- 學位論文
由美國法制探討專利仲裁之必要性
To Study the Essentiality of Patent Arbitration from the Perspective of the U.S. Legal Regime
摘要
隨著智慧型手機及平板電腦等新興科技產品的熱銷，高科技業者間的專利戰爭亦趨白熱化，其中關於智慧型手機的專利侵害訴訟，更成為近來全球高科技業及法界關注的焦點，惟專利權具有高度技術性及商業性之特質，使專利訴訟具有程序冗長、成本高昂……等問題。是以，本文研究之目的係為確立專利仲裁此種訴訟外紛爭解決機制存在之必要性，並分析美國及世界智慧財產權組織有關專利仲裁之法制規範與運作情形，探尋出我國專利仲裁制度可資借鏡之處。 分析依專利訴訟或專利仲裁程序救濟之情形及利弊得失後，以仲裁制度解決專利紛爭，確實較專利訴訟救濟程序更具有迅速、經濟、專業及秘密性……等優勢，而有存在之必要。因此，我國專利仲裁制度未能蓬勃發展之原因並非仲裁程序不適於解決專利紛爭、無存在必要，而係我國專利仲裁法制建置不完善，且民眾不熟悉仲裁此種救濟機制所致。是以，為使專利紛爭當事人樂於近用仲裁制度解決紛爭，本文以為，我國之專利仲裁制度似應以美國或世界智慧財產權組織之專利仲裁法制為模範，並就證據調查程序、保全程序及承認專利有效性之仲裁容許性……等重要之專利仲裁事項另為特別規定為是。
並列摘要
Owing to the hot sales of smart phones and tablet personal computers, the patent wars between high-tech industries become more and more widespread. Patent infringement lawsuits of smart phones also become the focus that worldwide high-tech industries and legal fields concerned. However, patents usually involve highly complicated technology and commercial elements so that patent litigation procedures are always time consuming and expensive for the parties. Therefore, the purposes of this thesis are to confirm the essentiality of patent arbitration and to analyze the U.S. as well as WIPO legal regimes of patent arbitration. Having analyzed the situation of patent arbitration and patent lawsuit, the author found that solving patent disputes by arbitration is more rapid, economic, professional, and confidential than following pursuing litigation, so patent arbitration is necessary. The reasons why patent arbitration is not a common way to solve patent disputes in Taiwan are Taiwan’s legal regime of patent arbitration isn’t established well and the public aren’t familiar with patent arbitration. In order to attract parties of patent disputes adopt arbitration to solve disputes, the author believed that the U.S. and WIPO legal regimes of patent arbitration could be models for development of our nation’s patent arbitration. However, we need to provide reasonable measures so as to establish a perfect patent arbitration, such as rules of evidence for investigation procedures, provisional measures, and approval of arbitrability of patent validity.