美國聯(lián)邦法院裁定日前中國中興通訊(ZTE)對其雇員非法盜用美國公司EDA軟件一案負有責任。該款高頻電子設計輔助軟件是美國AWR公司的產(chǎn)品，AWR通過軟件內建的用戶數(shù)據(jù)跟蹤系統(tǒng)發(fā)現(xiàn)中興通訊的員工使用了非法的軟件密碼，同時又在線接受了“軟件使用許可協(xié)議”，從而構成了對軟件的非法盜用。法院同時還駁回了中興通訊有關
“該軟件使用許可協(xié)議和中興通訊無關”的申訴。

AWR是在去年就本案對中興通訊及其在美國的子公司提起訴訟的，訴訟指控中興通訊安裝了AWR公司未經(jīng)授權的的EDA軟件。

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.