知识产权诉讼中技术调查官制度的困境与出路

The dilemma and way out of the technical ombudsman system in intellectual property litigation

摘要:

技术事实的查明是知识产权诉讼案件中难以回避的问题,新设置的技术调查官制度为破解相关技术难题提供了保障,有助于发掘知识产权诉讼的案件真实,进而提升纠纷解决质效。在司法实践中,技术调查官制度遭遇了选任与管理不明、参与诉讼活动的程序不规范、与司法鉴定制度不协调等困境。为克服上述不足,有必要从选任标准与管理办法的构建、诉讼程序的法定和公开、从内而外协调与司法鉴定制度的关系等三个层面加以完善,充分发挥该制度在查明案件技术事实方面的积极性,以助益知识产权诉讼在科技创新领域有效发挥司法保障职能。

Abstract:

The identification of technical facts is an unavoidable problem in the case of intellectual property litigation. The newly established technical investigator system provides a guarantee for solving the related technical problems, which will help to discover the truth of the case of intellectual property litigation and improve the quality of the case trial. In judicial practice, the system of technical investigation officers has encountered difficulties such as unidentified selection and management, non standard procedure for participating in litigation activities, and incoordination with judicial authentication system. In order to overcome the above shortcomings, it is necessary to perfect the three levels, such as the construction of the elective standards and management methods, the legal and public litigation procedures, the relationship between the internal and external coordination and the judicial identification system, so as to give full play to the enthusiasm of the system in identifying the technical facts of the cases, so as to help the intellectual property litigation in the scientific and technological innovation. The judicial guarantee function is effectively played in the field.