本月初,苹果公司还起诉HTC侵犯了自己另外几项专利,而加拿大公司MOSAID称它也要起诉HTC和索尼爱立信侵犯专利。
The outcome of these cases will be of keen interest not just for HTC but for otherhandset-makers using Android: promoted as a free, open-source system, it is provingsurprisingly expensive.
这些案件的结果不仅关系到HTC的直接利益,同时也关系到其他使用安卓系统的手机制造商的切身利益:安卓系统以免费、开放资源的姿态推广入市,但现在证明它会非常得贵。
This is because it relies on a host of basic features that may be subject to patents: how ascreen is swiped with a finger, how a phone number embedded in an e-mail can be calledby tapping it, and so on.
这是因为它的一些基本特色也许涉及到专利:触摸屏、电邮里的电话号码能直接拨打等等。
Last year HTC resolved another claim over Android, with Microsoft, agreeing to pay it heftyroyalties.
去年,HTC也解决了一起有关安卓系统的专利问题,它同意向微软支付巨额专利费用。
More such suits may yet emerge, and prove costly.
更多这样的诉讼也许还会浮出水面,而且代价高昂。
HTC s shares, having hitherto outperformed its peers,have dropped by a third since earlyJune.
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