我国ICT企业NPE专利诉讼结果的影响因素研究——基于64个诉讼案件的模糊集定性比较分析  

A Study on the Factors Influencing the Outcome of NPE Patent Litigation of ICT Enterprises in China:Based on Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 64 Litigation Cases

作　　者：胡海容[1] 梁海洋 Hu Hairong;Liang Haiyang(School of Intellectual Property,Chongqing University of Technology,Chongqing 400054)

机构地区：[1]重庆理工大学重庆知识产权学院,重庆400054

出　　处：《情报探索》2023年第8期69-76,共8页Information Research

基　　金：重庆市知识产权局软科学项目“中美贸易摩擦背景下美国知识产权风险及其防范——以医疗器械行业为例”(项目编号:CQIP-R-2020-02)研究成果之一。

摘　　要：[目的/意义]随着我国ICT企业日益深入地参与国际竞争,越来越多的中国企业也被卷入NPE专利诉讼。和解和判决是专利诉讼的常见结果,探究影响诉讼结果的影响因素对我国ICT企业具有重要意义。[方法/过程]以2015—2022年间NPE对我国ICT企业发起的64个专利诉讼案件为研究样本,基于组态理论和TOE理论建立NPE专利诉讼的影响因素模型,通过模糊集定性研究方法(fsQCA)进行实证研究,从组态视角探究影响NPE专利诉讼结果“联合效应”以及不同因素之间的互动关系。[结果/结论]六种路径均能导致NPE对我国ICT企业提出专利诉讼,且诉讼结果是判决而非和解。其中,NPE专利的权利要求数和后向引证量及维持年限、NPE商业模式、被诉企业规模以及法律环境对NPE的友好度是引发专利诉讼的充分条件。[Purpose/significance]As Chinese ICT enterprises are increasingly involved in international competition more and more Chinese enterprises are also involved in NPE patent litigation.Compromise and judgment are common outcomes of patent litigation and it is important for Chinese ICT companies to explore the influencing factors affecting the outcome of litigation.[Method/process]This paper takes 64 patent litigation cases initiated by NPEs against ICT enterprises in China during 2015—2022 as research samples establishes a model of the influencing factors of NPE patent litigation based on configuration theory and TOE theory and conducts an empirical study through the fuzzy set qualitative research method(fsQCA)to explore the joint effect that affects the results of NPE patent litigation and the interaction between different factors.[Result/conclusion]All six paths lead to patent litigation by NPEs against ICT companies in China and the litigation results is judgment rather than compromise.Among them the number of claims and backward citations of NPE patents and the number of years of maintenance the NPE business model the size of the company being sued and the friendliness of the legal environment to NPEs are sufficient conditions for triggering patent litigation.

关 键 词：NPE 专利诉讼 ICT fsQCA 

分 类 号：F626.5[经济管理—产业经济]