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11 3 月 2021 1742 年，诗人托马斯·格雷写道：“无知是福，聪明才是愚蠢”。 但格雷并不意味着我们后来所假设的：无知就是幸福。相反，他提到自己小时候无知，因此能够享受生活的奇迹，而不必承担成人责任的沉重负担。 随着时间的推移，技术不断发展，我们在 1980 年见证了从机械和模拟技术到数字技术的转变。这就是数字革命，导致数字技术加速发展，以至于我们现在生活在一个主要是数字化的社会中。 我们可以更轻松地访问和分发信息。但也有不利的一面：今天的无知会使我们陷入深渊，尤其是在专利侵权的情况下。 **如果你创造了一项发明** 假设您创造了一项发明。从一开始，它就具有经济潜力、挽救生命的好处或解决全球问题的能力。在利用发明之前，您研究了市场，进行了研究并得出结论，您的发明是新的。 您认为使用该发明是“安全的”。但是，在该发明在市场上得到利用后，您收到了一条消息…… “您的产品侵犯了现有专利。” 可否“无罪侵权”；即不知道您的发明侵犯了现有专利，被用作一种辩护形式？ **无辜侵权** 在 *普罗克特诉本尼斯和其他人* 1887 4 RPC 333 at 356，法院认为，如果被告的行为构成侵权，即使被告的行为方式 *善意 *或者说实话，他/她不会受到禁令的保护。 因此，即使是无辜的侵权行为也不能被视为抗辩。 但是，如果您不知道专利的存在，您是否有责任支付损害赔偿金？ 在每个国家，关于无辜侵权损害赔偿的专利法都不同。 在美国和中国，任何直接侵犯专利的一方，无论是否侵权，均须承担赔偿责任。 在英国和澳大利亚，有一项规定是不对无辜侵权作出损害赔偿。侵权人有责任证明，在侵权之日，他/她不知道专利的存在。测试是客观测试；考虑到案件的情况，很少有案件有利于无辜的一方。这使该条款的使用变得复杂。 南非有与英国和澳大利亚类似的规定。南非 1978 年第 57 号专利法规定，如果被告在侵权之日不知道并且没有合理的方法使自己知道专利的存在，则他/她可能不承担损害赔偿责任. 此外，如果文章标有“专利”、“专利”或类似字样，但未附有专利号，则不构成专利存在的通知。 **你需要一个声音案例** 诚然，这些年来，基础设施和获取信息的便利性发生了巨大变化。从字面上看，互联网“触手可及”，世界上大多数专利局，包括南非的专利局，都可以访问在线专利数据库。 因此，法院不太可能轻视“无辜侵权”的主张，并且为了避免专利侵权的损害赔偿，您需要就您不知道专利的存在提出合理的理由。不是一件容易的事，也不是天真即幸福的任务。 [尤格尼·雷迪](https://spoor.com/our-people/yogani-reddy/) 是 Spoor & Fisher South Africa 的专利代理人和高级助理。她拥有理学学士（化学工程）和法学学士 *优等生* 度。 Yogani 的经验包括国内和国际专利事务，包括专利申请的准备和申请。她专长于化工、制药、石化、农化和冶金领域。 Yogani 还擅长主题现有技术搜索，包括分析和起草搜索报告。