Multinational companies are accustomed to fighting epic legal battles against each other in US or EU courts, often with global consequences. They should brace themselves for the opening of a third front — in China. Two weeks ago a little-known Canadian company, Wilan Inc, sued Sony in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing for alleged patent infringement involving technologies used in the Japanese group’s LTE-standard smartphones.
跨國公司已經習慣于在美國或歐盟法院打漫長而艱難的法律戰，而且這些官司通常會帶來全球后果。如今，它們應該為新出現的第三個戰場做好準備——中國。兩周前，名不見經傳的加拿大公司Wilan Inc在中國東部南京市對索尼(Sony)提起訴訟，指控這家日本集團的LTE標準智能手機使用的技術涉嫌專利侵權。
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