2009年5月5日上午欧盟商会知识产权组召开会议，邀请蒋志培教授以中国知识产权司法保护发展与展望为题讲座。讲座后蒋志培教授回答了出席会议代表踊跃提问。

蒋志培教授在讲座中对援引外国知识产权案例问题，谈了自己的看法：Since China is a civil system country, unlike common law jurisdictions such as the United States or England, Chinese courts trial cases according to laws, regulations and judicial interpretations instead of following the precedent cases. So the foreign precedent cases do not have direct influence on Chinese judicial adjudication.

 

However, foreign IP precedent cases have drawn great attention among the scholars and legal practitioners in China and arouse lots of debates and discussion. As a matter of fact, foreign IP precedent cases have even influence the establishment of China IP system, especially when we draw up laws or judicial interpretations.

 

In recent years, the Supreme People’s Court has emphasized and enhanced the importance of “case guidance” in China, and we can see that there is indeed a growing interest and concern on the Chinese IP precedent cases in the courts. Although Chinese courts can not directly adopt foreign precedent cases, they never overlook the reference use of the foreign precedents in the judicial work, and we are pleased to see that this reference use also plays an important role of our IP legal education and International exchange on IP issues. 

 

However, if foreign parties are confronted with IP litigations in China, I always advice them to study more about the Chinese IP laws, international IP treaties that China has joined, and IP precedent cases in China. Compared to foreign precedent cases, the above should be more helpful in resolving IPR disputes.

 

蒋志培教授在回答与会者提问时提到近一年多来，最高法院和法院系统工作有三个突出的亮点，欧盟的企业应当了解和适应：一是更加强调审判的透明度和法官的廉洁；二是更加强调在金融危机情况下，为保持和发展经济提供良好司法环境；三是更加强调司法工作的亲民、便民、护民、利民，贯彻为人民服务的宗旨。这些工作重点在具体的审判工作中，在知识产权审判工作中都有具体的体现。这些无疑对欧盟来华企业、投资者都是利好的消息。

蒋志培教授还回答了法律、法规和司法解释，与最高法院最近出台的《关于当前经济形势下知识产权审判服务大局若干问题的意见》的关系等多个问题，从学者角度权威、全面、完整地诠释了诸多法律适用问题。展望了今后发展趋势。