技术中立：互联网新型不正当竞争案件中抗辩事由的证成与适用

Technology Neutrality: The Justification and Application of Defence in the New Types of Internet Unfair Competition Cases

摘要:

技术创新在促进互联网行业发展的同时也冲击现有竞争法制度。在互联网新型不正当竞争案件中，利用技术手段实施竞争行为的一方通常以技术中立为抗辩事由，主张自身行为具有正当性。然而从25个相关案例的实证分析结果来看，还存在是否可以主张技术中立抗辩、如何适用技术中立抗辩的困境。互联网新型不正当竞争案件中技术中立抗辩的正当性源于“技术、市场和法律”三个维度。适用技术中立作为抗辩事由的逻辑前提在于“两个中立”：技术本身中立和技术提供者中立。在此前提下，考察技术提供者的主观状态，分析技术使用行为的客观后果，从而判定技术中立抗辩是否成立。

Abstract:

Technological innovation not only promotes the development of the Internet industry,but also impacts the existing competition law system.In the new types of internet unfair competition cases,the party who uses technical means to carry out the competitive behavior usually takes technology neutrality as the defense reason, and claims its own behavior is legitimate.However,from the empirical analysis results of 25 relevant cases,there are also the predicament of whether the technology neutrality defense can be claimed and how to apply the technology neutrality defense.The legitimacy of technology neutrality defense in new types of internet unfair competition cases stems from the three dimensions of “technology, market and law”.The logical premise of applying technology neutrality as the defense is “two neutrality”:technology neutrality and technology provider neutrality.Under this premise,examine the subjective state of the technology provider,and analyze the objective consequences of technology use behavior,so as to determine whether the technology neutrality defense is established.