知识产权是保护作者合法权利的有效法律手段,近些年来,随着人们对知识产权的重视,有关版权诉讼和著作权侵权的事件越来越多,在审判版权侵犯问题时,由于版权的专业技术性要求很强,在实际操作中,需要具备专业版权知识的专家证人,协助案件的处理,才能保证裁判的公正性。我国之前在处理类似问题时,一般采用的是鉴定制度,近几年来,随着案情的深入发展,专家证人制度越来越受欢迎。但在实践的过程中,也存在很多问题,需要不断对其进行完善。本文主要介绍专家证人制度实践现状,并对其以后的发展方向进行了简单探讨。 Intellectual property is an effective legal means to protect the author’s legal rights. In recent years, as people attach more importance to intellectual property rights, there are more and more incidents of copyright lawsuits and copyright infringement. In the trial of copyright infringement, due to the professional and technical nature of copyright Very demanding, in practice, the need for expert witness with professional knowledge of the copyright, to assist in the handling of cases in order to ensure the impartiality of the referee. In our country, before dealing with similar problems, the accreditation system is generally adopted. In recent years, with the deepening of the merits, the expert witness system has become more and more popular. However, in practice, there are also many problems that need to be constantly improved. This article mainly introduces the status quo of expert witness system practice and makes a brief discussion on its future development.