portfolio.

关 键 词：云计算 专利诉讼 《美国专利改革法案》 “Leahy -Smith AMERICA Invents Act” 

分 类 号：D971.2[政治法律—法学] DD913