Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 66
After checking the patent mentioned by Mi Luohua and finding the crux of it, Barbara asked the staff of the Patent Office to get her a copy, and then let Ethan and Evelyn go home with her.

Since it was meal time, Ethan made a special trip to McDonald's on the way back and packed three meals.

It's a pity that neither he nor Evelyn have any appetite and can't eat at all, but Barbara...

After returning home, she has been on the phone there.

Although Ethan didn't lean over to listen, Barbara didn't mean to hide it either.And from some of her words, Ethan could also find out that Barbara asked some questions from friends at the Federal Patent Office, exchanged opinions with her colleagues, and even communicated with her teacher.But none of these requests for help could make Ethan happy, because the indifferent and emotionless words, and the rapid speed of speech like a storm, all proved one thing - they, maybe, really, violated their rights.

"Oh! Sxxt!"

Thinking of this, Ethan bowed slightly, holding his head in his hands, with a troubled expression on his face.

Because he couldn't figure it out at all, the patent for the world's first commercial home game console was not a home game console, but a video game and training device?
What the hell is this Nima!
If the patent is aimed at home game consoles, it is just a monopoly of a business, but when the patent is directed at video games, who else in the world can bypass this patent?
computer games?
Because the monitor is not a standard TV?

Oh! Fxxk!

Ethan suddenly remembered that in his memory, in his previous life, after the collapse of Atari, there was indeed a long period of vacuum for game equipment in the United States, whether it was those small game companies or large animation companies. TV, EA, all do computer games!
Is it possible...

'Is it because of this patent?Let Mirova be able to catch fish in a sustainable way? '

'Special code!Can a patent hold the throat of an industry? '

'Fuck!How can there be such a perverted patent in the world! '

"Oh! Fxxk! Do all those examiners at the Patent Office eat poop?"

The more he thought about it, the more he got wrong, Ethan stood up suddenly, spread his hands, and panted angrily, "How did this patent get passed?"

"Don't they feel strange when they are reviewing?"

"Why does a patent explaining its own technology not protect the technology itself, but the visual channel of technology display? Don't these people in the patent office think it's outrageous?"

Speaking of this, Ethan's lips were trembling.

How angry!

no way!Who made this patent so outrageous!

"Oh Ethan—don't be angry—although this patent seems a bit excessive, but from another perspective, this matter is actually very beneficial to us, isn't it?"

Looking at the red-faced younger brother, Evelyn raised her right hand, patted his back continuously, and coaxed him like a hair: "The stricter the patent protection law, the better for us, because After all, we are going to do technology..."

"If you really want to do business, then we can't use other people's technology to run our own company?"

What his sister said made Ethan restrain himself a lot. After taking a few deep breaths, he also focused his attention on Evelyn, "But now, if this patent is okay, then we are really infringing." -"

His bright eyes were filled with worry.

Although Evelyn knew that there was probably nothing wrong with what Ethan said, and that the matter was probably already confirmed, she still smiled and said, "Oh Ethan, don't be so pessimistic, the matter hasn't reached that point yet, right? Barra..."

However, before she finished speaking, Barbara's voice appeared——

"Evelyn, Ethan is right, now we should prepare for the worst."

As soon as these words came out, the two immediately turned their attention to Barbara.

She just hung up the phone and went straight to the sofa, and sat down hard.

The body that descends suddenly seems to be getting rid of the fatigue on the body, and the back leaning on the trend is telling the helplessness in the heart.

The act of leaning back and closing her eyes was to organize her words, and when she looked at the two of them again, the smile on her face was also full of apology.

"First of all, I'm sorry, because before answering the copyright protection issue of "Snake Game", I only researched the copyright issue of Mi Luohua's game, and did not study the patent rights of their game consoles, so I ask you to give "Snake Game" "Applied for a provisional patent, trying to get you on board the new train of the imminent revision of the copyright protection law. Judging from the situation at the time, there was no problem with this method, but from the current perspective...you might as well Directly apply for copyright..."

Hearing these words, Ethan and Evelyn's hearts sank.

Because they understood what Barbara meant.

If we hadn't applied for a provisional patent for "Snake Game" and hadn't handed over the display of the contents of the "Snake Game" electronic arcade machine on the TV screen to the Patent Office, maybe now, there would be no such thing.

Can……

its not right!
Ethan frowned slightly, shook his head, and said, "Mr. Barbara, I don't think you need to take responsibility for us, because even if we directly register the copyright of "Snake Game" instead of applying for a provisional patent, Mi Luohua will be the same. can sue us."

"Because no matter what method we use to protect our own rights and interests, "Snake Game" is a game that requires a standard TV to display the game content. As long as we use a standard TV for sale, it constitutes a legal infringement .”

"At most, it's a little more troublesome when proving evidence. It won't be as simple as it is now, right?"

Although Ethan was very angry, being angry would not affect his thinking.

And his words made Barbara startled for a moment, then showed a helpless smile, nodded and said: "Yes."

"Ethan, you are right. As long as your game presentation involves generating, displaying, manipulating and using symbols or geometric figures on the TV screen, then you are infringing."

This result made Ethan sigh.

But Evelyn was puzzled, "Why?"

"Mr. Barbara, isn't this kind of patent too overbearing?"

"As long as anyone who understands technology should know that the generation of symbols or geometric figures on standard TVs is the same! This is fixed by standard TVs!"

"And even if the reviewers don't understand technology, they should have watched TV programs, right? The signal transmission feedback of all TV stations is the same! If there are differences, how can standard TVs receive and broadcast?"

"When reviewing this patent, don't those people in the Patent Office feel that there is a problem?"

Evelyn's question made the helpless smile on Barbara's face even bigger.

She stared at the girl for a while, then shifted her gaze to Ethan. After realizing that the eyes of the two were filled with endless longing, she also shook her head and said, "Because those people in the Patent Office are all A bunch of idiots."

"I should have told you before that when Mi Luohua applied for copyright for the game, he had a disagreement with the copyright bureau, right?"

"But because the Copyright Office has expedited service, they didn't follow through with those folks at the Copyright Office."

"And then there's the situation where Nolan Bushnell plagiarized Pong and they can't sue."

"In this case, you have already seen the stupidity of the Copyright Office, and the patent you are now exposed to is the stupidity of the Patent Office."

Barbara sighed, rubbing the center of her brows, and said: "I just called my friends at the Federal Patent Office, and they told me that Ralph Bell originally designed his 'brown box' , that is, when the predecessor of Mirowa Odyssey was registered for a patent, the patent examiners simply did not know how to define this item.”

"After reading the application submitted by Professor Ralph Bell, they believe that this technology of displaying various images on the TV cannot be patented, because the TV already has this function, and the TV program is for this function. use."

"This result made Ralph Bell very angry."

"Then he did one thing, which was to commandeer the patent office's televisions and show them his design."

"Then the whole patent office was hooked on his video game."

"They thought it was an interesting presentation, different from previous TV shows, because of the added manipulation, so that allowed the 'brown box' to pass the censors."

"And when characterization of the patent, they had a difficult time, because Ralph Bell said that the production of a separate circuit board is very simple, as long as an engineer can imitate it, so the protection of a separate circuit diagram has no meaning, so the Patent Office The censors of the team talked to Ralph Bell, and when they learned that the 'brown box' could only show the game through the TV screen, they would 'generate, display, manipulate and use symbols on the TV screen or geometric figures' this clause is incorporated into the patent protection."

"In their view, the four standards of 'generation, display, manipulation and use' have been defined very specifically, but no one thought that the prefix of TV screen is the biggest problem!"

"Because there were no video games on the market at that time! There were no arcade machines! There were no home consoles!"

Having said that, Barbara slowly closed her eyes again.

When this kind of prefix that strangles the industry appears, even if she is a mage, she can't get around it!

As for what to say to file a lawsuit, the patent application is invalid?

forget it!
Because this kind of stupid beeping behavior was done by the patent office itself!

If the court judges that they are wrong, what will other companies do if they feel that the patent office is not strict?
Sue again?No sentence?
Then the U.S. courts should stop doing other things, and watch those companies suing for patents every day!
After all, America is a legal system of the sea, and citing precedents in it is equivalent to giving judges certain legislative powers!

And even if this kind of stupid registration is not caused by the patent office itself, but Ralph Bell's excessive application...

In fact, the court will not rule that the patent is invalid.

Because Ralph Bell was in the military industry.

From the Apollo program to military submarines, many patents were developed by him!
This kind of scientist is a national treasure of the United States!

Not to mention over-applying for a civil patent, even if he really wants to make money with this, everyone will turn a blind eye!

　Note: ①The birth process of the patent for video games and training devices was said by Ralph Bell himself.In his memoir "The Beginning of the Birth of Video Games" published by him in 05, he also mentioned the initial non-registration and event process of the patent office.The U.S. Patent Office and the Copyright Office are actually a pair of crouching dragons and phoenixes. It is nothing more than that companies do not believe them, and they have done too many outrageous things.

　　
　
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