But the company that made them was not able to get a patent for such an ancient idea.

但是制造呼啦圈的公司并不能为这一古老创想专利。

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America's Supreme Court is about to issue a ruling which, by all accounts, will make it difficult, if not impossible, to get a patent for a business process.

美国最高法院即将做出裁决，一般来说要想获得商业方法方面的专利，即便不是完全不可能，也将极其艰难。

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In an ideal world we'd have patent claims that look like a title record you get for your house [your property starts exactly 200 feet from this road walking in exactly this direction, etc].

在理想的情况，专利申请就要做到如我们的房契对房产的描述一样准确(诸如你的房产从这条路沿着这个方向前行200英尺这类)。

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Rights related to intellectual property such as patents and copyrights are particularly important because IP is both a reward for innovation (if I invent a better mousetrap I get to patent it) and an input to it (most new ideas are recombinations of existing ones).

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In the U.S., we pay for drugs while there is a patent, and then they get super-cheap.

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The two companies are engaged in a worldwide patent struggle, each trying to get the other company's products banned for sale in various regions.

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