Abstract
Whether the Numerus Clausus Principle is adhered to in IP Rights (IPRs) Law determines whether judges have the discretion to explain the rights that have not been legislated in a case. Legal interest is the superordinate concept of right, and “other rights and interests prescribed by law” in Article(Art) 126 of the Civil Code of the PRC refer to different types of legal interests. The legal interests that judges give relief by exerting their discretion in a case are the “interest” in Art 126 of the Civil Code, which has not risen to legal rights. Those flexible expressions conflicting with the Numerus Clausus Principle in the separate IPRs laws should be revised in the future. The Numerus Clausus Principle also requires judges to apply open concepts carefully when judging and reasoning, and protecting legal interests discriminatively.
Funding source: National Social Science Foundation
Award Identifier / Grant number: 20ZDA062
Funding source: Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project
Award Identifier / Grant number: 22NDQN249YB
About the authors
Dr. Yongsun Cho is an Associate Professor in Dept of Industrial Security at Hansei University (Head of Dept., Majors in Intellectual Property Law), and functions as the Publishing Director of the Journal of Industrial Property (published by Korean Intellectual Property Society) and the Vice President of the Korea Association for Industrial Security.
Shan Sun got his PhD degree at Renmin University of China. He is now an Intellectual Property Law associate professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Civil and Commercial Law School, China. and now works as a Postdoctoral fellow at Koguan School of Law Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He also a Director of the Intellectual Property Law Association of CLS of China. His main research direction is the basic theory of intellectual property law and civil law.
Fangxin Chen holds a doctorate in law and doctorate in business administration, and now works as a research fellow at NingboTech University. Her main research direction is Intellectual Property, Management Science, international organizations and other directions.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the major project of the National Social Science Foundation under Grant 20ZDA062 and the Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project under Grant 22NDQN249YB.
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