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????谷歌（Google）的首席法務(wù)官在谷歌的官方博客上發(fā)表了一篇長(zhǎng)文,，對(duì)蘋果（Apple）和微軟（Microsoft）進(jìn)行憤怒聲討,，稱這兩家公司通過(guò)可疑專利和虛假專利，對(duì)谷歌的安卓系統(tǒng)發(fā)動(dòng)了一次敵對(duì)的,、有組織的,、反競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的攻擊行動(dòng)（這些形容詞都是他的原話）。這篇博客可能是有史以來(lái),，任何一位高科技律師寫過(guò)的最有誤導(dǎo)性的文章了,。 ????我并不是說(shuō)這位名叫大衛(wèi)?德拉蒙德的律師控訴錯(cuò)了，谷歌的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手也的確在用專利體系對(duì)抗安卓系統(tǒng),。問(wèn)題是谷歌自己也沒有占領(lǐng)道德優(yōu)勢(shì),。原因何在？ ????? 德拉蒙德控訴稱,，谷歌的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手在所謂的“虛假專利”上多付了很多錢,。但如果北電網(wǎng)絡(luò)（Nortel）的6，000個(gè)專利是虛假的,，那么為什么谷歌一開始愿意出價(jià)近10億美元購(gòu)買這些專利,？北電網(wǎng)絡(luò)的專利最終被蘋果、微軟和黑莓手機(jī)生產(chǎn)商RIM等企業(yè)聯(lián)手以45億美元購(gòu)走,，但谷歌居然也表示愿意幾乎全價(jià)支付這45億美元,，這又是為什么？（延伸閱讀：《專利競(jìng)購(gòu)：蘋果嚴(yán)陣以待,，谷歌不以為意》） ????? 他控訴微軟和蘋果“搞在一塊兒”，共享核心專利,，而將谷歌排除在外,。不過(guò)微軟公司表示曾致信谷歌,，邀請(qǐng)谷歌和自己聯(lián)手競(jìng)購(gòu)Novell公司的專利，但谷歌拒絕了這一邀請(qǐng),。微軟手頭有一封電子郵件可資證明,。 ????? 德拉蒙德的博客文章標(biāo)題是“專利體系攻擊安卓”。不過(guò)正如Daring Fireball科技博客的約翰?格魯伯所言：“攻擊安卓系統(tǒng)的并非是‘專利體系’,，而是谷歌的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手,。谷歌不僅侵犯了這些企業(yè)的專利權(quán)，而且谷歌的安卓系統(tǒng)還危害了這些企業(yè)的業(yè)務(wù),。攻擊安卓的正是這些企業(yè),。” ????科技博客TechCrunch的MG?西格勒上周三撰文發(fā)問(wèn)：“為什么谷歌今天會(huì)在博客上針對(duì)專利問(wèn)題發(fā)難,？這是因?yàn)楣雀柙诒彪妼＠?jìng)購(gòu)上的失利僅僅是個(gè)開始,。”他指出,，谷歌已經(jīng)參與了對(duì)無(wú)線通信技術(shù)專利公司InterDigital 8,，800個(gè)專利的競(jìng)標(biāo)。不過(guò)他寫道：“谷歌有將近400億美元的現(xiàn)金和現(xiàn)金等價(jià)物可供支配,，但蘋果手中的現(xiàn)金幾乎是谷歌的一倍,。如果蘋果和微軟結(jié)盟，那么這二者差不多有1,，000億美元的購(gòu)買力,。說(shuō)到底，谷歌通過(guò)競(jìng)標(biāo)戰(zhàn)勝蘋果是沒什么指望了,，而且他們也別無(wú)選擇,。” ????德拉蒙德稱,，美國(guó)司法部（the Department of Justice）現(xiàn)在正在調(diào)查北電專利問(wèn)題,，他對(duì)此深受鼓舞。（不過(guò)他沒有提的是,，美國(guó)監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)現(xiàn)在正在花更大的力氣,，調(diào)查谷歌自身的反競(jìng)爭(zhēng)行為。）不過(guò)這不意味著谷歌自己在專利問(wèn)題上就是清白的,。上個(gè)月在谷歌與甲骨文（Oracle）的專利侵權(quán)糾紛案中,，有幾封郵件被曝光，這些郵件顯示,，安卓系統(tǒng)的開發(fā)者安迪?魯賓曾建議谷歌獲得Java的授權(quán)（Java由Sun公司開發(fā),，該公司后被甲骨文收購(gòu)——譯注），但卻被谷歌創(chuàng)始人謝爾蓋?布林和拉里?佩奇駁回了,。 ????據(jù)軟件專利資訊博客FOSS Patents的弗洛里安?穆勒?qǐng)?bào)道,，審理谷歌與甲骨文專利糾紛的法官在看到這些郵件后,，建議谷歌的法務(wù)團(tuán)隊(duì)與甲骨文進(jìn)行庭外和解。這位法官說(shuō)道：“有安迪?魯賓作證,，你們一定會(huì)敗訴的,。如果發(fā)現(xiàn)你們故意侵權(quán)，很可能會(huì)裁定你們永遠(yuǎn)不得使用該專利,。所以你們最好仔細(xì)想想,。” ????譯者：樸成奎 |
????Google's (GOOG) chief legal counsel's angry screed on the company's official blog in which he accuses Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) of waging a hostile, organized, anti-competitive campaign against Android through dubious and bogus patents (adjectives all his) may be remembered as one of the most misguided briefs any high-tech lawyer has ever written. ????Not that David Drummond is wrong about Google's competitors using the patent system to fight Android. They are. It's that he doesn't have a leg to stand on. Let us count the reasons why. ????Drummond accuses Google's competitors of overpaying for "bogus" patents. But if Nortel's 6,000 patents were bogus, why did Google start the bidding at nearly $1 billion and why was it willing to pay nearly the full $4.5 billion they eventually went for? (See Apple takes the patent wars seriously. Google not so much.) ????? He accuses Microsoft and Apple of "get[ting] into bed" to keep Google from getting access to key patents. But Microsoft says Google turned down its offer to jointly bid for some Novell patents, and it has the e-mail to prove it. ????? Drummond's post is titled "When patents attack Android." But as Daring Fireball's John Gruber suggests, "It's not 'patents' that are attacking Android. It's competing companies whose patents Google has violated — and whose business Android undermines — who are attacking Android." ????"Why did Google blog about patents today?" Techcrunch's MG Siegler asked on Wednesday. "Because the Nortel loss was just the beginning." He points out that Google has joined the bidding for 8,800 patents owned by InterDigital. Google, he writes, "has nearly $40 billion in cash and cash equivalents to spend. But Apple has almost double that. And if Apple teams up with Microsoft again, they'll have over $100 billion in buying power. At the end of the day, Google will not be able to out-bid Apple, and they're running out of options." ????Drummond says he is encouraged that the Department of Justice is looking into the Nortel patent issue (without mentioning that U.S. regulators are looking even more deeply into alleged anti-competitive behavior on Google's part). But Google hasn't been faring well in the patent courts. Some e-mails turned up last month in Google's patent infringement dispute with Oracle that show Android developer Andy Rubin recommending that Google license Java and being overruled by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. ????As FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller reports, when the judge overseeing the case saw the e-mails, he advised Google's legal team to settle out of court: "You are going to be on the losing end of this document with Andy Rubin on the stand. … If willful infringement is found, there are profound implications for a permanent injunction. So you better think about that." |
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