The season of US election conventions is upon us. Politicians will issue sentimental proclamations about their faith in America. Meanwhile, from California, we have an object lesson in why that faith has been eroding. A supposed pillar of the nation’s capitalist vigour has been revealed in all its decadence.
美国大选前的党代会又拉开了序幕,政客们向天下述说对美国的信心,滔滔不绝,动人肺腑。与此同时,美国加州却让我们明明白白地理解到,为什么这种信心正在消褪。有一样东西本应是美国资本主义蓬勃发展背后的一座支柱,如今其放纵堕落却显露无遗。
That pillar is the US patent system, which has allowed Apple to extract $1bn from Samsung in compensation for alleged theft of intellectual property. According to nine randomly selected laymen– which is to say, a jury – Samsungmight as well be known as Samesung, since features of its smart phone suspiciously resemble the iPhone. Someone called Godzilla on the AppleInsider web forum summed up the verdict cheerfully: “Samsung proven to be the thieving snivelling wannabes that they are.
这座支柱就是美国的专利制度,正是它让苹果(Apple)得以从三星(Samsung)获取所谓“盗窃知识产权的10亿美元赔偿金。由9位随机抽选的外行人士、也就是所谓的陪审团认为,鉴于三星智能手机功能雷同iPhone,疑点重重,因此不妨称三星为“山寨星。在网络论坛AppleInsider上,名为“Godzilla的网友兴高采烈地将判决总结如下:“三星经过认定是小偷小摸、假装可怜的‘李鬼’——它本来就是。
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