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制造方法专利侵权纠纷中,被诉侵权人生产涉案产品的制造方法是侵权判定的关键证据。对于新产品制造方法的举证责任,法律和相关司法解释均规定由被诉侵权人承担;对于非新产品制造方法的举证责任,则没有具体规定。不同的举证责任分配,可能会导致不同的侵权判定结果。这类案件中举证责任的分配既要考虑制造方法专利权人举证困难的实际情况,最大限度地查明客观事实,同时又要兼顾被诉侵权人商业秘密保护的现实需求,避免专利权人滥用举证责任倒置规则套取商业秘密。在宜宾长毅浆粕有限责任公司诉成都鑫瑞鑫塑料有限公司、潍坊恒联浆纸有限公司侵犯发明专利权纠纷案中,最高人民法院认为,非新产品制造方法专利侵权纠纷中,在确保被诉侵权人的商业秘密不被泄露的情况下,可以有条件地适用举证责任倒置规则,判令被诉侵权人提供其制造方法不同于专利方法的证据。
Manufacturing methods Patent infringement disputes, the accused infringer manufacturing methods involved in the production of the product is the key evidence of the infringement. For the burden of proof on the manufacturing method of new products, the law and relevant judicial interpretations are stipulated to be borne by the accused infringer; there is no specific stipulation on the burden of proof for the non-new product manufacturing method. Different distribution of burden of proof may result in different infringement judgment results. The distribution of the burden of proof in such cases must take into account the actual situation of the manufacturing patentee to prove the difficulties, to maximize the objective facts, while taking into account the actual needs of the accused infringer to protect trade secrets, to avoid abuse of patentees Inversion of Proof of Evidence sets trade secrets. In Yibin Changyi Pulp Co., Ltd. v. Chengdu Xin Ruixin Plastic Co., Ltd. and Weifang Henglian Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. in the dispute over the invention patent infringement, the Supreme People’s Court held that in non-new product manufacturing method patent infringement disputes, Under the condition that the accused infringer’s commercial secrets are not divulged, the burden of proof inversion rules may be conditionally applied and the accused infringer may be ordered to provide evidence that the manufacturing method is different from the patented method.