[ 李俭 ]——(2016-11-7) / 已阅14994次

In order to avoid IPR disputes on the international exhibition, Chinese enterprises are necessary to know and master related IPR laws and regulations of the country where the exhibition locates and conduct necessary legal consultation before exhibition even engage a professional IPR lawyer to provide lawyer’s opinions and suggestions. Exhibition company shall be obliged to provide necessary consultation service. Exhibition participant can consult with local legal consultation institution or lawyer or search on the internet to understand IPR protection law system and executive institution and its procedures of hosting country in order to decrease IPR disputes and reduce loss.
另外，对于自己携带参展的产品，最好能确定其合法的来源。如果是从企业获得的产品，则必须由其出具相应的手续如授权参展的证明文件等，以证明其来源的合法性，或者提供相关的专利证书复印件等。
Besides, it is best for exhibitors to ascertain the legitimate source of the products brought to the exhibition. If the product is acquired from enterprise, one shall provide relevant procedures and authorized documentary evidence for exhibition to prove its legitimacy, or provide relevant copy of IPR certificate.
（二） 准备证件
Preparation of certificates
赴国外参展时，一定要带好企业营业执照、产品的有关书面材料、产品专利证书、专利许可证书、注册商标证书等文件。如果展品在以前发生过产权纠纷而被法院或权威机构证实没有产生侵权行为的相关证明，务必携带；如果再次发生知识产权纠纷，这些文件就可以派上用场。
When one goes to attend exhibition abroad, you shall bring business license, related written materials of products, IPR certificate, patent license, certificate of registered trademark etc. If product owner has relevant certificate that proves the product not to infringe other’s IPR when involved in IPR disputes, one must bring it along because it will be useful once the product is involved in any IPR disputes.
二、参展现场遭遇问题时积极应对
Actively answering the encountered problem on the exhibition spot
（一） 从容应诉
Calmly answering
不少国内公司在国外参展时受到知识产权侵权指控时，对于指控不予理会，有的撤掉展品溜之大吉，或者采取“鸵鸟政策”。前国务院副总理吴仪奉劝企业界的老总们绝对不要抱着‘饿死不讨饭，冤死不打官司’的陈腐观念，要敢于去打官司……”。
Many of Chinese companies ignore accusation when they get involved in IPR infringement accusation during exhibition abroad. Some of them removed exhibits and flee away, or take ostrich policy. Former vice premier Ms.Wu Yi persuaded enterprises GM not to insist the outworn concept of “would rather starve to death instead of begging and would rather suffer from wrongful treatment to death instead of suing” and encourage them bravely respond to the lawsuit.
在某国际展会开展第一天，德国某公司就我国参展商安泰科技有限公司代理的压花玻璃侵权纠纷，拍照取证，并向安泰公司提出立即撤下侵权展品，中止参展，并收取补偿金等诉求。面对此突发事件，企业不能置之不理，而应当与对方积极沟通，在保护己方商业秘密的前提下，向对方提供必要的证明材料。如果没有侵权，则消除误会；如果被确认侵权了，则与对方进行专利许可谈判，或者不再展出该产品。协商解决是最好的办法。
The first day during certain international exhibition, a German company came to take picture and collect evidence towards patterned glass that exhibitor Taian science co.,ltd.(hereinafter referred as “Taian company”) acted as an agent and requested Taian company to remove infringing products from exhibition booth, stop exhibition, and pay compensation. Facing this emergency, enterprise cannot just ignore but shall actively communicate with the opposite party to provide necessary materials under the premise not to disclose own business secret. If it proves to be no infringement, then misunderstanding has been cleared up. If it proves to infringe other’s IPR, then one shall conduct patent licensing negotiation, or remove this product. Settlement through negotiation shall be the best choice.
（二） 冷静处理
Calmly dealing with
在大型的国际展会上，国外企业如果发现知识产权侵权，一般会由律师出具警告信或者由法院发出临时禁令。律师出具的警告信内容包括对具体侵权行为的描述，要求对方限期停止侵权的声明，惩罚条款等。同时，常常附律师费用账单。中国展商如果接到此类警告信，首先要做两点判断：
On a large-sized international exhibition, if foreign enterprises find IPR infringement, first of all, they will entrust lawyer to present with warning letter or apply for issuance of temporary injunction by court. The warning letter provided by lawyer includes detailed description of tort act, statement of requiring the other party to stop infringement and punishment terms etc. Meanwhile, it will often be attached with bill for lawyer charge. If Chinese exhibitor receives such kind of warning letter, you shall first make two judgements:
第一， 是否存在展品侵权；
Firstly, define if your exhibited product has tort act or not;
第二， 标的值定得是否过高。
Secondly, if the value of target subject matter are set too high
如果认为警告有理，产品确实侵权，或存在侵权的可能性，可以有条件地签署；如果坚持自己没有侵权，则一定不能签署，还可以向对方发出反警告或向法院提交保护信。此外，签署了警告信的企业，需要承担权利人委托律师发警告的费用。对没收的侵权展品要求开具清单，并查看是否与被侵权展品吻合，以便作为今后提出诉讼的依据。
If the warning is regarded reasonable and product definitely infringes other’s IPR, or has the possibility to infringe, the product owner may conditionally sign the letter. If you think your product has not infringed other’s IPR, then you shall not sign the letter and on the contrary, you can issue counter-warning or submit letter of protection to court. In addition, if you signed the warning letter, you shall assume the charge arising from issuance of warning letter from lawyer entrusted by obligee. Product owner shall ask for inventory of confiscated infringing products and check if it is same as the infringed products, and keep it as the evidence for litigation later.
警告信并不是法律规定的强制程序，权利人可以在不发出警告的情况下直接提起诉讼。
Warning letter is not compulsory procedures that stipulated by law. Obligee may directly lodge a lawsuit without issuance of warning letter.
（三） 避免冲突
Avoidance of conflict
几年前德国科隆五金展期间，参展中国企业与当地警察发生严重冲突，起因就源于一家中国企业的样本图片侵权。如果我们没有因为侵权而被处罚，却因为与警察发生冲突被抓，就非常不值得了，所以尽量避免与执法人员发生冲突，通过合法的途径进行交涉。
Several years ago during the period of hardware exhibition in Colon, Germany, Chinese exhibitor collided severely with local policemen arising from picture infringement of a Chinese enterprise. It is worth nothing to be arrested by clash with local policemen instead of punishment by infringement. Therefore, one shall do his best to avoid clash with law enforcement officials and negotiate through legitimate channel.
三、确实存在问题时妥善解决
Properly solving the problem once there is
（一） 适时聘请律师
Engaging lawyer at the right moment
国外的法律与国内不同，而且国外比国内更注重法律，应聘请懂得国外法律的专业人士来处理所产生的展览商品的知识产权纠纷，或者在参展前寻找和联络参展国对展会知识产权保护有经验和相当声誉的当地律师事务所作为合作对象。
Foreign laws are quite different from domestic ones and foreigner pay more attention to laws, thus exhibitor shall engage foreign professional person to handle IPR disputes arising from exhibited products, or find a cooperative partner that has rich experience on protection of exhibited products IPR and local law firm that enjoys remarkable reputation before exhibition.
（二） 选择可行方案
Selection of practicable plan
2005年4月在德国汉诺威设备展上，德国SEW认为杭州减速机厂等四家中国企业的参展产品侵犯其外观设计专利，向当地有关部门提起临时禁令，撤销了中方四企业的展位，并扣压了参展产品。德国为欧盟成员，临时禁令申请人的权利将延伸至欧盟各成员国，被提起临时禁令的企业将有可能与欧洲市场绝缘。该案引起了中国齿轮专业协会的高度重视，在其牵头下，德方SEW与中方四企业坐上了和解的谈判席。经过多次的协商、沟通，对协议每一条款进行反复探讨和修改，最终历时长达一年的时间，德方SEW与我国企业达成满意的和解条款，并正式签订了和解协议。
On the equipment exhibition in Hannover, Germany, in April 2005, German company SEW thought products on exhibition from Hangzhou Reduction box factory infringed their design patent, therefore they applied injunction from local relevant authority to remove exhibition booths of four Chinese enterprises and detained products for exhibition. As a member of EU, rights of applicant for temporary injunction extend to all remained EU member countries which will cause the enterprises that have been adapted to temporary injunction to be rejected out of whole European market. This case has drawn high attention of China gear industrial association. In the lead of Association, German SEW and four Chinese enterprises sit together for negotiation and conciliation. Through many rounds negotiation and communication and after repeat exploration and modification to every term of the agreement, German SEW and Chinese enterprises has finally reached a satisfactory conciliation term and officially signed the agreement after one-year efforts.
（三） 权衡利弊，降低损失
Weighing the advantages and disadvantages and reducing loss
企业要从经济上考虑成本是否大于收益作为取舍的依据，所以对于在国外参展出现知识产权问题也应该好好权衡利与弊，以经济利益为重。如果我们不应对意味着我们可能失去国外市场，应对的话需要支付大量的费用，从眼前看来是得不偿失，但从长远来讲我们必须积极应对知识产权侵权指控，聘请当地律师为我们分析各种解决方案，各种方案都有利弊，两害相权取其轻，应当选择对企业损害最少的方案，以便将损失降到最低。
Considering if cost is higher than income or not, enterprise shall weigh the advantages and disadvantages of IPR issue while attending exhibition abroad and regard economic benefit as a weight. If we refuse to face the IPR issue we may lose foreign market, and if we face it, we have to pay a large amount of money on the contrary. In the short term, our cost is more than benefit, but from the long term, we have to actively face the accusation of IPR infringement and engage local lawyer to help us analyze various settlement plan to solve it. Every plan has its pros and cons. We shall weigh the two plan and select the one which brings less disadvantageous to our enterprises in order to reduce loss to a minimum.
四、自我保护
Self-protection
（一） 树立自身保护意识
Building up sense of self-protection
中国企业到国外参展屡遭投诉，不排除国外势力打压我国企业的产品出口，

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