Have we really gotten to the point that planting a seed can lead to a high-stakes Supreme Court patent lawsuit?

播下一颗种子可能会引起最高法院的一场事关重大的专利诉讼，我们真的已经到了这个地步了吗？

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In her profile, the patent attorney would have identified which social software applications she used.

在她的配置文件中，专利代理人已经确定了她使用哪些社会软件应用程序。

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The researchers have applied for a patent on their procedure.

研究者们已经将这个过程申请为专利。

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But since the late nineteen nineties, inventors of business methods and processes have increasingly sought patent protection.

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"You can have that test, but it can't be an exclusive test because of the nature of the patent laws which are to protect new and unknown inventions."

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But for now we have the patent system we have, and both Google and Samsung look like they might be in trouble.

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The patent disputes have been key in spurring talks about Apple diversifying its suppliers.

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Myself I take it as just being yet another example of how strange the patent laws have become recently.

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