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Research and development is very important in today's business world, and ideas are more valuable than many material things in the physical world.
研究和開發在今天的商業世界中非常重要，在現實世界，點子比其他許多物質東西更有價值。
For example, the raw materials used for making a car are not worth much until they are made into a car.
例如，制作小轎車的原材料并不怎么值錢，但但當它被制造成小轎車，它就值錢了。
What gives added value to these raw material, then, is the technology used. The technology is intellectual property.
那么，為這些原料提供附加值的就是所運用的技術。
Further, if a car company becomes popular because of its cars, then the company's brand name, the model name of the car, and even the style of the car may all have value as intellectual property.
而且，加入一家汽車公司由于他的汽車變得出名，那么這個公司的品牌名稱，汽車的標準名稱，甚至是汽車的樣式可能都具有知識產權價值。
For these reason, it is also considered illegal to sell a product with the brand name of another company or product on it.
由于這些原因，收買標有其他品牌的產品也是違法的。
What are the problems?
問題是什么?
Many countries have no passed laws to protect intellectual property until very recently.
許多國家直到最近才通過了保護知識產權的法律。
In these countries, some companies have become rich by producing pirated goods, such as copies of expensive watches or purses, or copies of CDs or DVDs.
在這些國家，一些公司通過生產盜版產品掙錢，比如仿造名貴手表和錢包，或者盜版CD和DVD。
