我打赌它也从iPhone的销售中获得了版税—并且会一直这样，直到它的关键芯片级封装专利在2010年期满。
I'd bet it is reaping royalties from iPhone sales too — and will until its key chip scale packaging patent expires in 2010.
很多赚钱的药品都临近专利有效期期满。
一般认为这一理论是吉列公司（Gillette）创始人提出的； 然而，吉列公司是等到专利期满之后，才开始出售廉价剃刀。
The founder of Gillette (PG) is often credited with this idea, but that company didn't start selling razors cheaply until after its patents had run out.
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