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A | 北京时间1月15日，在联邦贸易委员会（FTC）指控高通公司滥用其市场支配地位的情况下，高通公司与苹果之间的专利许可费纠纷被曝光。高通公司表示，该公司的技术对于iPhone的正常运行至关重要。 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- A federal judge has temporarily blocked city officials in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from enforcing an ordinance designed to ban drag performances from taking place on public property.An order issued Friday by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. bars the city from enforcing the ordinance during the BoroPride Festival scheduled for next weekend. The judge's order came in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee on behalf of the Tennessee Equality Project, a nonfprofit that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights and has hosted the BoroPride Festival since 2016. The order said the city of Murfreesboro — located about 34 miles (55 kilometers) south of Nashville — and the equality project reached an agreement that the city will not enforce the ordinance during the Oct. 28 festival.The lawsuit alleges the ordinance discriminates against the LGBTQ+ community and violates the First Amendment by chilling free speech rights.The ACLU said the order “confirms that the community’s free speech rights will be protected at the BoroPride Festival” as the lawsuit continues to be heard in court.“We are relieved that the court has taken action to ensure that Murfreesboro’s discriminatory ordinance will not be enforced during the BoroPride festival. We look forward to a safe, joyful celebration of Murfreesboro’s LGBTQ+ community," Tennessee Equality Project Executive Director Chris Sanders said in a statement. The legal challenge is the latest development in the ongoing political battle over LGBTQ+ rights in Tennessee, where the state’s conservative leaders have sought to limit events where drag performers may appear, restrict classroom conversations about gender and sexuality, and ban gender-affirming care.Conservative activists alleged that drag performances that took place during the 2022 Pride event resulted in the “illegal sexualization of kids.”The equality project said the performers were fully clothed and denied the shows were inappropriate. The city warned the organization it would deny any future event permits and later approved updating its “community decency standards” intended to “assist in the determination of conduct, materials, and events that may be judged as obscene or harmful to minors.”A spokesperson for the city did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the judge's order.。但苹果认为，每部iPhone 7.50美元的许可费远远超过了高通公司本身的价值。据证词显示，2006年，时任苹果首席执行官的史蒂夫•乔布斯（Steve Jobs）并不反对向高通公司支付相当于每部iPhone 7.50美元的许可费。

B | 但苹果首席运营官杰夫•威廉姆斯（Jeff Williams）表示，在2012年协议到期时，许可费可能上涨，威胁到苹果的利润，并导致重新谈判。”“高通公司用枪指着我们的头，”他在联邦贸易委员会和高通反垄断案中对美国地区法官露西·科尔说。这听起来可能不算多，但我们每年销售数亿部手机，并支付数十亿美元的许可费。”这一许可费是联邦贸易委员会指控高通滥用其在全球智能手机市场的主导地位的关键。高通公司表示，其专利是所有现代高速移动数据网络的基础。授权费已成为高通公司的主要利润来源，使其能够为技术开发提供资金，并帮助高通公司成为业界领先的芯片制造商。

C | FTC和高通公司的客户认为，高通公司的技术只是智能手机对消费者如此具有吸引力的一部分，但它通过向消费者收取过多的费用来欺负他们。高通公司反驳说，该公司的技术是手机的基础，手机的许可费相对较低。高通公司表示，它的技术决定了手机如何有效地访问高速数据，如果没有高速数据，iPhone只是一个昂贵的iPod。高通公司坚持继续向该行业的其他部门提供技术，其实践符合行业规范。与每部iPhone高达793美元的平均价格相比，7.50美元只是一个软膏。但考虑到iPhone的销量，苹果公司要支付累积的许可费。