Google needed to move aggressively to protect itself from patent litigation.

谷歌当时迫切需要采取行动，在专利诉讼中自保。

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This would be the worst-case scenario for Google, as it would immediately lose the patent benefits outlined above and pay dearly for its trouble.

对谷歌来说，这将是最糟糕的局面。 届时，前文所述的种种专利收益将顷刻间化为泡影，才外，谷歌还要为此付出惨痛的代价。

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But Google hasn't been faring well in the patent courts.

不过这不意味着谷歌自己在专利问题上就是清白的。

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The Google patent described sensors that, among other things, disable touch inputs when the product is positioned close to a person.

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According to Google senior patent counsel Suzanne Michel, sixty percent of patent lawsuits are now filed by such companies.

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