专利权权属纠纷适用诉讼时效问题探析

专利权权属纠纷是否适用诉讼时效，在未有立法规定的情况下，法官和学者见仁见智，司法实践当中判例学说并不统一。诉讼时效作为一种权利限制制度，其立法目的在于保护不特定第三人信赖利益，维护社会公共利益。以时效制度的立法目的审视上述问题，专利权具有强烈的法定主义的特征，本身权属的变动通过登记公示大众，不会给第三人造成误认。因此，专利权属纠纷并无适用诉讼时效的必要和可能。

From Theory to Precedents-a Study on Whether the Limitation of Actions is Applicable to the Disputes on Patent Rights

Judges and scholars share different opinions on whether the limitation of actions is applicable to the disputes on patent rights when there is no legislation about this issue. Being a system used for restricting rights, the limitation of actions has a mission of protecting the reliance imerest of unspecific third party and of safeguarding public interest. The limitation of actions has a strong characteristic of stipulation doctrine when viewed from the objectives of legislation, for right alteration has to be registered for public notification so as to prevent misunderstandings of third party. Therefore, the limitation of actions is non-applicable in patent rights disputes.