Publication: Infracción de patente y medidas cautelares de cesación: ¿«algo más» que infracción para concederlas o «algo menos» que infracción para denegarlas?
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2022-05-03
Authors
Massaguer Fuentes, José
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Universidade de Vigo - Marcial Pons
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© 2022 ADI © 2022 Marcial Pons, Ediciones Jurídicas y Sociales, S. A.
This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Actas de Derecho industrial y Derecho de autor.
Abstract
La doctrina judicial que exige la presencia de «algo más» que la infracción, actual o inminente,
de una patente para que se acuerden medidas cautelares de cesación es contraria a la configuración
legal de esta clase de tutela cautelar, a la esencia de la protección jurídica de la patente como
situación cautelable y a las exigencias del artículo 9.1.a) de la Directiva 2004/48/CE tal y como ha
sido interpretado por la Sentencia del TJUE en el asunto C-688/17. En consecuencia, debe ser
abandonada y retomada la doctrina que considera que la infracción vacía la esencia de la patente
por sí misma y justifica por ello la concesión de medidas de cesación cautelar. Ahora bien, las
concretas circunstancias del caso, si las hay, deben tomarse en consideración para denegar la
cesación cautelar allí donde, a la vista del uso que el demandante hace o no hace de su patente, en
realidad «hay algo menos» que infracción porque la conducta infractora no vacía de facto la utilidad
de la exclusiva que confiere la patente. ------------------
Some recent court rulings have found that «something more» than the patent infringement is necessary for PIs to be granted. However, this new doctrine violates the legal regime of this sort of provisional relief, the very essence of the protection of patents and the obligation under article 9.1.a) of the Directive 2004/48/EC as interpreted by the ECJ in case C-688/17. Accordingly, the courts should abandon this doctrine and assume again that the patent infringement empties its protection in a non-redressable manner, and PIs are prima facie justified. That said, the specific circumstances of the case, if any, must be considered to decide to grant PIs where they imply «something less» courts should abandon this doctrine and assume again that the patent infringement empties its protection in a non-redressable manner, and PIs are prima facie justified. That said, the specific circumstances of the case, if any, must be considered to decide to grant PIs where they imply «something less» than a regular patent infringement because it does not cause the patentee to suffer the practical loss of its legal exclusivity over the patented invention.
Some recent court rulings have found that «something more» than the patent infringement is necessary for PIs to be granted. However, this new doctrine violates the legal regime of this sort of provisional relief, the very essence of the protection of patents and the obligation under article 9.1.a) of the Directive 2004/48/EC as interpreted by the ECJ in case C-688/17. Accordingly, the courts should abandon this doctrine and assume again that the patent infringement empties its protection in a non-redressable manner, and PIs are prima facie justified. That said, the specific circumstances of the case, if any, must be considered to decide to grant PIs where they imply «something less» courts should abandon this doctrine and assume again that the patent infringement empties its protection in a non-redressable manner, and PIs are prima facie justified. That said, the specific circumstances of the case, if any, must be considered to decide to grant PIs where they imply «something less» than a regular patent infringement because it does not cause the patentee to suffer the practical loss of its legal exclusivity over the patented invention.
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Citation
Actas de Derecho industrial y Derecho de autor, 2022, Vol. 42, pp. 175-196
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