福克斯新闻 苹果被判侵犯威斯康星大学专利 或支付巨额赔偿

This time it's Apple accused of using someone else's technology without permission…

At issue, a 1998 patent for improving the efficiency of processors owned by the licensing¹ arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A federal jury in Madison finding that Apple used that technology in its chips for several versions of the iPhone and iPad.

The jury also finding that the patent is valid².

Apple argues the patent is invalid³, so it hasn't infringed⁴ on anything.

The federal judge presiding over the case has said Apple could face over $800 million in damages.

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation also sued Intel, but settled that case when it was about to go to trial.

这一次是苹果公司被指控未经授权使用他人技术…

这项1998年用于提高处理器性能及效率的专利属于许可威斯康星麦迪逊大学所有。

联邦陪审团发现苹果将这项专利技术用在了多个版本的iPhone及iPad的芯片上。

而且陪审团发现这项专利仍然具备法律效力。

苹果公司辩称这项专利已经无效,因此自己没有侵犯任何专利。

这一案件的联邦法官表示苹果公司可能面临超过8亿美元的赔偿损失。

威斯康星校友研究基金会也起诉英特尔公司,但会通过法律途径解决。

1 licensing   

v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句

2 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

3 invalid   

n.病人，伤残人；adj.有病的，伤残的；无效的

参考例句：

• He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。
• A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。

4 infringed   

v.违反（规章等）( infringe的过去式和过去分词 )；侵犯（某人的权利）；侵害（某人的自由、权益等）

参考例句：

• Wherever the troops went, they never infringed on the people's interests. 大军过处，秋毫无犯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He was arrested on a charge of having infringed the Election Law. 他因被指控触犯选举法而被拘捕。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》