隨著知識經濟時代的來臨,有關智慧財產權之管理與對因智慧財產權所衍生之訴訟紛爭因應之道,對企業越來越重要。專利權不但使企業可以保護其新技術、新產品,還能為企業帶來極大的經濟利益,也因此專利管理及專利訴訟成為企業在擴張事業版圖、打擊競爭對手重要的一環。我國的高科技產業在世界上具有一定的地位,然而,在專利的核心技術上,卻仍仰賴他國企業技術授權。因此在技術密集的專利領域中,不論國內或國外的專利爭訟在全世界屢見不鮮。 隨台灣企業於國際間代工獲利增長、高科技產業快速成長發展,外國擁有相關技術智慧財產權之大廠,紛紛對台灣企業於美國涉嫌侵權行為提起訴訟,獲取洽談授權金或和解金、賠償金之利益。因此當企業成為被告時,如何在現行法律上有效運用防禦方法為本文討論重點,本文比較台灣與美國兩國的法規狀況為對照,突顯出被告應注意之事項。 本文研究在專利侵權訴訟中,被告的防禦方法,以及實際上法院運作的實務見解。本文行文以時間為區分點,研究被告於平日應注意之專利管理、訴訟初期的定暫時狀態假處分攻防,以及訴訟中的抗辯方法所應注意之事項,其中將訴訟中的抗辯方法區分為專利法上的抗辯事由以及競爭法上的抗辯事由。筆者希望本文整理目前法律上之抗辯理由,藉以提供被告發生訴訟時可較為迅速而正確的應對,而達到有效的防禦效果。
With the arrival of the knowledge-based economy era, it is more and more important for an enterprise to manage intellectual property right and deal with litigious issues derived from intellectual property right. Patent right can not only protect new technology and product of the enterprise, but also bring the enterprise grate economic benefits. Therefore, patent management and patent litigation play an important role when the enterprise expands undertaking domain or attacks rivals. Taiwan has superior high technology industry in the world, but still depends on the enterprise in other countries to authorize the key technology based on the patent law. Thus in the skill-intensive field, either domestic or foreign patent disputes occur constantly. With increase in profit of international OEM services provided by Taiwanese enterprises and with rapid growth of high technology industry, lots of foreign enterprises owning intellectual property right of relevant technology file litigation against infringement in the USA caused by Taiwanese enterprises , in order to gain advantages when negotiating royalties or compensation with Taiwanese enterprises. The present thesis aims to discuss how to defend effectively based on the present law when the enterprise becomes a defendant. The present thesis also compares regulations in Taiwan and the USA in order to show issues that the defendant needs to notice. The present thesis studies on the defensive methods of the defendant in patent infringement litigation and the practical opinion of a law court. Based on the time order, the present thesis studies on patent management and injunctive relief at the beginning of litigation that the defendant needs to notice, as well as everything that should be noticed in counterplea method during litigation. Besides, the present thesis divides the counterplea method into counterplea reasons based on the patent law and the antitrust law. The present thesis aims to provide the defendant with a correct and rapid response during litigation by means of summing up counterplea reasons based on the present law.