Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 560 Patent Application
Duan Yun's success in recruiting talents like Qin Hai was an important step for him to establish an electronics factory.

In fact, Duan Yun can also slowly study and inspect the production workshops of other domestic electronics factories, and then train employees to install production lines, but it is obviously too time-consuming and energy-consuming. After all, he is now the general manager of a labor service company, and his usual work is relatively I am busy, and I have to study computer design and programming at night. I can't be busy alone.

In addition to being busy with various preparations before the establishment of the factory, Duan Yuan's next plan is to register the patent for the subwoofer speaker he invented.

In the early 80s, the concept of patents did not exist in China.

The germination of China's intellectual property system began with Sino-US trade cooperation. For China, which had just entered the first step of reform and opening up in the late 70s and early 80s, the term "intellectual property" was so unfamiliar that when the United States When the requirements for the protection of intellectual property rights were placed on the negotiating table of the "Sino-US High Energy Physics Cooperation Agreement", the negotiators of our country were completely confused. After consulting many dictionaries, they could not find a word corresponding to "Intellectual Property". At that time, China had no intellectual property protection law, nor had it joined the relevant international intellectual property protection treaties. This situation once brought Sino-US cooperation to a deadlock in negotiations.

Then the country was born in 1982. The "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China", which came into effect on March 1983, 3, and the first problem to be corrected in this trademark law is the registration and exclusive rights of trademarks. That is to say, starting from March this year, the country will truly There are trademark protection laws.

In the past, even trademark ownership was not valued in China. The reason is very simple, because in this era, domestic enterprises are basically state-owned enterprises. If there are trademark infringement problems with each other, internal coordination can be solved, and there is basically no need for special legal policies to restrict them. .

Duan Yun, as a person who traveled from later generations, naturally knows the importance of trademark and patent protection to a company and brand, so this time he plans to register his factory's "Longteng" automobile gearbox trademark. After the establishment, he planned to name his factory "Tianyin Electronics Factory", and name all speaker products Tianyin Audio, which means "the sound of nature".

In addition to registering the trademark "Tianyin", Duan Yun also needs to register the "subwoofer".

Trademark is one of the most important values ​​of a commodity brand. Duan Yun will not allow others to imitate his own ideas and products. Even if imitation cannot be avoided, at least on a legal level, Duan Yun must take the initiative.

In addition to trademarks, Duan Yun also needs to register patents for his own speaker products.

But now in 1983, there was no special patent law in China.

In fact, my country also has a corresponding protection system for inventions, such as the "Provisional Regulations on the Protection of Invention Rights and Patent Rights" promulgated and implemented in August 1950, and the "Provisional Regulations on Invention Technology Transformation and Rationalization Proposal Rewards Related to Production" promulgated in 8. And the new "Regulations on Invention Rewards" promulgated by the State Council in 1954, but these inventions and patents are ultimately owned by the state, and private individuals are not eligible to apply for patents. In addition, at the beginning of reform and opening up, China, whether it is administrative personnel or ordinary people, There is strong resistance and even hostile attitude towards the private ownership of power.

At the beginning of the drafting of the first "Patent Law" in China, there were many opposition voices, and many leaders even went to the drafters directly to criticize it for "taking the capitalist road" and "traitoring the party and the country". However, reform and opening up is imperative. Cooperation is also on the line. Finally, the first domestic "Patent Law" was passed on March 1984, 3 at the 12th meeting of the Sixth National Senior Officials Meeting. On April 4, 1985, the "Patent Law" was officially implemented.

Since there is currently no patent law in China, Duan Yun intends to register the patent internationally first.

Duan Yun had previously inquired through Gao Lei that some agency companies in Guangzhou and Shenzhen had appeared between Hong Kong and the mainland. These companies have offices in the mainland. Individual accounts with corporate accounts should also be able to handle some patent application procedures.

As for the remuneration, it may be higher, but this is not a problem for Duan Yun. As long as his patent application can be approved in Hong Kong, it is worth spending more money.

The reason why Duan Yun first applied for patents in Hong Kong is because Hong Kong is relatively close to the mainland. After the reform and opening up, there are more Hong Kong-funded companies. Because Hong Kong had not returned to the motherland at that time, it was still a British territory. Applying for a patent in Hong Kong is equivalent to applying for a patent in the UK, and the UK is one of the contracting parties to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. One year after the approval of the patent application in Hong Kong Within the period, other signatories of the Paris Convention cannot accept similar patents, which leaves time for Duan Yun to apply for patents around the world.

Before applying for a patent, Duan Yu still needs to do a lot of work, including sorting out the appearance of product trademarks and technical drawings. Next, he will ask Gao Lei to inquire about this when he goes to Guangzhou to purchase goods. .

In addition to Gao Lei's ability to travel between Daxing and the South all year round, Duan Yun's establishment of an office in Xiamen has already taken shape.

Zhao Changfeng left a deep impression on the city when he went to Xiamen on his first business trip. After discussing with his family when he came back, he decided to be the person in charge of the Xiamen office.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for Duan Yun. The establishment of an office in Xiamen is his hands and eyes in the south. Especially, Xiamen is relatively close to Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and it is adjacent to Taiwan. The geographical location is very superior. Duan Yun's future layout in the south is crucial.

It was Zhao Changfeng's first business trip in Xiamen, and he stayed for more than a week. During this period, he found 1 houses suitable for office, four of them were in the city center, and two were in Gulangyu Island.

After Zhao Changfeng took back the map and discussed with Duan Yun, he finally chose a house next to the XM city center as the office.

Duan Yun chose this house because the owner is willing to sell it at a high price. This is a small two-storey building facing the street. The house is quite old and has an independent yard. It has been in disrepair for a long time, and there is an obvious crack in the wall of the outer wall, and the owner asked for 2 yuan, which is considered a very high price in the local area.

At that time, Zhao Changfeng did not bargain with the homeowner due to time constraints. In his opinion, the price was too high and not worth it at all.

But Duan Yun made a decisive decision and decided to buy the house with his own money. In addition, he also planned to spend some money on the overall repair and decoration of the house after buying the house, and used it as the office of the labor service company in Xiamen.

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