| Summary: | 1980年代，美國為保護其智慧財產權以維護其國際競爭力，一反其反托拉斯的工業策略，轉而設立專職智財權上訴的聯邦巡迴上訴法院（CAFC），使美國於1982年後，專利權高漲及專利訴訟案糾紛不斷，進而演變成專利議題成為產業經營必須面對的業務及重要之經營策略，也是商業競爭中決定勝負的關鍵因素。
而1980年代後，我國資訊產業突飛猛進，創造出傲人的經濟成績，也因此首當其衝，成為美國專利權利金追索之主要對象之一。如何因應來自美國專利權利金之追索，已成為我國企業必須嚴肅面對之問題，這也是本論文主要探討之目的。
本論文首先於第二章文獻探討與分析中，先對智財權及美國專利法有一全面性的介紹，後對美國專利所有權人之智財權保護的三種途徑作一探討，包括：
1.向聯邦法院提起民事訴訟。
2.向ITC提出關稅法337條之行政訴訟。
3.透過美國政府，運用特別301條款向侵權國家政府施壓。
接著，對專利之攻防策略亦做一番探討，尤其反托拉斯法及接到侵權之警告信函時之處理方式，相信有助於對本論文之探討美國專利權利金追索的因應策略，提供完整之參考資訊。
其次，個案探討以代表我國科技產業之半導體業的威盛個案，和我國CD/DVD光碟機產業、電腦週邊之監視器產業為對象。各個案之專利權利金追索的因應之道如下：
威盛電子之因應之道：
1.與NS策略聯盟，避免專利侵權賠償。
2.與美商旭上（S<sub>3</sub>）共同投資S<sub>3</sub>-VIA
3.產品打上Trident品牌銷售
4.跨足系統整合晶片和微處理器，並透過併購建構專利實力
光碟機產業之因應之道：
1.投入研發，簽署授權合約，先期小量生產，期以爭取大OEM為主要目標。
2.與日商策略合作，避免專利糾紛。
3.轉向DVD loader生產，或方案提供者。
4.迴避專利侵權
週邊產業監視器之因應之道：
1.海外設廠以避免權利金追索
2.OEM/ODM代工
3.簽約取得合法授權
最後，本研究歸納出我國科技產業，在對美國專利權利金追索之因應策略有下四種：
1.迴避專利權攻擊
2.OEM/ODM代工
3.尋求專利保護傘
4.建構本身之專利實力
企業隨其規模、技術能耐及市場產品特性而有不同之因應策略，我國廠商欲生存於此專利權高漲、專利訴訟不斷的世紀，除要了解專利侵權之救濟機制外，亦應於有專利侵權糾紛時能有策略知所因應。
透過本研究，希望能對我國廠商在面對來自美國智財權專利權利金追索時，能有一完整的應具備的專利侵權因應知識，並針對自己條件能擬一套最適合自己的因應策略，希望對我國廠商能有所協助。
=== In 1980, United States wanted to maintain its international competitive through the protection of Intellectual Property (IP), they changed the industrial policies from anti-trust to IP protection. They built a proprietary Appellate Court, so called Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit (CAFC), to be sole court in charge of all appeal issues regarding the IP in the US. The CAFC makes IP to be a precious properties and the IP litigation cases to be a business strategies and a key issue to be surviving in the industries.
The high technology industry especial the infornmation technology (IT) Industry in Taiwan was blooming from 1980, and have been roaring to be a major IT manufacturers in the world. This is why Taiwan has been become a target of claim for the loyalties of IP through IP litigation. This subject has become a serious problem for our high-tech companies, and this is the purpose I want to study in my thesis.
First at all, my thesis starts to explore the general concepts of IP and the Law of Patent in United States, then discusses the three measures what the patent owners can use in US when they faces their IP was infringed. There are:
1.Civil litigation through Federal Court
2.Administration litigation through ITC (International Trade Commission).
3.Government diplomatic measures through Special 301 Act
The thesis also explores the strategies of Patent for a company’s IP management that is trying to provide background knowledge to handle the IP litigation claiming for the loyalties of IP, especially how to handle the Warning IP-infringement Letter from Patent owner properly.
Next, the thesis has three caseS studies, including VIA case standing for the Semiconductor industry, Monitor case standing for Peripheral industry and DVD case standing for opto electronics industry. And we have the findings that the strategies they use to handle the claim for the loyalties of IP, there are:
The strategies of VIA:
1.To ally with NS strategically to avoid the infringement of IP from Intel.
2.To build a new company, S3-VIA, co-investing with S3.
3.To license the brand of Trident
4.To expand the product scopes from chipsets to CPU, and build the ower patent capabilities through merging the CPU divisions of NS and IDT.
The strategies of DVD companies:
1.To license the patent and start the development for getting the OEM/ODM chances.
2.To ally with Japanese patent-owner companies to reduce patent cost and to avoid patent infringement.
3.To change to produce component, semi-module or solution providers instead of finish-product makers to avoid patent infringement.
4.To avoid patent infringement using miscellaneous ways.
The strategies of Monitor companies:
1.To build the oversea manufacturing factory to avoid the claim of royalties.
2.To be the OEM/ODM makers
3.To license the patent.
From the cases studies, the thesis concludes the strategies that companies in Taiwan face the claim for royalty from the patent owners in US are as following:
1.To use miscellaneuos ways to avoid the attack of patent
2.To be the OEM/ODM makers
3.To search and build the protection umbrella of patent
4.To build the own capabilities of patent
Different Companies with different business scales and technical capabilities at different markets will use different strategies, hope the studies and findings of this thesis can provide a overall structures to think over and find out the best strategical solutions when the companies in Taiwan face a claim of Patent Royalties.
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