他的发明没有申请专利。
当Sir Tim Berners-Lee创建万维网时，同样的事情发生了。 Sir Tim Berners-Lee没有申请专利或试图对万维网进行控制，而让信息网络自由运行在网络上。
The same thing happened when Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the worldwide web, the information network that runs on the internet, without seeking to patent or control the technology.
有争议的专利获得通过，这部分得益于法庭允许某些软件及“经营模式”获得专利，而这些人们普遍认为没有人会申请专利。
Dubious patents were granted, helped in part by court rulings that allowed patents to stand on some software and "business methods" that many thought no one could lay claim to.
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