專利聯營與聯合行為

Patent Pool and Concerted Action in Taiwan

郭建廷(Chien-Ting Kuo)

《財產法暨經濟法》 7期 (2006/09) Pp. 181-208

https://doi.org/10.29825/PELJ.200609.0006

摘要

專利制度與競爭政策之交錯，一向是法律爭議之所在。在台灣，專利聯營爲競爭法帶來了新的難題。台灣的飛利浦光碟案，在歷經公平交易委員會認定專利聯營屬於聯合行爲後，台北高等行政法院做出「若專利聯營自互補性專利組成，則不會格成聯合行爲」之判決，專利聯營在台灣公平交易法上似已獲得平反。本文主張由互補性專利組成之專利聯營仍有可能構成聯合行爲，在台灣公平交易法的適用前提上，只有當專利聯營是純粹由必要性專利組成之情況下，才不會構成聯合行爲。

關鍵字

專利授權 ； 專利聯營 ； 專利聯合授權 ； 專利集中授權 ； 專利集管 ； 聯合行爲 ； 飛利浦光碟專利授權案

並列摘要

The crisscross of the patent system and competition policy always leads to the legal dilemma. In Taiwan, patent pool raises a new difficult era of Taiwan competition law. The Philips CD-R patent pool case judged by Taipei high administrative court seems to bring the dawn of patent pool issue because it held that ”if the patents that are being pooled are complementary, such patent pool will not constitute a concerted action.” This article argues that even if the patents that are being pooled are complementary, such patent pool might still constitute a concerted action unless it comprises essential patents.

並列關鍵字

Patent licensing ； patent pool ； concerted action ； Philips CD-R