The phrase "around patent" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to something related to patents, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "The discussion around patent law is becoming increasingly relevant in today's technology landscape."
Alternatives: "regarding patents" or "concerning patents".
It's just one example of the ongoing and often fraught conversation around patent reform.
But in a telephone interview on Monday, he played down that valuation, citing concern that the onetime froth around patent deals has started to subside.
Xiaomi has faced challenges expanding beyond China, after an unsuccessful effort to launch in India where it has faced issues around patent infringement.
Its launch in India, one of the world's largest emerging smartphone markets, was plagued with issues around patent infringement that resulted in it being banned from selling in the country.
Opening up its online accessories store to US consumers will mark Xiaomi's first step into western markets outside China, after an unsuccessful effort to launch in India where it has faced issues around patent infringement.
Already, the Obama administration has been trying to stop an effort by poorer nations to strike a new international bargain that would allow them to get around patent rights and import cheaper Indian and Chinese knock-off drugs for cancer and other diseases, as they did to fight AIDS.
"First off, there's such a raft of issues around patents," said Mr. O'Reilly.
Solidcore sessions center around patented machines called "megaformers" — and then there's what Mahlum says is a heavy emphasis on coaching and camaraderie, which couldn't easily be duplicated — even at 1600 Pennsylvania.
Where RCA couldn't sneak around patents, it ran roughshod over them in order to produce a rival system.
And it's taking on one of the hottest (and most fear-inspiring) issues around: patents.
"As a product design engineer, I can confirm that companies pay their hired guns to design around patents," Dion Damato shared in a comment on my YouTube channel.
