When Qin Suisui and her entourage entered the Ninth Court, the legal team from Xixida Group had already arrived and were sitting together, chatting and laughing.

Upon seeing Qin Suisui and her group, one of the lawyers said something that caused the others to burst into laughter.

Qin Suisui glanced around casually; she had dealt with most of the lawyers from the opposing law firm before.

One of them was her former defeated opponent – ​​Pete.

When the other person saw her come in, he raised his chin and curled his lips.

His tone was laced with sarcasm: "Sheffield, I never expected to see you again. Ever since I heard last year that you returned to Z country to take charge of affairs in the Atlantic region, I have been very disappointed. Now we have another chance to stand on the court and settle things once again!"

"Pete, how can you possibly think you have a chance to stand in a real courtroom and fight me to the death? Based on the evidence I currently have, is it even necessary to go to court? Or are you pinning your hopes on the opinions of those grand juries you have in mind?"

Qin Suisui remained calm, her mockery showing no mercy.

"Pete, you won't go that far!"

"Sheffield!"

Pete's face flushed red, and he took a step forward but then stopped.

Qin Suisui could tell that the other person had been holding back for a long time. After taking a few deep breaths, her face finally calmed down.

"Sheffield, then we'll wait and see!"

Peter knew Sheffield's capabilities, but he didn't believe that the Z country company could win the case. If Sheffield had represented the M country company, given the current situation, the Cecida Group would indeed be in dire straits. Unfortunately, she represented the Z country company.

To date, no Z country company has won a lawsuit in M ​​country.

Those lawsuits either ended in settlements with the payment of hefty patent fees, or they resulted in a complete withdrawal from the US market—without exception.

"Sheffield, you've only been back in China for a year, and your understanding has already degenerated to this level!"

Amorepacific, standing next to Pete, chuckled softly.

She tapped the folder on her palm, her expression one of disdain.

Amorepacific used to be Pitt's assistant, but after a year, she has been promoted to a trial lawyer.

Qin Suisui glanced at her, completely ignoring her words, and turned to chat with Director Xing about some interesting things that happened at the Mexican state court.

Amorepacific was so angry at Sheffield's indifference that her eyes almost spit fire. She muttered a curse under her breath and sat down angrily.

Before the hearing even began, Beike Law Firm, in an effort to extinguish Qin Suisui's arrogance and psychologically overwhelm her side, launched the first round of verbal sparring.

Unfortunately, they were all refuted by Qin Suisui in just a few words.

Having failed to achieve his goal and instead ending up looking disheveled, one can tell how Pete felt from his dark and gloomy expression.

Both sides were already eager to get started. At this moment, Justice Lawrence walked in with his clerk and two bailiffs. They entered the hearing room and stood on either side of the corridor.

Lawrence walked directly to his seat and sat down.

He maintained a solemn expression, slightly raising his head to scan the legal teams seated on either side of him over the top of his glasses.

The two sides were clearly divided, their expressions serious, and they harbored mutual hostility.

Seeing this, he smiled and coughed lightly.

The whispers that had been going on in the courtroom gradually subsided.

Seeing no sound from below, Lawrence picked up his gavel and struck it once.

"Today we are holding a pre-hearing for the lawsuit in the Ninth District Court of Mexico. Let's begin!"

"Please provide your evidence and claims, represented by the plaintiff, Xixida Group's legal team!"

Pete reached up and brushed his sleeves, picked up the folder on the table and handed it to Amorepacific, gesturing for her to pass the documents to Justice Lawrence.

He walked to the seat below the Chief Justice and sat down.

Amorepacific stepped forward and presented the documents to Lawrence.

Only after seeing the Supreme Court judge reviewing the documents did Pete begin to explain.

"Your Honor, Judge Lawrence… Based on the information we currently have, we filed lawsuits against the Channel Group and its seven distributors in four states—Mexican, Minnesota, and Suzhou—in 2005 and 2006, finding that the Channel Group and its seven distributors infringed upon the rights of the Cestar Group's patent No. [number] registered with the US Patent Office."

"Justice Lawrence, the documents you have contain a detailed record of the opinion issued by our firm, Shell Law Firm, in November 2003!"

As Lawrence listened to Pete's explanation, he flipped through the documents provided by Shell Law. Unfortunately, Lawrence was a humanities major and couldn't understand the terminology in the patent specifications at all.

He closed the lawsuit documents, nodded slightly, and looked in Qin Suisui's direction.

"Defendant's lawyer, please present your arguments regarding the evidence provided by the opposing side."

Qin Suisui stood up with a smile, went forward and sat down opposite Pete. Wen Zong picked up the document and walked over to Lawrence to hand it over.

"Your Honor Lawrence, the materials before you are the contents of the lawsuit filed by Cecida Corporation concerning patent number [number], which we have collected over the past five years."

"Based on the information, the patent information such as the so-called 'reset system' and 'reset plate' in the claims of the Xixida Group has nothing to do with the products sold by my client, Tonglu Group, in the United States. There is no similarity in terms of data or functional structure."

"I object!"

Pete stood up abruptly and looked at Lawrence.

"Your Honor, the same product with different names does not mean that they are not composed of the same structure. Through a year of product tracking and investigation, we have found that, in terms of both function and effect, the products of Tonglu Group and the 'Reset System' of Xixida Group are almost identical. You can turn to the second paragraph on the seventh page of the document I provided, where there are endorsements and explanations from relevant professionals."

After hearing Pete's rebuttal, Lawrence flipped to the page the other party had mentioned, and a smile flashed in his eyes as he looked at the content.

How will the defendant's lawyer explain this?

"Your Honor, you can turn to the second page of the documents we provided. There are non-infringement opinions issued by the M.Tren Law Firm and the Bellows Law Firm. Before the products of the Tonglu Group entered the M.T. country, they had already registered 7 related patents in the M.T. country. Our Law Firm, the Roton Law Firm, spent six months conducting infringement searches and analyses on the relevant content of the patent number involved in the lawsuit filed by the Xixida Group."

“We have retrieved seven related patents from the United States, which include all the patents mentioned by the Cestar Group in its lawsuits in recent years.”

"We and the two law firms we have engaged have provided the same technical and legal advice that none of the products sold by the Tonglu Group in the United States infringe on the so-called intellectual property rights of the Xixida Group."