專利法修正草案對我國設計專利實務的影響 The Partial Design and Derivative Design Patent Practices under the R.O.C. (Taiwan) Patent Reform Act

Abstract

專利法修正草案對我國設計專利實務兩項最大的影響在於部分設計成為設計專利之保護標的以及衍生設計專利取代現行聯合新式樣專利。依據專利法草案第123 條之規定，申請人可以透過實線表示主張權利之部分並透過虛線表示不主張權利的部分，以針對物品的局部請求設計專利保護。部分設計專利引進專利法修正草案後，解決了現行專利法中要求必須針對完整物品請求設計專利保護，因而不必要地限縮權利範圍的問題。依據專利法草案第129 條之規定，同一人有二個以上近似之設計，得申請設計專利及其衍生設計專利。衍生設計專利與獨立於其原設計專利，與聯合新式樣專利依附於其 原設計專利不同。換言之，衍生設計專利權人可獨立行使其專利權。 The two most important changes to design patenting to be introduced by the Patent Reform Act are that partial designs can be protected and that protection by “associated design patent” is replaced by “derivative design patent”. According to Article 123 of the Act, a design patent application can focus on partial design by using solid lines to indicate the claimed portion and using dash/broken lines to indicate the unclaimed portion. The introduction of partial design avoids unnecessary limitations to the scope of the claimed design. According to Article 129 of the Act, for two or more similar designs owned by the same person, a design patent application can be filed to cover one of the designs and derivative design patent application(s) can be filed to cover the rest. Unlike an associated design patent, which depends from its original patent, a derivative design patent is independent from its original design patent. That is, a derivative design patent can be independently enforced.

Keywords

• 部分設計
• 衍生設計專利
• 聯合新式樣專利
• 專利法修正草案
• Partial Design
• Derivative Design