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三星败诉 苹果成移动市场霸主
Apple Inc. (AAPL) wasn't the only winner in court Friday. Nor was Samsung the only loser.
苹果公司(Apple Inc.)并非上周五法庭上唯一的赢家,三星电子(Samsung Electronics Co.)也不是唯一的输家。
When the iPhone maker prevailed over the Korean conglomerate in their patent dispute, the big loser may have been Google Inc. (GOOG). In effect, Apple has been fighting a proxy war against the search giant by going after makers of devices running Google's Android mobile operating system-including Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNHY, 005930.SE), HTC Corp. (HTCXF, 2498.TW) and Motorola Mobility. They now are fighting directly since Google acquired Motorola in May.
当iPhone制造商苹果在这场专利之争中战胜韩国企业集团三星时,真正的输家可能是谷歌公司(Google Inc.)。其实,苹果一直通过向搭载谷歌安卓(Android)移动操作系统的电子产品制造商(三星、宏达国际电子股份有限公司(HTC Corp.)和摩托罗拉移动(Motorola Mobility)等)发起诉讼,而在与搜索巨头谷歌打一场代理人战争。自从谷歌今年5月收购了摩托罗拉后,苹果和谷歌现在展开了直接较量。
Granted, the case doesn't strike a mortal blow at Samsung's mobile business-the Korean giant can absorb damage costs and engineer around patents it was found to violate-but the verdict does give Apple more momentum. It is suing Android makers in multiple countries and has already scored other legal victories establishing that devices running Android violate its patents.
这个侵权案虽然不会对三星的移动业务造成致命打击(这家韩国巨头可消化损害成本,避开那些被判侵权的专利进行产品设计),但这个判决结果确实给了苹果更多动力。苹果目前正在多个国家起诉采用安卓系统的手机制造商,并且已经打赢了数场官司,证明搭载安卓系统的产品侵犯了苹果的专利。
Ultimately, Apple appears to want Android makers to redesign their devices so more features are unique to the iPhone.
苹果最终的目的似乎是,让搭载安卓系统的手机制造商重新设计自己的产品,这样iPhone就可以拥有更多独一无二的功能。