我可以使用 Metro Design 来设计我的应用程序吗
不久前，微软为应用程序的 Metro 风格设计申请了专利（如果我没记错的话）。在当时的新闻出版物中，一些文章谈到了现有的 Metro 风格应用程序可能会被微软强制改变设计。
对于我要构建的新应用程序，我希望有一个 Metro 风格的界面，以便能够在它发布后立即轻松地采用 Windows 8。选择这条路有什么需要注意的吗？基本上我想避免的是微软在一年左右的时间内联系我，告诉我改变我的设计，因为他们不喜欢我使用 Metro。虽然我觉得这很奇怪，因为他们似乎在推动每个人都使用 Metro 风格的应用程序，但我只是想确定一下。
Some while ago, Microsoft patented the Metro style design for applications (if I'm not mistaken). In the press publications back then, some articles talked about existing applications in metro style which could be forced to switch design by Microsoft.
For a new application I'm going to build, I was looking towards a metro style interface to be able to easily adopt it to Windows 8 as soon as it get's here. Are there any things to take into account when choosing this path? Basically what I want to avoid is Microsoft contacting me in a year or so, telling me to swop my design because they don't like me using Metro. Although I'd find that weird since they seem to be pushing everyone towards metro styled apps, but I just want to be sure.
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Metro 的专利是为了防止竞争对手复制或模仿其设计、功能和/或行为。作为使用其操作系统在其设备上开发应用程序的开发人员，您拥有使用 Metro 主题制作应用程序的所有权利。
申请专利只是为了保护他们的研究和概念不被竞争对手窃取。这是常见的做法，您无需担心。
The patenting of Metro is to prevent competitors from copying or closely emulating the design, functionality and/or behaviour. As a developer of apps on their devices using their operating system, you are allowed all the rights to make apps using the Metro theme.
The patent application is simply to protect their research and concepts from being ripped off by competitors. It is a common practice, you have nothing to be concerned about.