原文连结：
https://electrek.co/2018/05/02/tesla-semi-patent-troll-nikola-motors-design/
原文内容：
Tesla is hit by $2 billion patent troll case from Nikola Motors over the
design of the Tesla Semi
Nikola Motors, a Utah-based company working on a battery-hydrogen semi truck
and other electric vehicles, filed a lawsuit against Tesla claiming that they
copied the design of their truck for the Tesla Semi.
Nikola Motors，一家总部位于犹他州的氢气电动卡车和其他电动汽车的制造公司
向 Tesla 提起诉讼，声称他们抄袭了自家卡车的设计去用在Tesla Semi上。
The company is seeking as much as $2 billion from Tesla in what appears to be
a clear case of patent trolling.
这间公司要求 Tesla 赔偿20亿美元，这似乎是一件明显的专利流氓案例。
In the complaint, Nikola alleges that Tesla’s electric truck design
infringes on a series of 3 specific design patents that they recently
obtained for the design of a few features of their Nikola One truck unveiled
in 2016 – a year before Tesla unveiled its own electric truck.
在诉状中，Nikola 说，Tesla 的电动卡车设计侵犯了一连串他们最近获得的3项特定外观
设计专利，这些设计专利是他们于2016年发布的 Nikola One卡车的一些特征的设计 -
在 Tesla 推出了自己的电动卡车前一年。
Here are the 3 specific complaints:
以下是三个具体的告诉：
They alleged that the fuselage of the Tesla Semi is similar to the one that
they patented.
他们声称 Tesla Semi 的车身与他们的专利相似。
Here are the images that Nikola Motors used to compare the fuselage (from
their patented fuselage on the left and Tesla Semi on the right):
这里是 Nikola 用来比较车身的图片：(上为Nikola下为Tesla Semi)
https://i.imgur.com/yeqGwqV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CqinEqD.jpg
The second complaint is related to Nikola’s patent for a wrap windshield on
a semi truck:
第二项告诉与Nikola在半卡车上的挡风玻璃专利有关：
https://i.imgur.com/X2lduXO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rZ0drgR.jpg
The third complaint is related to the fact that Nikola patented a mid-entry
door design for their truck and Tesla is also using a mid-entry door for the
Tesla Semi truck:
第三个与 Nikola 卡车的中间门设计有关，而 Tesla 也把中间门设计用在 Semi：
https://i.imgur.com/MnU9oae.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2lKoawG.jpg
Nikola Motors claims that Tesla’s design is creating market confusion that
is stealing away orders for their truck and therefore there are damages,
which they estimate at over $2 billion.
Nikola 声称，Tesla 的设计制造了市场混淆，这偷走了他们的卡车订单，
因此造成了损失，他们估计其损失超过20亿美元。
They wrote in the suit
“Tesla’s design has caused confusion among customers. The confusion has
diverted sales from Nikola to Tesla. Further, any problems with the Tesla
Semi will be attributed to the Nikola One, causing harm to the Nikola brand.”
他们在诉状中写道
"Tesla 的设计引起了客户的混淆。这种混淆将 Nikola 的销售转移到了 Tesla。
此外，Tesla Semi 的任何问题都将归咎于 Nikola One，从而对 Nikola 品牌造成伤害。"
The suit then mentions a series of issues from “battery fires” to “
autonomous features causing fatal accidents,” which Nikola says that the
market now attributes to them.
诉状接着提到了从"电池火灾"到"导致致命事故的自动驾驶技术"等一系列问题，
Nikola 说市场现在属于他们。
A Tesla spokesperson said that the suit had no merit while Trevor Milton,
Nikola’s CEO, said that “the complaint speaks for itself.”
心得/说明：
Nikola 这间公司是致力于开发全电动卡车的一间公司
原本的设计是全以锂电池驱动，后来改为以氢气燃料电池 + 大型锂电池的设计
也有自己设置加氢站的打算
目前的计划是2021年车子要上市
在 Tesla 还没推出 Semi 之前两者其实相安无事
甚至 Nikola 还曾经称赞过 Tesla 并说要向他们学习(太久了，出处忘了在哪)
而 Tesla 发表 Semi 后可能大受影响
Tesla Semi 原本就必须付订金，后来甚至还提高
首先 Nikola 是宣布以前收的订金可以退款，而且还可以保留排队顺序
可能是想要借此吸引一些顾客回流(但这些客户都是大公司，会在意那一点点订金吗？)
现在又以这种被媒体评为专利流氓的手段提起诉讼，可能真的是被逼急了
第一样车身线条：
第二样挡风玻璃设计：
第三样门开在车身中间的设计：
https://i.imgur.com/luVrzvw.png
感觉都还蛮牵强的
electrek 媒体也找出这些设计很早以前就一直出现在各类卡车上
https://i.imgur.com/FV44Hru.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nhKNIUI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/k5mLrx8.jpg
不过这类专利流氓官司在美国不仅旷日废时，还要付出高额的律师费
所以科技业时常有付钱了事的新闻，因为打官司反而更花钱
近日最有名的案例应该是 Apple 才刚被判赔5亿美元给 VirnetX
https://goo.gl/DBSXb4
不晓得 Tesla 会把官司打到底呢？ 还是到了某阶段和解了事