The patentee does not need authorization to use his own patent, so the patentee's use of the patent does not constitute infringement.
patent law of the people's republic of china
Article 11 After the patent right for invention and utility model is granted, except as otherwise provided in this Law, no unit or individual may exploit the patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, use, promise to sell, sell or import the patented product for production and business purposes, nor may it use the patented method and use, promise to sell, sell or import the product directly obtained according to the patented method.
After the design patent is granted, no unit or individual may exploit its patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, promise to sell, sell or import its patented product for production and business purposes.
Article 65 Where a patent is exploited without the permission of the patentee, that is, the patent right is infringed and a dispute arises, the parties concerned shall settle it through consultation; Unwilling to negotiate or failing to do so, the patentee or interested party may bring a suit in a people's court or request the administrative department for patent affairs to handle it. When the administrative department for patent affairs finds that the infringement is established, it may order the infringer to stop the infringement immediately. If a party refuses to accept the decision, he may bring a lawsuit to the people's court in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China within 15 days from the date of receiving the notice of handling. If the infringer fails to prosecute and stop the infringement upon expiration of the time limit, the administrative department for patent affairs may apply to the people's court for compulsory execution. At the request of the parties concerned, the administrative department for patent affairs may mediate the amount of compensation for patent infringement; If mediation fails, the parties may bring a lawsuit to the people's court in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Second, the civil liability of patent infringement
1 Stop the infringement means that the patent infringer should immediately stop the ongoing patent infringement according to the decision of the department in charge of patent work or the judgment of the people's court.
2. compensate for the losses. The amount of compensation for infringement of patent rights shall be determined according to the losses suffered by the patentee or the interests gained by the infringer; If it is difficult to determine the losses suffered by the infringer or the benefits obtained by the infringer, it can be reasonably determined by referring to the multiple of the patent license fee.
3. Eliminate the impact. When the infringing act of the infringer damages the goodwill of the patented product in the market, the infringer should bear the legal responsibility of eliminating the influence in an appropriate way and admit his own infringing act to eliminate the adverse influence on the patented product.
From the above analysis, we know that according to the provisions of the patent law, the patentee has the right to use his own rights without authorization. Therefore, the right holder's use of rights will not constitute patent infringement. However, if the patentee permits others to use the patent exclusively, it constitutes patent infringement.