一項東京法院的判決指出并未發(fā)現三星(Samsung)侵犯蘋果(Apple)知識產權的事證，與不久前美國加州法院陪審團裁定三星需支付蘋果10.5億美元侵權賠償的結果大相徑庭──在8月底，東京地方法院法官Tamotsu Shoji駁回了蘋果對三星產品違反與多媒體檔案同步化(synchronization of media files)相關專利的控告。 在上述東京地方法院判決之前一周，美國聯邦法院的9人陪審團發(fā)現三星手機侵犯蘋果設計與實用專利的多項事證；不過美國陪審團也表示三星的平板裝置并未侵犯蘋果的iPad設計專利。而針對東京地方法院的判決結果，三星表示：“我們對該項法院的判決表示欣慰，這確認了我們長久以來主張我們的產品并未侵犯蘋果知識產權的立場。” 蘋果在東京地方法院控告三星的案件內容涵蓋范圍不像美國那么廣，主要聚焦在產品的同步化功能；盡管如此，該案件還是可能阻止三星Galaxy系列手機在日本市場的銷售，雖然蘋果鎖定的是比較舊的型號。 英國倫敦《金融時報(Financial Times)》指出，這項判決讓三星得以繼續(xù)在日本市場銷售智能手機，而且三星在該市場的銷售量已經打敗蘋果；蘋果在這樁訴訟中要求三星需支付金額相對較低一些的1億日圓(約130萬美元)賠償金。 但根據《朝鮮時報(Korea Times)》的報導，不同于韓國與美國的法律制度，日本的判決是逐案進行；還有其它六個案件東京地方法院還未做出判決。除了日本，三星與蘋果在德國、意大利、英國、法國與荷蘭都有官司要打。 日本法院做出對三星較有利的判決，也可能激勵該公司在美國提出上訴；美國法官預定在9月20日舉行聽證會，以決定是否發(fā)出禁止三星產品在美國市場銷售的禁令。那些產品包括約12款的Samsung Galaxy S與S II系列機種。 本文授權編譯自EE Times，版權所有，謝絕轉載 編譯：Judith Cheng 參考英文原文：Tokyo court hands Samsung a win over Apple，by Peter Clarke

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{pagination} Tokyo court hands Samsung a win over Apple Peter Clarke LONDON – A Tokyo court has found Samsung not guilty of infringing Apple's intellectual property, in contrast to a jury decision and a $1.05 billion damage award in Apple's favor in a California court last week. Tokyo district court judge Tamotsu Shoji rejected on Friday (Aug. 31) Apple's claim that Samsung's products infringe patents related to synchronization of media files. A week before a nine-person U.S. federal jury had found that many of Samsung's phones infringe most of two design and three utility patents held by Apple. However, the U.S. jury found that Samsung's tablets do not infringe Apple's iPad design patent. "We welcome the court's decision, which confirmed our long-held position that our products do not infringe Apple's intellectual property," Reuters quoted Samsung as saying in a statement following the verdict from the Tokyo court. The court case in Japan was not as broad as that conducted in the U.S., focusing only on a synchronization feature. Nonetheless it could have prevented the sale of Samsung Galaxy mobile phones, albeit older ones targeted by Apple, in Japan. The ruling leaves the way open for Samsung to continue selling smartphones in the Japanese market where it has been beating Apple in volume, the Financial Times said. Apple had been asking for comparatively modest damages of 100 million yen (about $1.3 million) the report said. Unlike in South Korea and the United States, Japan rules case-by-case. Six other issues are yet to be ruled on by the Tokyo court, according to a Korea Times report. Samsung and Apple are also fighting in courts in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. The Japanese decision in favor of Samsung in Japan is likely to provide further encouragement for Samsung to appeal the U.S. decision. The U.S. judge set Sept. 20 as the date for hearing to determine whether to set an injunction against Samsung selling in the U.S. any of the products that court found to be infringing. Those products are generally a set of about 12 Samsung Galaxy S and S II handset models.