国际知识产权使用合同法律适用规则探析

象征着契约自由与私法自治的当事人意思自治法律适用原则在知识产权使用合同问题上应得到应有尊重。对国际知识产权使用合同最密切联系法律确定标准进行充分分析得出的基本结论是:与国际知识产权使用合同有最密切联系的法律应是保护国法。然而,在少数情形下适用许可国法或者许可人与被许可人共同所属国法律作为保护国法的例外。

Probe into Law Applying Rules of Contracts Regarding the Use of International Intellectual Property

The law applying doctrine of autonomy of will which symbolizes freedom of contract and autonomy of private laws should be duely regarded in contracts relevant with the use of intellectual property.On plenitude of analyses of the standards determining the connection point of the closest relationship with contracts of the use of international intellectual property a basic conclusion can be reached that the law of the protecting country has the closest relationship with contracts as such.Yet,in minority cases the law of the licensing nation or the law of the nation to which both licensor and licensee belong as an exception to law of the protecting state.