科技公司该不该捍卫知识产权
<p><span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="Silicon">Silicon</span> <span word="Valley">Valley</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="property">property</span> <span word="bothers">bothers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="defend">defend</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="Altruistic">Altruistic</span>, <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recipe">recipe</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="activist">activist</span> <span word="attack">attack</span>. <span word="UNPRotected">UNPRotected</span> <span word="IP">IP</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="table">table</span>.</p><p>并非每家拥有丰富的知识产权的硅谷公司都会费神去捍卫它。大公无私？或许吧。但这么做也会招来维权股东的攻击。不受保护的知识产权就像摆在桌面上的钱。</p><p><span word="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="chipmaker">chipmaker</span>, <span word="faced">faced</span> <span word="activist">activist</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="Jana">Jana</span> <span word="Partners">Partners</span> <span word="argued">argued</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="spinning">spinning</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="higher">higher</span>-<span word="margin">margin</span> <span word="licensing">licensing</span> <span word="division">division</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Jana">Jana</span> <span word="idea">idea</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ultimately">ultimately</span> <span word="rejected">rejected</span>, <span word="only">only</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="assertive">assertive</span>, <span word="supplying">supplying</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fruits">fruits</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="companies">companies</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="demanding">demanding</span> <span word="fat">fat</span> <span word="royalties">royalties</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="return">return</span>. <span word="Oracle">Oracle</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="battle">battle</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Google">Google</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="aggressive">aggressive</span> <span word="tack">tack</span>, <span word="accusing">accusing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="violating">violating</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="copyright">copyright</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Android">Android</span> <span word="operating">operating</span> <span word="system">system</span>. <span word="Oracle">Oracle</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="defeat">defeat</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="applauded">applauded</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="software">software</span> <span word="geeks">geeks</span> <span word="prizing">prizing</span> <span word="openness">openness</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="Oracle">Oracle</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="shareholders">shareholders</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> $9<span word="bn">bn</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="off">off</span>.</p><p>移动芯片制造商高通(<span word="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</span>)去年就面临了维权股东的质询。大股东<span word="Jana">Jana</span> <span word="Partners">Partners</span>认为高通应考虑剥离其利润率较高的专利授权业务部门。但<span word="Jana">Jana</span>提出这个主张（最终被否决了）只是因为高通已经相当咄咄逼人：向其他公司提供自己的研发成果，收取高额专利费用作为交换。上周打官司刚输给谷歌(<span word="Google">Google</span>)的甲骨文公司(<span word="Oracle">Oracle</span>)也采取了激进手段，指控搜索巨擘谷歌在开发安卓(<span word="Android">Android</span>)操作系统时侵犯其专利。甲骨文的败诉令看重开放性的软件爱好者们鼓掌称快。但甲骨文的股东们原来有望进账90亿美元。</p>
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