Piracy is generally bad for business. It can undermine sales of legitimate products, deprive a company of its valuable intellectual property and tarnish its brand.

盗版总的来说是对生意不利，会影响正版产品销量，使公司丧失宝贵的知识产权，破坏品牌形象。

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Chakrabarty appealed, and in 1980 the Supreme Court ruled in his favor, 5–4, creating a brand-new sector of intellectual property: life.

查克拉巴蒂提起上诉，1980年，最高法院裁决上诉成立，并建立了一个全新的知识产权范围：生命。

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The Korean Patent Office said it would develop a local brand protection countermeasures, and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights of domestic brands.

韩国专利厅表示，今后将制定本土品牌的保护对策，强化对国产品牌知识产权的保护。

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And the value of companies is increasingly tied up in concepts such as brand and intellectual property, which do not observe country borders.

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"We have a very good working relationship with the Chinese authorities, " Lucy Nichols, Nokia's global director of intellectual property rights and brand protection, told CNN.

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The Graedons noted that while the active ingredient of the drug goes off patent, the pharmaceutical chemistry behind the extended delivery system may still be the intellectual property of the brand-name manufacturer.

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