HFG proposal submission for amendments to the SIPO ‘Measures for Patent Administrative Law Enforcement’

专利行政执法以其效率高、成本低而广受好评。《专利行政执法办法》是目前专利局处理专利侵权纠纷以及查处假冒专利行为的主要法律依据，自2011年实施以来，已经4年了，其中，也暴露了一些问题。最近，国家知识产权局发布了《专利行政执法办法修改草案（征求意见稿）》，向社会各界征求意见。HFG作为知识产权领域的领先公司，积极参与这一立法活动，并结合实务经验，向国家知识产权局提出几点修改反馈意见，其主要内容包括：

Patent Administrative Law Enforcement has received a great deal of critical acclaim owing to its high efficiency as well as low cost. Measures of Patent Administrative Law Enforcement is currently the main legal basis for the Patent Office to deal with patent infringement disputes and investigate and punish the acts of passing off patents. It has been 4 years since the implementation of the Measures of Enforcement in 2011, while some problems have been exposed. Recently, the State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C (SIPO) has issued “Measures of Patent Administrative Law Enforcement Draft Amendment (for public comment)” for public comment. HFG as a leading company in the Intellectual Property field has taken an active part in this legislative activity and provided SIPO with several suggestions for amendment based on its practical experience. These suggestions mainly are:

1、对于征求意见稿中新增的加强电子商务领域的专利行政执法，HFG建议参照《网络交易管理办法》的相关规定，明确电子商务领域的专利侵权行为以及假冒专利行为主要由电商所在地管理专利工作的部门管辖；

In respect of the newly-added patent administrative enforcement in the e-commerce field, HFG suggests that the jurisdiction of the patent infringement acts and the acts of passing off patents shall be mainly obtained by the patent administrative departments of the e-commerce operators’ domiciles;

2、对于实务中暴露出来的专利局不受理外地公司在其辖区内实施的专利侵权行为，HFG建议在《专利行政执法办法》明确专利侵权纠纷由侵权行为地或被请求人住所地管理专利工作的部门管辖，以解决专利局行政不作为的问题；

In respect of the exposed practical situation where a patent administrative department refuses to deal with the patent infringement acts conducted by non-local companies within its jurisdiction, HFG suggests that “Measures of Patent Administrative Law Enforcement” specify that the jurisdiction of a patent infringement dispute shall be obtained by the patent administrative department of the place of an infringing act or the patent administrative department of the respondent’s domicile, in order to solve the administrative omission issue of the patent administrative departments;

3、对于实务中暴露出来的专利局对专利执法中当事人的代理人要求不一致的问题，HFG建议在《专利行政执法办法》中明确代理人的范围，即专利行政执法中代理人包括专利代理人、律师以及一般的公民代理，一般的公民代理可参照民事诉讼法的相关规定。

In respect of the exposed issue where different patent administrative departments obtain different requirements for the parties’ agents when conducting patent administrative law enforcement, HFG suggests that “Measures of Patent Administrative Law Enforcement” specify the scope of the agents  in the patent administrative law enforcement, which includes patent attorneys, attorneys at law and general citizen agents, where the general citizen agents refer to relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law.

Contacts

Alan Xu

Patent Attorney

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e. axu@hfgip.com

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Henry Han

Director, Knowledge Management and Professionalism Enhancement

p. +86 021 5213 5500

e. hhan@hfgip.com

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