[雙語閱讀]谷歌蘋果部分專利訴訟停戰(zhàn)
2014-05-19   作者:周武英/編譯  來源:經濟參考報
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  Mobile phone industry giants Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss lawsuits they had brought against each other over technology patents.
  手機行業(yè)巨頭蘋果和谷歌已經同意擱置針對對方的技術專利訴訟。(英國廣播公司)

  The two Silicon Valley technology giants said they are dropping lawsuits against one another and will work together in some areas of patent reform. The dismissed suits involve patent disputes regarding Google’s Motorola Mobility handset unit. The deal doesn’t include Apple’s ongoing patent battles with Samsung,which uses Google’s Android software for mobile devices. The agreement does not include a cross licence.
  這兩家硅谷的巨頭企業(yè)稱,他們撤銷了各自針對對方企業(yè)的訴訟并將在專利改革的部分領域進行合作。撤銷的專利訴訟包括關于谷歌的摩托羅拉移動手機部門的專利爭端,但不包括蘋果和三星正在進行的專利戰(zhàn)部分,這其中三星使用了谷歌的安卓軟件來進行手機設計。協(xié)議也不包括交叉專利部分。(《南華早報》)

  Motorola sued Apple for patent infringement in 2010,and Apple countersued. Google inherited the suits when it bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in 2012 in part to obtain Motorola’s portfolio of thousands of patents,which it used to defend its Android mobile-operating system from intellectual-property claims by Apple,Microsoft Corp and others. Google earlier this year agreed to sell Motorola’s devices unit to Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. for $2.9 billion,though it would keep Motorola’s patents.
  摩托羅拉在2010年起訴蘋果侵權,蘋果進行了反起訴。谷歌在2012年以125億美元買下摩托羅拉移動電話后,獲得了摩托羅拉數以千計的專利組合,得以抵御來自蘋果、微軟和其它企業(yè)關于其安卓移動運營系統(tǒng)的知識產權爭議,同時也承接了這起訴訟。今年早些時候,谷歌同意將摩托羅拉的設計部門以29億美元出售給中國的計算機制造商聯(lián)想集團,不過仍將保留摩托羅拉的專利權。(《華爾街日報》)

  Apple’s iOS software and Google’s Android power the majority of the world’s smartphones and tablets and both are seeking to keep their pre-eminent positions in those growing markets. Both are also duelling each other in areas including mobile maps,online music and other products.
  蘋果的iOS軟件和谷歌的安卓軟件占領了全球智能手機和平板電腦的大部分市場,兩家企業(yè)都希望能在這些增長中的市場中保持其領先的地位。兩家企業(yè)也都在包括移動手機地圖、在線音樂和其它產品等領域進行競爭。(《南華早報》)

  Apple-which produces iPhones-and firms that make phones using Google’s Android software earlier . Android software is now installed on some 80% of new phones sold every year.
  蘋果公司生產iPhone手機,它早先使用谷歌的安卓軟件來生產手機。安卓軟件現在安裝在每年80%的新手機上。(英國廣播公司)

  Until Friday,Apple and Google were locked in about 20 lawsuits against each other in the U.S. and Germany. Once allies,Apple and Google are butting heads more frequently,eying the same acquisition targets and top engineering talent as each company’s business in areas such as maps,voice-based search,streaming video devices and Web browsers bleeds into the other’s.
  直到上周五,蘋果和谷歌還在美國和德國陷于約20宗相互間的法律訴訟中。由于每家企業(yè)的業(yè)務在諸如地圖、基于語音識別技術的搜索服務、流動媒體視頻設備和網絡瀏覽器等方面互相滲透,一旦結盟,蘋果和谷歌將會更多地撞車,瞄準同樣的并購目標和一流的工程技術。(《華爾街日報》)

  “It’s always in the interest of consumers when cooler heads prevail,”said Al Hilwa,an analyst at researcher IDC.“Anything that can make the ecosystem more interoperable and for people to kind of easily move from one ecosystem to another is good for everyone.”
  IDC分析師表示,企業(yè)冷靜下來,這對于消費者而言是好事。任何能夠讓生態(tài)體系更能彼此合作,能使大家從一個生態(tài)系統(tǒng)很容易地轉向另一個生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的事情,對每個人來說都是好事。(《南華早報》)

  Despite the detente,Google still faces patent litigation from a company that is partially owned by Apple called the Rockstar Consortium. Rockstar was set up as a joint venture owned by Apple,Microsoft,BlackBerry Ltd.,Ericsson Inc. and Sony Corp. after that group beat out Google in a bidding war for patents owned by Nortel Networks Inc. in 2011. Rockstar last November launched a barrage of lawsuits against Google as well as makers of Android devices.
  盡管局勢已經緩和,但是谷歌仍面臨Rockstar Consortium的專利侵權。Rockstar Consortium是蘋果、微軟、黑莓、愛立信和索尼公司的合資企業(yè),2011年,這一聯(lián)合集團和谷歌在爭奪北電網絡公司所擁有的專利權時將谷歌擊敗。去年11月,Rockstar發(fā)起對谷歌和安卓制造商的系列法律訴訟。(《華爾街日報》)

  While the agreement settles differences between Apple and Google’s Motorola Mobility over basic patents,Apple has been embroiled in litigation against Samsung,the biggest maker of Android smartphones. In a second trial that ended earlier this month,Apple won $US120 million from Samsung after seeking $US2 billion in damages. The jury also found that Apple infringed one Samsung patent,awarding it $US158,000.
  這項協(xié)議解決了蘋果和谷歌的摩托羅拉移動手機部門關于基本專利權方面的爭議。但蘋果公司還面臨針對三星的侵權訴訟,三星是安卓智能手機最大的制造商。在本月早些時候結束的第二項審訊中,蘋果公司在索要20億損害賠償后,從三星公司贏得了1.2億美元。陪審團也發(fā)現了蘋果侵犯了三星的一項專利,判罰15.8萬美元。(《南華早報》)

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