GlobalFoundries seeks to ban U.S. import of TSMC clients' products
环球铸造公司试图禁止美国进口台积电的产品
Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries has sued larger rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for patent infringement, seeking to stop the defendant’s customers including Apple from importing affected products to the United States and Germany.
代工芯片制造商GlobalFoundries起诉规模更大的竞争对手台积电(TSMC)侵犯专利权，试图阻止包括苹果在内的被告客户向美国和德国进口受影响的产品。
In lawsuits filed on Monday in the United States and Germany, GlobalFoundries also sought unspecified “significant” damages from TSMC (2330.TW) based on the Taiwanese firm’s unlawful use of its technology in its “tens of billions of dollars of sales.”
在美国和德国周一提起的诉讼中，GlobalFoundries还要求台积电(TSMC)赔偿其“重大”损失，但未指明具体数额，理由是这家台湾公司在“数百亿美元的销售”中非法使用了其技术。
The complaints alleged that chip manufacturing technologies used by TSMC infringed GlobalFoundries’ 16 patents, and sought to prevent imports of products containing chips produced with the infringing technologies, the Santa Clara, California-based firm said in a statement.
总部位于加州圣克拉拉的台积电在一份声明中表示，投诉称，该公司使用的芯片制造技术侵犯了GlobalFoundries的16项专利，并试图阻止含有使用这些技术生产的芯片的产品进口。
It did not elaborate on products affected by the infringement, but listed Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O), Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), Lenovo Group (0922.HK) and Taiwan’ MediaTek Inc (2454.TW) among TSMC’s customers affected by the complaints.
声明没有详细说明受侵权影响的产品，但将苹果公司(Apple Inc .)、高通公司(Qualcomm Inc .)、Alphabet Inc .、英伟达公司(Nvidia Corp .)、联想集团(Lenovo Group)和台湾联发科公司(MediaTek Inc .)列入受投诉影响的台积电客户之列。
In a move to highlight its investment in the United States amid an intensifying U.S. trade war with China over Beijing’s unfair practices involving technology transfers and intellectual property, GlobalFoundries also said the lawsuits are aimed at protecting its U.S. investment.
环球铸造(globalfoundries)还表示，这些诉讼旨在保护其在美国的投资。目前，美国与中国因北京方面在技术转让和知识产权方面的不公平行为而爆发的贸易战愈演愈烈。
“While semiconductor manufacturing has continued to shift to Asia, GlobalFoundries has bucked the trend by investing heavily in the American and European semiconductor industries,”
“尽管半导体制造业继续向亚洲转移，但全球铸造厂逆势大举投资于美国和欧洲半导体行业，”
GlobalFoundries, which is owned by Abu Dhabi’s state investment vehicle, said.
阿布扎比国有投资机构拥有的全球铸造厂说。
“This action is critical ... to safeguard the American and European manufacturing base.”
“这一行动至关重要……保护美国和欧洲的制造基地。”
