enpan's Patent & Linux practice: 法官控告Apple與Google把訴訟當作商業策略！

2013年4月16日星期二

法官控告Apple與Google把訴訟當作商業策略！

Judge accuses Apple and Google of using patent trials as “business strategy”

法院上的輸贏常常只是暫時的狀態，但告訴與被告方可能拿來當作各種談判的籌碼，包括與訴訟對方的談判，更可能作為與其他合作夥伴交易的手段！其中學問常常也不是一下子就會領會，只好迎著一些報導來走。

典型的案例就是蘋果與三星間的爭訟，雖然我們可以從訴訟中學習不少事情，但是整個訴訟背後的競爭與交易（又競又合）常讓人霧裡看花。但至少都因為上了媒體版面而成為一種實力宣示與廣告效果。

這些一連串的訴訟行為終會讓整個司法系統為這些大財團服務，於是最近有個地方法院法官Judge Robert Scola發出一紙控告Google與Apple將專利訴訟當作商業手段，這也包括Samsung與Apple的訴訟，理由是一般正常的訴訟中可見兩肇雙方都希望儘快、有效地解決爭訟，而讓他們能夠繼續原本公司正常運作上，但是最近各公司之間的訴訟中卻未見到告訴雙方想要快速、有效地解決爭議，反而卻讓這些訴訟國際化，比如在歐洲、美國都有類似專利的訴訟，而且並未有平息的跡象。法官認為這些公司濫用司法資源作為國際宣傳的手段之一。

Apple and Google-owned Motorola aren't showing any signs of interest in actually settling their patent disputes, said one federal judge in Florida. Instead, the two firms are more interested in using the courts as a business strategy.

Most parties that come before the Court are trying to resolve their legal dispute as expeditiously, efficiently, and fairly as possible so that they can get on with their business or personal lives. But in the present case, the parties' obstreperous and cantankerous conduct ... makes it plain that the parties have no interest in efficiently and expeditiously resolving this dispute; they instead are using this and similar litigation worldwide as a business strategy that appears to have no end. That is not a proper use of this court.

這裡列舉了Samsung與Apple正在進行的訴訟：
http://www.engadget.com/tag/patent,apple,samsung/