我國近年來推展文化創意產業,傳統產業紛紛藉由文創謀求轉型,除了致力於技術研發,產品的外觀設計成為標誌品牌和吸引消費者的重要戰場。設計產品具有話題性、生命週期短暫等特性,需要快速而便捷的制度予以保護。我國於2011年修改新式樣專利法,更名為「設計專利」,與既有的新型專利成為設計產品的兩種主要保護手段。然而設計專利的保護要件過嚴、保護標的限制多,新型專利技術報告書作用與法律地位的矛盾,及設計專利與新型專利的取得時間過長,可見許多未盡符合設計產業需求之處,仍尚待討論修正。 歐盟內的強國,法、義、西、德等皆是舉世聞名的時尚產業王國,設計產業的重要性不言可喻,對於設計保護的需求即應運而生。歐盟共同體設計保護制度自2002年起實施,採行無註冊共同體設計制度(Unregistered Community Design, UCD)與註冊共同體設計制度(Registered Community Design, RCD)雙軌運行,提供設計人更快速便捷且多元的權利取得方式。 本研究首先介紹歐盟共同體設計保護制度的修法制定過程,探討設計產業生態鏈對設計保護制度產生的影響及設計產業對智慧財產權的需求,以法國精品Louis Vuitton的訴訟案例分析設計保護制度在實務運作的保護效果與無註冊設計權的必要性。接著以設計產業的商業模式及設計產品特性為中心,探討設計產業的智財權需求,並分析我國新型及設計專利的制度及訴訟案例,找出其未盡之處,參考歐盟共同體設計保護制度為新型及設計專利未來的修正方向提供建議,俾能更符合設計產業的需求。
In recent years, promotion of cultural and creative industry makes traditional industry seek to restructure, designs become the way to symbolize the brand and an important battleground to attract consumers. Design products are topical and have short life cycle that require fast and convenient IP system to be protected. Our design patent law modified in 2011, renamed as "design patent ", with both utility models to become the two main methods to protect design products. However, the requirements to obtain design patent or utility models are too restrictive, the legal role of search report of utility models doesn’t meet its function, and the duration of waiting to get patent is too long, we can see there are still a lot of deficiencies in our patent law to amend. The member states of European Union, France, Italy, Spain, Germany are world-famous for fashion industry, European Community design implemented since 2002, provides two means, Unregistered Community Design and Registered Community design, to get protection. EU community design gives designers quick and easy way to protect their designs. This study introduces the history and development of Community design, and investigates the influence of design industry’s needs on Community design, followed by litigation of famous luxury brand Louis Vuitton in order to analyze Community design’s function and effect upon design industry. This study then analyze our utility models and design patent law, aim to figure out deficiencies of the system, and try to find a reasonable direction to amend our utility models and design patent law to fulfill design industry’s needs, and discuss the possibility of establishing Unregistered design system in our patent law.