标题: | 社会网络分析方法探讨 LED 公司专利侵权诉讼关系之角色与位置 Exploring Roles & Positions of LED Companies Involved in Patent Infringement Litigations —A Social Network Analysis |
作者: | 杨文兰 Wen-Lan Yang |
关键字: | 专利侵权诉讼;社会网络分析;角色与位置;专利价值;诉讼策略;Patent Infringement Litigation, Social Network Analysis, Role and Position, Patent Value, Litigation Strategy |
公开日期: | 15-十二月-2016 |
出版社: | 交通大学科技法律学院(原名称:交通大学科技法律研究所) School of Law |
摘要: | 智慧财产权为科技产业公司重要财产,为保护智慧财产所应采取的法律策略时,应综合评估各项资讯,而以商业目的考量,以布局方式取得最佳利益。竞争对手为取得最佳利益,可能采取提起专利侵权诉讼等方式,制造生产障碍,取得谈专利授权的谈判地位等。另外,被多数公司选择为诉讼的专利标的,亦能从中发现该专利所具有的价值。因为专利诉讼常为高科技公司采取的重要竞争策略,如何辨识企业为何发动专利诉讼的意图是制订诉讼策略的重要议题。本研究搜集 LED 产业的专利权侵权诉讼资料并形成分析的资料集,本文以上归纳,透过 109 笔诉讼案件经过筛选后,将诉讼笔数缩减为64 笔以及 24 家公司进行整理分析,结合叙述性统计与社会网络分析辨识专利权侵权诉讼行动者的诉讼意图,专利诉讼网络中的向外程度中心性与特征向量中心性形成主动性质的意图指标、向内程度中心性为被动性意图指标,利用此二种主动性(攻击方)与被动性(防御方)指标可以将 24 家诉讼公司归类成四种角色,包括主要玩家、专利蟑螂、受害者和旁观者,以瞭解公司的诉讼意图并探讨诉讼专利的价值,发现主要玩家有诉讼优势建议采取诉讼策略,专利蟑螂不易由反诉方式制衡,旁观者则建议透过并购专利方式强化重要性。 Intellectual properties are the most important intangible assets of high-tech companies. When high tech companies want to initiate any legal action in protecting their intellectual properties, they tend to take the business strategies and goals into consideration, hoping to gain the best interest for their entities. For example, competitors may start patent infringement lawsuits to create roadblocks for production; and as a result, they will establish an advantageous position in negotiating the patent royalties. Further, the underlying value of a patent can be evaluated by how often this patent is chosen as the target for infringement lawsuits. Patent litigation is an important competitive strategy leveraged by high-tech companies. Therefore, it is important to understand the intention of companies that bring the action of patent litigation. In this study, the major data set is collected from patent infringement lawsuits in the LED (Liquid Emitting Diode) industry. Through a careful selection process, 64 lawsuits and 24 companies have been further analyzed and studied for this paper. The motivations of the patent litigation initiators are identified by the descriptive statistics and the impact of social network. The “out-degree centrality”and “eigenvector centrality” in the patent litigation network form the active intent index; on the other hand, “in-degree centrality” forms the passive intent index. This study utilizes the active intent index (the offensive) and the passive intent index (the offensive) to categorize the 24 companies into four distinct roles in the litigation: key players, patent trolls, victims and bystanders. The purpose of conducting such analysis is to understand high-tech companies’ motivation of initiating litigations and the underlying value of patents in those cases. This analysis concludes three major findings. First, key players usually take litigation as a part of business strategies and occupy an advantageous position. Secondly, patent trolls are not intimidated by counterclaims or counter-lawsuits. And thirdly, the strategy of bystanders is to increase the value of their patent portfolios by acquiring the related patents. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3966/181130952016121302004 https://lawreview.nctu.edu.tw/category/%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E6%B3%95%E5%AD%B8%E8%A9%95%E8%AB%96/%E7%AC%AC1113%E5%8D%B7/%E7%AC%AC%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%B7-%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%8C%E6%9C%9F/ http://hdl.handle.net/11536/147258 |
DOI: | 10.3966/181130952016121302004 |
期刊: | 交大法学评论(原名称:科技法学评论) NCTU Law Review |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 2 |
起始页: | 149 |
结束页: | 186 |
显示于类别: | Technology Law Review |
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