新华网8月4日电 据美国科技博客Gizmodo报道,今年6月,在苹果和三星的专利大战中,三星暂时取得的胜利可能将最终导致美国国际贸易委员会(ITC)禁止苹果在美国境内销售其部分老产品,其中包括iPhone 4、iPhone 3G和iPad 2。然而,三星的胜利没有持续多久。据《华尔街时报》报道,美国总统奥巴马日前否决了ITC的这一禁令。
整件事情要追溯到三星获得的一项有关3G标准的专利技术。如果ITC开始实施禁令,苹果部分老产品的销售将受到影响,尤其是iPhone 4的销售。然而,奥巴马此次否决了ITC的禁令,使得苹果的产品销售不再受到影响,一切都回到最初的样子。然而,这显然不会是苹果和三星在专利战中的最后一次零和博弈。
(译者:张免)
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Obama Just Vetoed a Proposed Ban on Apple Products
Back in June, as part of the never-ending Samsung vs Apple patent war, Samsung won a skirmish that could have ultimately lead to a ITC sales ban on certain Apple products including the iPhone 4 and 3G iPad 2 in the US. Well the victory was short lived; the WSJ is reporting that Obama just issued a big ol' veto.
The whole thing goes back to a Samsung-held patent about particular 3G standards, and if executed, only would have blocked a few older Apple products, perhaps most importantly the iPhone 4. With this veto, the threat is effectively over and things will stay exactly the way they were. But it's probably safe to bet this won't be the last zero-sum patent battle in this conflict.