国际电子商情讯，诺基亚(Nokia)公司在本周二（6月14日）表示，苹果将一次性支付一笔赔偿金给诺基亚，并在今后的一段时间内付给Nokia专利使用费，以平息与双方在专利授权协议方面的长期纠纷。根据协议，双方的一切专利纠纷将就此和解，双方将撤回一切针对对方的专利侵权指控。
和解条款包括了撤消双方在美国国际贸易委员会（U.S. International Trade Commission）对彼此的申诉，Nokia表示，但合同的具体条款是“商业机密”。
诺基亚和苹果自2009年起，就在国际贸易委员会（ITC）等地方相互提起多个诉讼，自从苹果推出第一款iPhone，这两家公司便开始就GSM、3G和Wi-Fi等十余项专利纠纷互相攻击。根据调研公司Strategy Analytics，在今年第一季度，苹果已经超越诺基亚，成为手机销售收入世界排名第1。
苹果发言人称:"苹果和诺基亚已达成共识,结束双方当前所有诉讼,敲定涵盖双方部分专利的授权,但不包括iPhone独有的大部分创新技术。我们很高兴翻过这一页,回到对各自业务的重心上."
在一份声明中，Nokia公司总裁兼首席执行官Stephen Elop表示，Nokia很高兴这份协议能够签署，这也将使我们在移动通信市场中获得更多的专利授权机会。
诺基亚称，在过去二十年间，它已投入约430亿欧元（约至623亿美元，按目前汇率）到研发中。该公司声称已经拥有1万项以上的专利，是目前无线业界最强大，涵盖面最广的专利组合之一。
Nokia希望，与苹果这份协议能够对公司最近调低第二季度财务预期这件事，产生正面的影响。Nokia上个月底曾预计，第二季度设备和服务的净销售额将远低于其先前预期的范围：61亿欧元（约88亿美元）到66亿欧元（约95亿美元）之间。
分析家指出，苹果的专利费不是白给的，因为他的主要对手Google可能要为旗下Android手机付出更大一笔专利权费用。有专家表示，这次苹果主动“低头认输”，其实自己心里有数：目前最大的敌人是Google，相比iphone来说Android手机自家研发技术来说更少，也就是说可能使用了更多第三方技术，如果Nokia提起诉讼，Google可能需要支付更多专利费用。苹果这招隔山打牛也许能抑制Android最近的势头。
媒体普遍认为对于经历了市场份额不断下降和战略动荡的难熬时期诺基亚来说，上述协议是一个难得的好消息。虽然具体赔偿数额未公布，但分析师认为一次性赔偿的金额将达上亿欧元，也有小道消息称，苹果之后售出的每一部iPhone，将支付给诺基亚超过11美元的专利授权费用，但此消息未经证实。
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Luffy Liu
参考英文原文：Apple agrees to license Nokia patents，by Dylan McGrath
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Apple agrees to license Nokia patents
Dylan McGrath
SAN FRANCISCO--Apple Inc. will pay a one-time lump sum and ongoing royalties of undisclosed amounts in a patent licensing agreement with Nokia Inc. that settles all patent litigation between the two companies, Nokia said Tuesday (June 14).
The terms of the settlement include withdrawal by both companies of complaints against the other with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Nokia (Espoo, Finland) said. The specific terms of the contract are confidential, the company said.
Nokia and Apple have filed several complaints against one another in the ITC and other venues since late 2009. The two companies have become heated rivals since Apple introduced the original iPhone. In the first quarter of this year, Apple overtook Nokia to become No. 1 in the world in handset revenue, according to research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics Inc.
In a statement, Stephen Elop, Nokia’s president and CEO, said the company was pleased with the licensing deal, which he said would open to the door for Nokia to further licensing opportunities in the mobile communications market.
Nokia said it has invested about 43 billion euro (about $62.3 billion at current conversion rates) in R&D over the past two decades. The company claims to have built one of the wireless industry’s strongest and broadest patent portfolios, with more than 10,000 patents.
Nokia said it expects the Apple agreement is expected to have a positive financial impact on the company’s recently revised outlook for the second quarter. Nokia said late last month it expects net sales from devices and services to be substantially below its previously expected second quarter range of between 6.1 billion euro ($8.8 billion) and 6.6 billion euro ($9.5 billion).
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