a patent system

Moreover, the law does little to address the more basic problem of a patent system that has grown in expense for all kinds of companies that want to protect their ideas.

另外，法律没有解决专利体系存在一个更重要的问题：各类公司为保护自己的点子付出高昂的支出。

He wanted to prove that the cheap, streamlined system, which allows inventors to draft a patent online without the help of a lawyer, was flawed.

他想要证明便宜，流线型的系统- - -允许发明者们在没有一个律师帮助下绘制一个在线专利- - -是有缺陷的。

Apple's patent, however, describes a system where all of the devices in a specific location can automatically become part of a new social network based on their location.

但苹果的这项专利介绍了一种系统，所有位于特定地点的手机可以自动加入一个基于该地点的社交网络。