But it is easy to imagine that apart from large multinationals, which can cross their hearts and swear they need not "emulate" others 'research results, the many small and medium- sized companies in the third world operate on the edges and in the loopholes of the law.
但可以想見的是，除了全球科技龍頭大廠可以拍胸脯保證自己不需要去「觀摩」別人的研發成果外，為數眾多的第三世界中、小廠商中，企圖走法律偏鋒、鑽法律漏洞的比比皆是。