因侵犯iPhone專利 三星被判向蘋果賠償5.39億美元

Samsung must pay Apple $539 million for infringing five patents with Android phones it sold in 2010 and 2011, a jury decided last Thursday in a legal fight that dates back seven years.

一陪審團在上週四就一起可以追溯到七年前的法律訴訟作出裁定：三星於2010年、2011年出售的安卓手機，因侵犯iPhone五項專利，所以要向蘋果公司賠償5.39億美元。

The unanimous decision, in the US District Court in San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, is just about halfway between what the two largest mobile phone makers had sought in a high-profile case that reaches back to 2011.

在硅谷中心的聖何塞美國地區法院給出的這一一致的裁決，只是這兩家最大的手機制造商在2011年備受矚目的案件中的一部分。

The bulk of the damages payment, $533,316,606, was for infringing three Apple design patents. The remaining $5,325,050 was for infringing two utility patents.

三星因侵犯蘋果的三項設計專利而賠償的533,316,606美元，是賠償金額中的一大部分。剩餘的5,325,050美元是對侵犯兩項實用專利而進行的賠償。

Samsung already had been found to infringe the patents, but this trial determined some of the damages.

三星之前就已經被發現侵犯了這些專利，這次的判決就是確定一些損害賠償。

The jury's rationale isn't clear, but the figure is high enough to help cement the importance of design patents in the tech industry.

該陪審團的裁決論據尚不清楚，但這個金額的數字高到足以幫助鞏固科技行業設計專利的重要性。

That's good news for designers in Silicon Valley, where Apple products like the iPhone and MacBook have helped elevate design's role in product success.

這對硅谷的設計師來說是個好消息，蘋果公司的產品，如iPhone和MacBook，已經在提升設計在產品成功的重要性中起到了促進作用。