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＊新聞標題
Apple and HTC end patent battle
＊標題解說
‧ patent：專利（名詞）
‧ patent battle：專利戰（名詞）
‧ end：結束（動詞）
＊內文解析
■ 蘋果和陷入困境的台灣製造商HTC公司達成十年授權協議， 結束和使用谷歌Android平台的智慧型手機製造商的第一場專利戰役。
Apple has settled its first patent battle over smartphone makers using Google's Android platform, agreeing a 10-year licensing deal with HTC, the struggling Taiwanese manufacturer.
‧ 簡化來看：
Apple has settled a battle over X, agreeing Y.
X= smartphone makers using Google's Android platform
使用谷歌Android平台的智慧型手機製造商
Y= a 10-year licensing deal with HTC
與HTC 合作的十年授權協議
（HTC 後面的文字，the struggling Taiwanese manufacturer
陷入困境的台灣製造商，說明HTC）
‧ settle：化解爭端（動詞）
settle (something) to put an end to an argument or a disagreement
to settle a dispute/an argument/a matter
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/settle
‧ settle a battle：結束一場戰役（動詞片語）
‧ agree：同意接受（動詞）agree something
to officially accept a plan, request, etc.
同義詞： approve
Next year's budget has been agreed.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/agree
‧ licensing deal：授權協議（名詞）
■ 週日上午在台灣，HTC和蘋果公司宣布了一項包括目前所有訴訟都撤回的「全球性和解方案」。
On Sunday morning in Taiwan, HTC and Apple announced a "global settlement that includes the dismissal of all current lawsuits".
‧ settlement：和解方案（名詞）
an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups
to negotiate a peace settlement
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/settlement
‧ dismissal：撤回，駁回（名詞）
the act of not allowing a trial or legal case to continue, usually because
there is not enough evidence
the dismissal of the appeal
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/dismissal
‧ dismissal of all lawsuits：所有訴訟案件都撤回
■ 蘋果執行長 庫克（Tim Cook）說：「我們很高興能與HTC（宏達電）達成和解，我們將繼續在產品的創新上保持精準的專注。」
Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, said： "We are glad to have reached a settlement with HTC. We will continue to stay laser-focused on product innovation."
‧ We are glad to have reached a settlement with HTC.
用了 have reached 表示已經達成，不是正在或將要進行和解。
‧ reach a settlement with X：跟 X達成和解（動詞片語）
‧ laser-focused：專注，聚焦精準的（形容詞）尤其用在科技領域
‧ stay laser-focused on X：把焦點精準地鎖定在 X 上
‧ product innovation：產品創新
■ 由於 HTC在Android 市場佔有率輸給三星，這家台灣公司一直在使用微軟操作系統：Windows Phone軟件平台上開發更多的裝置。
As HTC loses market share in the Android market to Samsung, the Taiwanese group has been developing more devices using Microsoft's Windows Phone software.
‧ lose market share to X：失去市場佔有率給 X，市場佔有率輸給 X
■ 「HTC很高興能化解其與蘋果的爭議，這樣我們可以專注於創新，而不是專注在打官司上」， HTC 執行長周永明（Peter Chou）說。
"HTC is pleased to have resolved its dispute with Apple, so [we] can focus on innovation instead of litigation," said Peter Chou, chief executive of HTC.
‧ resolve：找出解決方案（動詞）
resolve something/itself to find an acceptable solution to a problem
or difficulty
同義詞：settle
to resolve an issue/a dispute/a conflict/a crisis
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/resolve
‧ resolve its dispute with X：化解和 X 的爭議（動詞片語）
‧ litigation：訴訟，打官司（名詞）
‧ chief executive：執行長（同 CEO：chief executive officer）
■ 授權協議可意味著兩家公司都有無線傳輸和使用者界面方面的專利科技，這是競爭對手如三星所沒有的，這可以給予他們未來的產品在競爭激烈變化神速的智慧型手機市場上潛在的優勢。
The licensing agreement may also mean both companies have access to patented technologies, in wireless transmission or user-interface design, that rivals such as Samsung do not, giving their future products a potential advantage in the competitive and fast-moving smartphone market.
‧ 簡化來看：
X may also mean both companies have access to Y, (that rivals such as
Samsung do not 說明競爭者如三星所沒有的), giving Z a potential
advantage in the market.
X= The licensing agreement 授權協議
Y是競爭者如三星所沒有的
Y= patented technologies, in wireless transmission or user-interface design
無線傳輸和使用者界面方面的專利科技
Z＝their future products 他們的未來產品
‧ the smartphone market 智慧型手機市場
‧ the competitive smartphone market 競爭激烈的智慧型手機市場
‧ the competitive and fast-moving smartphone market
變化快速，競爭激烈的智慧型手機市場
‧ a potential advantage：潛在的優勢
＊字彙整理
智慧型手機市場爭霸戰，HTC 和蘋果的和解，帶來了我們學習談論有關兩家公司訴訟達成和解的用語：
‧ 達成協議：reach a settlement（動詞片語）
‧ 跟 X 達成協議：reach a settlement with X（動詞片語）
‧ 化解和 X 的爭議：resolve its dispute with X （動詞片語）
‧ 授權協議：licensing agreement
‧ 專利戰役：patent battle
‧ 專利科技：patented technologies（名詞－複數型）
‧ 智慧型手機市場：the smartphone market
‧ 所有訴訟案件都撤回：dismissal of all lawsuits（名詞片語）
‧ 把焦點精準地鎖定在 X：stay laser-focused on X
‧ 化解爭端：settle（動詞）
‧ 結束一場戰役：settle a battle（動詞片語）
‧ 市場佔有率輸給 X：lose market share to X（動詞片語）
‧ 訴訟：litigation（名詞）
‧ 創新：innovation（名詞）product innovation產品創新
‧ 潛在的優勢：a potential advantage（名詞）
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