Chapter 263 Ma Huazhuo: Are they here to blackmail us?
When Galaxy Group received the fax from Nexon, Li Fuzhen was a little undecided. After all, she didn't care much about Nexon's affairs. She just followed Zhang Junfeng's suggestion and let the company's head Jin Zhengzhou take full charge of the management.
The benefits are obvious. Since joining Galaxy Group, Nexon's quarterly reports and sales have been quite impressive. After all, the game software and KakaoTalk they developed have already gained great fame in Goryeo, and even the sales in Dragon Country are quite encouraging.
But now that this has happened, Li Fuzhen is a little undecided. After all, the other party is an Internet company from the United States. Although it is not as big and powerful as Microsoft and Yahoo, it cannot be underestimated.
After some consideration, Li Fuzhen quickly called Wu Mingxi from the group's legal department. As the head of Mingren Law Firm, which is currently ranked very high in Korea, even if Wu Mingxi is not very familiar with the content of patent law, his group of elite lawyers must be good at something.
It is natural that such professional matters should be handed over to professionals like them. As for whether to contact Zhang Junfeng, an unreliable guy far away in America, Li Fuzhen thought for a moment and decided not to notify him for the time being.
After all, Nexon is now a subsidiary of Galaxy Group. If she, as the president, asks Zhang Junfeng for help whenever she encounters a problem, what's the point of her being the president of the company? She might as well go home and have children!
After receiving the news, Wu Mingxi quickly selected an elite lawyer who was proficient in patent-related laws from the law firm to accompany him to the Galaxy Group. According to his plan, this more professional lawyer would answer the questions of Chairman Li Fuzhen at that time.
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More than half an hour later, Wu Mingxi and his elite lawyer Cui Hongyu respectfully answered questions for Li Fuzhen. For example, AOL mentioned in the warning letter that they had applied for international patents, which was a big fallacy.
"Patent rights are not global. As a kind of intellectual property, patent rights have limited legal effect. They are only effective in the countries and regions where they are granted or confirmed and are protected by law..."
"Although the United States, Britain, France, Hans, Dongying and other countries held a diplomatic conference in Washington, the United States on June 19, 1970, and signed the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Currently, there are more than 90 member states. Generally speaking, an applicant submits an international application, which is valid in more than 90 countries. However, this set of procedures only simplifies the application stage, but does not include the examination and authorization stages."
"And this entire process usually takes more than two to three years to complete. In other words, the application for international patents mentioned in this warning letter is more of a gimmick, trying to use it as a bargaining chip to threaten us and achieve one of their goals, such as compensation or removing infringing software..."
After listening to the other party's analysis, Li Fuzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was a little worried before. If this lawyer who is proficient in patent-related laws is not optimistic about their side, then they will be in trouble!
"President, you can rest assured. The patent registration for the instant messaging software developed by Nexon was originally registered by us in those countries one by one. All the registration processes were completed one by one after paying a certain amount of 'expedited fees'."
"Even if AOL wins the lawsuit in the United States, it will be useless. The regions and countries where we are registered do not include the United States, and we have not logged in the software to the United States. In other words, their operation is purely useless..."
Wu Mingxi also explained at the right time. After all, when Zhang Junfeng asked Nexon to "copy" the product, he had already thought about the patent copyright issue in advance, and he also asked them to expedite the registration of the patent copyright as soon as possible.
Now it seems that the big boss Zhang Junfeng is really "far-sighted" and had predicted that such a thing would happen half a year ago~!
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Hearing Wu Ming Shen Dan's words, Li Fuzhen nodded thoughtfully. She originally wanted to avoid Zhang Junfeng and use this incident to test her ability to deal with it, but it turned out to be the opposite of what she wanted. Zhang Junfeng seemed to have considered the matter and made corresponding preparations, which made her "useless"! ...
The same situation also happened in Pengcheng of Dragon Kingdom.
Ma Huazhuo, who was originally in his office lamenting that the number of users of his own games and instant messaging software had once again broken new records, was in a bad mood when he saw his subordinates running in in a panic.
"What happened that makes you so flustered?" Ma Huazhuo suppressed his dissatisfaction and asked calmly.
"Mr. Ma, the situation is not good! Some time ago, AOL in the United States acquired Mail.ru Group, the company that developed the ICQ instant messaging software. They have sent us a warning letter and a lawyer's letter. If we don't explain, they will file a lawsuit against us in the United States!"
Ma Huazhuo was somewhat surprised and amused when he heard what his subordinate said. "No, is this American AOL company crazy? Our little penguin has registered patents and copyrights in Asia and even Europe. Even if they want to sue, they should go to Europe or even Dragon Country!"
“Or do they think that America is now so powerful that it can cross the ocean and control the relevant patents in other countries? If they are so powerful, why don’t they just go to heaven?!” Listening to Ma Hua’s humorous yet sarcastic words, the originally anxious subordinates almost laughed out loud at this moment.
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"...Mr. Ma, having said that, those foreigners have always been very cunning. Perhaps there are other means that we have not noticed. It would not be good if trouble arises! Should we consult a specialized lawyer? Let them help to check and fill in the gaps." The subordinate suppressed his smile and reluctantly expressed his concerns truthfully.
Hearing his subordinates mention these things, Ma Huazhuo did not answer hastily. After careful consideration, he decided to let him consult a relevant lawyer in Longguo who is familiar with patent laws. It is always better to be cautious to avoid any accidents.
(End of this chapter)