But an appeals court ruled that Apple could not patent the basic design of the iPhone, putting some of that award in jeopardy.

但上诉法院判决苹果公司不能为其手机的基本设计申请专利，这样一部分赔偿金就可能要泡汤了。

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Today, most graduates end up working outside academia, not only in industry but also in careers such as science policy, communications, and patent law.

今天，大多数毕业生最终都在学术界之外工作——不仅在工业领域，而且还有科学政策、通信和专利法等职业领域。

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Studies of the most patent-conscious business of all—the semiconductor industry—suggest that firms do not necessarily become more innovative as they increase their patenting activity.

对所有行业中最具专利意识的行业——半导体行业的研究表明，企业不一定会随着专利申请活动的增加而变得更具创新性。

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The government gave a patent to Edward J.Claghorn of New York City so that others would not copy his invention.

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Traditionally, financial inventions were not granted patent rights, but now in the United States and in a number of other countries it has become possible to patent financial inventions.

传统的金融产品,是没有专利的,但现在,在美国,和其他的一些国家中,金融产品也拥有了专利

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IBM, for example, the majority of its intellectual-property revenue comes from the sale of know-how, not patent licences alone.

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Dr Zoll did not patent his inventions, so there was no impediment to further development of the pacemaker by other scientists.

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However the important thing is he did not patent his vaccine either, and both their discoveries were donated for the benefit of mankind.

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