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B.委員會意見調查編號337-TA-753
In this opinion in Investigation No. 337-TA-753, the Commission
affirmed the criteria for establishing a domestic industry laid out in the
337-TA-694 opinion.在其對於調查編號337-TA-753的意見中，該委員會確認建立337-TA-694意見所述本地產業的標準。However, the 373-TA-753 opinion
further fleshed out how a complainant might demonstrate a strong nexus
between its investments and the asserted patent(s).然而，373-TA-753意見進一步充實原告如何可能展示其投資和系爭專利之間很強的連結。First, the Commission noted that while
licensing revenues can be circumstantial evidence used to support a domestic
industry, those revenues do not themselves constitute investments.首先，委員會指出，雖然授權收入可以是用於支持本地產業的旁證，那些收入本身不構成投資。In other words, licensing
revenues are likely not a proxy for licensing investment.換句話說，授權收入可能不是授權投資的取代物。Further, the Commission clarified that to
satisfy a nexus between licensing investments and the asserted patent(s), a
complainant might attempt to provide evidence tied specifically to the
asserted patent(s) as opposed to licensing investments generally.此外，委員會澄清，為了滿足授權投資和系爭專利之間的連結，原告可能會嘗試提供與系爭專利特別相關的證據，而不是一般與授權投資相關的證據。合適的The proper unit of observation,
in other words, is the asserted patent(s), not patent portfolios, patent
families, or other groups of patents.觀察單元，換句話說，就是系爭專利，而不是專利組合、專利族、或其他專利群。
C. Additional Commission OpinionsC.額外的委員會意見
Other relatively recent Commission opinions have also shed
light on this area.其他比較近期的委員會意見也闡明這個部分。For example, the Commission has
found that patent litigation expenses do not automatically qualify as
investments in the exploitation of a patent through licensing.例如，委員會發現，專利訴訟的費用並不自動成為透過授權的專利的開發投資。In fact, the Federal Circuit
affirmed the Commissionâ��™s determination in the 337-TA-743 matter that
certain litigation expenses were not an investment in commercializing
patented technology.事實上，美國聯邦巡迴法院肯定了委員會在337-TA-743案件的決定，即某些訴訟費用不是在商業化專利技術的投資。Instead, a complainant may
attempt to demonstrate a nexus by providing evidence that negotiations were
in progress before the suit was filed;相反的，原告可以試圖藉由提供以下方式來表明連結：談判是在提出訴訟之前進行的證據；efforts had been made to license
the asserted patent;已作出授權系爭專利的努力；及and/or an established licensing
program existed at the time of filing whereby litigation was used as a step
toward executing an agreement./或在申請時存在的已建立授權計畫，其中訴訟作為朝著執行合約的一個步驟。Patent acquisition and reexamination
expenses comprise mere ownership costs and likely cannot be used to establish
a domestic industry.專利收購和再審花費包括單純的擁有權成本，並有可能不能被用來建立本地產業。Moreover, pre-complaint
licensing investments generally are more relevant to establishing a domestic
industry than post-complaint activities,此外，一般來說控告前的授權投資比控告後活動更相關於建立本地產業。
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