等同原则在知识产权司法鉴定中的适用

对被侵权的技术和相关技术的特征是否相同或者等同进行认定,是知识产权司法鉴定的重要内容,在这一过程中,等同原则的正确适用非常关键。等同物的判定、等同时间的判定以及本领域普通技术人员的认定,是知识产权司法鉴定中认定技术等同的关键要素,也是困扰司法实践的重要问题。同时为了避免等同原则的扩张可能对公众利益造成的侵害,亦应对等同原则做出必要的限定,以达到合理范围内专利权人利益与社会公众利益的协调平衡。

Equivalent Principle Applied in Intellectual Property Judicial Authentication

It is an important content of judicial authentication to see whether there is similarity between piracy technology and related technical features.During this procedure,equivalent principle is very important.Equivalent determination,equivalent time judgment and identification of common skilled staff in the field are the key elements of the determination of technology equivalent,which also are the important problems bothering to judicial practice.At the same time to avoid the harm for public interest caused by expansion of equivalent principle,we should make the necessary limits on equivalent principle in order to achieve balance between the patent holder’s interest and the social public’s benefit in reasonable scope.