标准必要专利FRAND许可承诺的可实施性

The Enforceability of FRAND Commitment by SEPs holder

摘要:

标准必要专利FRAND许可承诺是一个具有多重目标和协调多方利益的私人规制治理制度，对FRAND做一般的原则性规定并以基于良好意愿的私人谈判为基础是治理有效的内在要求。FRAND承诺本质上是一个有约束力的合约承诺，大多情况下的FRAND许可费争议属于合同法问题，只在特殊情况下其才违反反垄断法。因此，对FRAND许可费纠纷应坚持合同法优先，采用“合同法+反垄断法”的混合实施路径。政府行政执法机关应避免对FRAND许可费实行价格监管，法院和执法机关在具体案件执法中对FRAND许可费的确定应重在坚持“事前递增价值”基准并基于个案来裁定。

Abstract:

FRAND is a private regulation institution with multi-objectives and balancing many sides interest. It is the essential requirement to take FRAND as a general principle and put private negotiation in good faith as the fundamental mechanism. FRAND commitment is a binding contract commitment, only under special conditions, it may violate antimonopoly law. Therefore, contract law should be given priority in the enforceability of FRAND commitment and take the hybrid enforcement path of “contract law + antimonopoly law”. Private negotiation is the fundamental mechanism to reach a FRAND royalty agreement. Government should not regulate the FRAND royalties. In the case decision, courts should not adhere to a particular methodology on FRAND royalty, and persist on ex ante incremental value benchmark.