[ti:FBI: Stealing of Ideas for New Technology Increases] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:01.68]In 2008, United States government officials approved a patent [00:07.60]for an electronic device that looks a lot like today's Apple iPhone. [00:15.00]The patent gave special legal rights to a group of inventors, including Apple founder Steve Jobs. [00:23.16]It barred other people and businesses from making, using or selling the device. [00:30.24]In a few years, other companies were making similar mobile phones. [00:34.72]Did they steal the idea? [00:37.92]It was legal for those companies to make a similar product, as long as it was not exactly the same. [00:46.28]But they had to solve for themselves how to make it. [00:50.64]New ideas for technology are a kind of intellectual property – the product of a person's mind. [00:59.48]Inventors are worried more these days about new ways that others can learn about how their inventions work. [01:08.32]One place where new products are demonstrated is at conferences [01:13.36]where people from around the world are gathered, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) notes. [01:22.40]Every January, CES, once called the Consumer Electronics Show, is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. [01:32.80]More than 175,000 people attended the event this year. [01:40.12]David Eagleman is a neuroscientist who teaches at Stanford University in California. [01:47.88]He co-founded a company that created a wristband to help those who have trouble hearing. [01:55.24]The wristband sends signals through their skin. [01:58.84]Many years of research led to production of the device, so Eagleman wanted to protect it well globally. [02:07.44]"We have all the underlying technology patented, so we're not terribly worried about patent theft. ... [02:14.16]This is a group of 170,000 smart people, and so it's something that we just have to watch out for..." [02:20.36]The FBI's Aaron Rouse notes: [02:23.76]"It does happen from time to time where a piece of product may go missing [02:28.44]or somebody has noticed when they get back to their factory that there has been a piece [02:32.96]of software that's been installed onto one of their systems." [02:36.52]Rouse is special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas division. [02:43.28]The FBI and federal government lawyers say they have a long list of cases of stolen trade secrets from just the past year. [02:54.72]They include a North Carolina man who stole trade secrets from aircraft companies. [03:04.08]There are many different groups that want stolen technology. [03:07.96](They) "could be a criminal organization, could be a foreign intelligence service, could be a competitor," Aaron Rouse said. [03:15.88]More than 4,000 companies demonstrated products and services at CES 2020. [03:24.56]People from more than 160 countries attended the event. [03:30.68]Rouse noted that it is important to watch everyone who touches the technology carefully. [03:38.44]"During the time of the convention, who's handling your equipment? Who is handling your product. [03:45.16]And, do they have access or the capability of installing malware onto that product at that time?" [03:53.72]Technology continues be reach more into everyday activities, [03:58.52]and a lot of information is shared over the internet. [04:02.84]The FBI warns that the growing rate of intellectual property theft can cost companies billions of dollars. [04:11.92]I'm Jill Robbins. [04:13.52]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM