无形资产（专利）战略设计 (2).ppt

Termination clauses 终止条款 Impact of the invalidity of the patent无效专利的影响 No payment of royalties for the future 对未来的版税不再用支付 Impact of retroactive effect of the patent’s nullity? 对无效专利溯及力的影响？ Reimbursement of paid license fees?偿还已经支付的许可费？ See for instance Belgian Patent Act (art.50.2)比如见比利时专利法（第50条第2款) 的规定 the retroactive effect of nullity does not affect the conventions concluded and executed before the decision of nullity 无效的溯及力并不会影响到专利被确认无效之前所达成和所执行的协议。 BUT in certain circumstances the reimbursement of the sums paid in execution of the contract may be demanded for equity reasons 但是在某些特定情况下，为执行合同已经支付的款项可以基于公平原则要求偿还。 Thank you for your attention! 敬请指教 Tel电话:????????+32 (0)2 282 6000 Direct:???+32 (0)2 282 6000 Fax:??传真????+32 (0)2 282 6011 如果有事情咨询， 请联系： benoit.van.asbroeck@twobirds If any questions: benoit.van.asbroeck@twobirds Avenue dAuderghem 22-28 box 9 1040 Brussels Belgium Web:?twobirds International Law Firm of the Year, The Lawyer Awards 2008 地址：比利时 布鲁塞尔，奥德尔赫姆大街 22-28号，邮编：9 1040 网址： twobirds 国际律师事务所,2008年律师奖获得者 * Patent validity专利有效性 Conditions条件 Invention发明 Novelty新奇性 Inventiveness发明创造性 Industrial application工业应用 Articles 52 to 57 EPC EPC = as revised in 2000 and entered into force on 13 December 2007 欧盟专利公约(EPC)的第52条至第57 欧盟专利公约(EPC)=于2000年修订，并且在2007年12月13日生效 Invention发明 Product or process 产品或工艺 Not regarded as inventions (art. 52 EPC):不被视为发明（欧盟专利公约第52条 ）： discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods发现，科学理论和数学方法 aesthetic creations审美创造 schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business, and programs for computers，从事心理行为、玩游戏或经商的计划、规则和方法，计算机的程序 presentations of information信息的介绍 Evolutions regarding softwares关于软件的演变 Embedded softwares vs softwares as such 嵌入式软件作为与软件等诸如此类 Invention发明 Exception to patentability专利性例外 inventions the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to ordre public or morality发明的商业利用将违反“公共秩序”或道德 plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes