美国联邦法院裁定中兴通讯盗用美国公司EDA软件的指控成立

美国联邦法院裁定日前中国中兴通讯(ZTE)对其雇员非法盗用美国公司EDA软件一案负有责任。该款高频电子设计辅助软件是美国AWR公司的产品，AWR通过软件内建的用户数据跟踪系统发现中兴通讯的员工使用了非法的软件密码，同时又在线接受了“软件使用许可协议”，从而构成了对软件的非法盗用。法院同时还驳回了中兴通讯有关
“该软件使用许可协议和中兴通讯无关”的申诉。

AWR是在去年就本案对中兴通讯及其在美国的子公司提起诉讼的，诉讼指控中兴通讯安装了AWR公司未经授权的的EDA软件。

Court finds for AWR over ZTE in piracy case

SAN FRANCISCO--A U.S. federal court ruled Monday (June 13) that China’s ZTE Corp. is liable for its employees using an unauthorized key code to access and use software marketed by high-frequency EDA vendor AWR Corp.

Relying on data AWR gathered through a “phone home” feature of its software, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California found that ZTE employees had accepted AWR’s click-through license agreement. The court also rejected ZTE’s claim that it was not bound by that agreement.

In a landmark case, AWR last year filed compaint against ZTE and its U.S. affiliate, alleging that ZTE installed and used unauthorized versions of AWR's EDA software. A hearing on AWR’s remaining claims and on damages is set to begin Aug. 9.