In April, judge Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, attempted to put the kibosh on the case.

今年4月，美国旧金山第九巡回上诉法院首席法官亚历克斯·科金斯基决定终止此案。

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Wrote Chief Judge Alex Kozinski: "The Winklevosses are not the first parties bested by a competitor who then seek to gain through litigation what they were unable to achieve in the marketplace."

审判长亚历克斯•克兹恩斯基写道：“当事人被竞争对手打败之后，力图通过起诉获得自己在市场上无法取得的收益，在这方面文克莱沃斯兄弟不是第一人。”

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In a strongly worded ruling, Judge Alex Kozinski assailed the group's "aggressive and high-profile attacks, " calling them "the very embodiment of piracy".

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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, who lived in Romania while under Soviet control, penned a stinging rebuke to federal prosecutors in a December 10 opinion.

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Meanwhile, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, dissented in the decision.

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