This change in our patent laws is part of our agenda for making us competitive over the long term.

他说：“对专利法进行这些修改，是为了长远地增强我们的竞争力。”

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That said, I am skeptical about the length of the patent term for pharmaceuticals.

这就是说，我对专利权的有效期限持怀疑态度。

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The portion of the term of this patent subsequent to April 30, 2008 has been disclaimed.

对2008年四月30日是后来的这专利权的期限部分已经被放弃。

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Drug firms have been known to file patents that really shouldn't hold up in court -- extending the patent lives of their drugs well beyond any reasonable term.

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The appeals court held that the agency had misinterpreted both the law governing patent term length and a clause barring the double-counting of overlapping prosecution delays.

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But while Cannata and patent investors like Rembrandt claim to be protecting the rights of inventors, their detractors believe they are simply well-financed patent trolls--a derisive term used to describe companies with no operations other than suing big business over patents.

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