When the guard shook his head to indicate that he had not found such a mobile device, Xing Baohua felt that Zhang Yongwei was not being honest.
Xing Baohua warned again, "I'll give you one more chance. Whether you want to live or not is up to you. My patience is very limited."
"Do you think that if you kill me, no one will know what you've done?" Zhang Yongwei said to Xing Baohua with a sneer.
Xing Baohua noticed that his expression was one of fearlessness, which puzzled Xing Baohua. How could these people not be afraid of death?
Ah-zai is one, and now Zhang Yongwei has appeared. Although Lin Jianye said something, he didn't prove that he's not afraid of death!
This is weird!
Who has such great power to make them cannon fodder and yet be so loyal?
Xing Baohua never believed that money could buy someone to this extent. But he couldn't understand why the other party would rather die than talk. Even if he had received the compensation he was entitled to, what use was it if he was dead and couldn't spend it?
Even if it's taken underground, it won't circulate, right?
Xing Baohua was indeed not good at interrogation, so he asked the guards to give it a try, but not to kill him. He felt that Zhang Yongwei was hiding something and that they had to find out.
Xing Baohua had just come out for some fresh air when Su Ya called to say the dumplings were ready.
After returning home and finishing dinner, night had already fallen. Su Ya thought she could spend a wonderful night with Xing Baohua, but who knew that Xing Baohua would receive a phone call and run out again.
This time there's something really important, I need to go to Haina Company.
Just before getting on the bus, he asked someone from the company office to call a lawyer at a law firm and ask them to send someone over to provide some legal guidance.
Xing Baohua received a call from Yu Shenghai, who said that Huang Xingyao from the Da Meizi branch in the United States had called and that he had been sued there.
When Xing Baohua arrived at the company in a hurry, Yu Shenghai was already waiting for him. He first showed Xing Baohua the fax from the North American branch.
As Xing Baohua watched, Yu Shenghai explained, "These three companies have sued us for infringing their patents and are currently applying to the New York State court for a complete removal of our infringing products. Two are American companies and one is the Japanese company Sony."
Xing Baohua was reading the contents when he heard the word "Sony" and stopped, turning to look at Yu Shenghai.
"What is Sony suing us for?" Xing Baohua asked in surprise.
“Are there several models of players that have similar appearance patents to them?” Yu Shenghai said.
Xing Baohua listened without saying anything, then looked at the faxed document, found the section about Sony's lawsuit, and used examples of similar products to the other party, such as the model and appearance of the rice.
Then I looked at two other key American companies, some kind of electronics companies, one of which uses their patented chip inductors on the motherboards of rice phones and pagers.
In other words, when Dami Electronics uses chip inductors, it does not have their patent authorization.
This left Xing Baohua somewhat bewildered!
He used domestically produced components, manufactured by Ludong No. 1 Electronic Components Factory. He has the purchase quantity and invoice. How can you say that this product belongs to this company?
Americans frequently engage in patent infringement, some even treating it as a profession, and a successful patent infringement can bring them ten years of financial benefits.
The fax also included the names and establishment dates of two companies, both founded last year.
How many years have Xing Baohua's rice-based mobile phones and pagers been on the market?
This is clearly an attempt to extort money. It would be somewhat understandable if Sony sued them, since they did indeed copy. In fact, they copied someone else's sample right in front of them.
Of course, this guy wouldn't allow anyone to make a one-to-one replica; a similar one would be fine. He was worried about getting sued and causing trouble.
This was expected, nothing to worry about, but those who stage accidents to extort money are disgusting.
Another company sued Xing Baohua for using voltage-controlled oscillators in his rice-based electronic products. Xing Baohua recalled that these were purchased from Hitachi, but later, domestic manufacturers were able to produce them, with quality similar to Hitachi's, so Xing Baohua opted for domestically produced ones.
“Boss, Navida Electronics acquired an electronic component factory last year. This factory has a patent for chip inductors, and it’s said that the factory has been producing them since the 1970s,” Yu Shenghai added.
“I understand what you mean. Don’t be fooled by the fact that this company is newly established. They acquired a factory that produces chip inductors when they were founded, so they have patents. That’s what’s disgusting,” Xing Baohua said.
Yu Shenghai nodded and said, "The other company is in the same situation; they only obtained the patent after acquiring the old factory."
"Has the lawyer arrived yet? Not yet? Call and tell him to hurry up. When he arrives, take him directly to my office." Xing Baohua picked up the phone and called the secretariat.
Xing Baohua and Yu Shenghai were discussing the defendant's case when the lawyer finally arrived after half an hour.
After Yu Shenghai recounted the events, and based on the existing documents, the lawyer stated that the lawsuit against Sony could go on for three to five years, or even longer.
However, the two American companies should not proceed. First, it needs to be determined whether Xing Baohua used their patented products in the rice communication equipment.
No matter if you use domestic or imported products, as long as they are related to their product patents, there's no escaping it.
They either have to take it off the shelves, compromise, or pay compensation to replace it with other electronic components.
Regardless of the method, rice will suffer losses, especially if it's taken off the shelves and prevented from being sold in Europe and America. They really are capable of doing that.
“Call Huang Xingyao and ask him to get some electronic components so we can reverse engineer them. If it really involves their patents, it will be too troublesome; they'll definitely bite us hard,” Xing Baohua told Yu Shenghai.
The lawyer, who wasn't very knowledgeable about electronic components, asked Xing Baohua, "Does this thing have to be used in a mobile phone? Are there any other ways to work around it?"
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