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再次，这是我国参与国际合作与竞争的需要。我国已经加入WTO，必须切实履行成员国的义务。根据TRIPS协议第27条，成员国应对所有技术领域的发明提供专利保护，因而将符合条件的电子商务商业方法纳入专利保护范围是符合TRIPS主旨的。况且，由于成员国在国际贸易中不得再使用关税、进口配额等保护措施，在发达国家还可以运用技术壁垒保护本国利益的情况下，我国只有提高自己的技术水平才能与之抗衡。 [16] 这一目标的实现有赖于专利制度的促进与保护功能。
由此可见，对电子商务商业方法专利的创造性审查，如果要求其中的计算机信息网络技术部分具备非显而易见性，虽然可以在短期内通过提高创造性的判断标准来减少专利的授权量，但是，以长远眼光来看，此种审查方式必将不利于促进我国提高计算机信息网络技术及电子商务的总体水平，从而不利于我国科技与产业的长远发展。
3. 总结
综上所述，我国对于电子商务商业方法专利的创造性审查，应当明确以“非显而易见性”即“突出的实质性特点”为标准，从电子商务商业方法发明方案的整体去判断。即使该方案中所使用的商业方法或者计算机信息网络技术部分不具有创新性，只要方案整体是非显而易见的，不是同领域技术人员经过简单推理便能想象出来的，超出了人们的预期能力，便符合创造性条件，而不必苛求其中的计算机信息网络技术部分具备相当的创造高度。
【英文标题】Analysis on the Criterion for the Judgment of Non-obviousness of E-business Method Patent
【英文摘要】Since 1998, the main countries all over the world gradually reached an agreement on the patentability of E-business method. However, they set different criteria for the judgment of non-obviousness. At the beginning, the thesis expounds the theoretical criterion for the judgment of non-obviousness, holds that the judgment of non-obviousness should be made after the inspection on the whole program of E-business method invention, and clarifies the relation between non-obviousness and technical nature. After that, by analyzing the reasons of the United States, Europe and Japan, s non-persisting in the theoretical criterion, the thesis advocates that the concrete criterion should be set after considering the whole patent system as well as the level of science and technology and the development of industry. In the conclusion, after taking account of the present conditions, the thesis concludes that our country should take " outstanding virtual peculiarity" as the criterion of non-obviousness, and make judgment after the inspection on the whole program of invention, instead of requesting the technology of the program to be provided with excessive creativeness. |
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