When Genae Girard received a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2006, she knew she would be facing medical challenges and high expenses. But she did not expect to run into patent problems.
2006年，吉妮.吉拉德被转诊断患有乳腺癌，她知道这会使她面临高额医疗费用的挑战，可由此而卷入专利问题，却是她始料不及的。
Of course, this patent could easily disappear into a filing cabinet at Apple's Cupertino headquarters, never to be seen again.
当然，这项专利也有可能很快就淹没在苹果总部古本蒂诺市(加州)的文件柜中，不再出现。
Microsoft's infringement of the '449 Patent has been and continues to be willful and deliberate.
微软对“449号专利”的行为已构成侵权，而且一直是蓄意和故意的。
What a mess of an opening paragraph. Anyway, seems Microsoft is taking the concept of 'touchscreen' to its logical conclusion with a new patent, which will allow objects to be actually felt.
多么乱七八糟的开头段落，不过无论怎样，微软似乎正用一个新的专利走'触摸屏'的概念，这将允许对象是实际感受到的。
In some industries, notably pharmaceuticals, it is doubtful that the huge investments needed to develop new products would be made without the prospect of patent protection.
在某些行业里，特别是医药行业，如果不能指望专利得到保护，是否真有人愿意投入研发所需的大笔资金是个让人质疑的问题。
This “patent cliff” has been estimated to be worth a staggering $200 billion over the period 2008-12.
估计从2008到2012年，这种“专利失效 ”造成的损失惊人，大约为2000亿美元。
Lawyers for product manufacturers now fear clients are liable for up to $500 for every tube of mascara or box of garbage bags marked with an expired patent—an error that turns out to be quite common.
产品生产商的律师如今害怕他们的客户要为错误标记了过期专利号的每一管睫毛膏或者每一盒垃圾袋支付最高500美元的罚款——这种错误实际上是很常见的。
They now have to pay royalties for parts that used to be free; or, if they decide to infringe a patent, they can no longer be reasonably confident of getting away with it.
他们需要为曾经免费的零部件支付专利税；或者，如果他们决定侵犯专利权，他们将不能像以前一样自信地认为能够侥幸成功并逃脱处罚了。
The best way out for the established drugs industry would be to find lots of clever new blockbusters to replace the ones going off-patent.
对已成型的制药业来说，最好的方法就是找到许多新的畅销药来取代专利将要过期的药品。
Europeans ought to be seeking to strengthen the rules of their single market rather than pushing to dilute them; a long-overdue single European patent process would be a good start.
欧洲人现在应该做的就是去尽量强化单一市场规则，而不是去削弱；姗姗来迟的欧洲一体化专利过程就是一个很好的开始。
Some think it will still be too easy and potentially lucrative to bring lawsuits for patent infringement.
有人认为获得专利权仍然太容易，而且提起专利侵权的诉讼仍然有利可图。
The patent is fundamental to producing carbon nanotubes, which are expected to be the building blocks of a new class of smaller, faster and lower-power computer chips.
这项专利是对碳纳米管生产至关重要，预计碳纳米管将成为更小，速度更快，能耗更低的新型计算机芯片的基石。
If changes in the patent laws are going to have any real impact, they must be made soon, before too many more new business method patents are issued.
如果想让专利法的修改真正起到作用，那就必须加快修订步伐，不然的话，等越来越多的商务模式新专利颁布后再进行修改，为时已晚。
This patent is downright creepy and invasive — certainly far more than would be needed to respond to the possible loss of a phone.
这项专利就是一彻头彻尾的阴谋和入侵——很明显远远超过了可能的手机丢失所需要做的范畴。
To be eligible for a patent, an invention must not just be novel, but also useful and non-obvious.
一项可专利的发明不仅内容要新奇，也要具备实用和非显而易见性。
They'll gather, debate over whose patented technology is best, and also agree in advance that every other company in the standard group will be able to license their patent at a reasonable rate.
这些企业将收集、辩论谁的专利技术最好，也会事先同意标准组织中的其它企业可以合理的价格许可使用其专利。
Consequently, they could begin to isolate specific chemicals that could be the basis for potential new drugs, which would be easier to patent.
最终他们能够开始分离具体的化学物质，并以此作为基础开发未来的新药物——这些药物将更容易获得专利权。
The patent talks about a networkable remote controller that can “send a blog posting to a blog,” which can be set up to send posts automatically.
这项专利由一个可组建网络，并能“将一篇博文发布到博客上”的远程控制器组成，能自动工作。
To quote the patent filing: “The automatic lacing system provides a set of straps that can be automatically opened and closed to switch between a loosened and tightened position.
耐克的专利里说：”自动系鞋带系统有一副可以自动打开关闭的带子，在松开和系紧的地方改变位置。
The IBM patent says the system could be applied to traffic signalsat intersections, railway crossings, or other transportation signals for“indicating correct moments to stop and to proceed.
这项IBM的专利称，该红绿灯系统能够被用作十字路口、铁路交叉口的交通信号，或者其他交通信号，来“指示汽车、火车等交通工具熄火与开动的合适时间”。
If Apple does indeed decide to try to patent an identical application, the storm of bad pr would be unprecedented.
如果苹果公司真的决定要将一款和“到哪去”一模一样的软件注册专利的话，该公司的公共关系恐怕会受到严峻的挑战。
They hope their discovery may allow organs to be transplanted from other species, such as pigs, and have filed a patent based on the idea.
他们希望他们的发现能够使物种间的器官移植成为现实，比如说猪。
If manufacturers weren't yesterday combing through their inventories, looking to find which of its products claimed to be covered by a patent, you can bet they're doing it today.
如果制造商昨天没有翻遍库存寻找一个专利产品的话，他们今天必定在找了。
If manufacturers weren't yesterday combing through their inventories, looking to find which of its products claimed to be covered by a patent, you can bet they're doing it today.
如果制造商昨天没有翻遍库存寻找一个专利产品的话，他们今天必定在找了。
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