Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 67 Worst Result
During Barbara's silence, Ethan actually thought about the problems behind the patent.

When he starts to use the skin of "protecting scientific research" in an attempt to become a vested interest in MOS 6502, real scientists will definitely enjoy better legal protection before him, or in other words, artificial protection.

"so--"

Ethan took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Any infringement?"

Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, Ethan is not angry anymore.

This is not because he is open-minded, but because he knows that it is useless to be angry.

The most important thing to do now is to solve the problem.

Of course, before that, he still had a doubt in his heart, "Mr. Barbara, can you help me with one more question?"

"Tell me." Barbara opened her eyes and answered very straightforwardly, "If I have a channel, I will definitely ask for you."

"This matter is indeed my lack of knowledge, and I will try my best to make up for my mistakes."

"Oh Barbara, there is no need to talk about such meaningless things." Ethan smiled and shook his head: "We have been bothering you all this time, you have brought us a lot of help, we should thank you You are right."

Before the words were finished, Evelyn also leaned over, opened her arms, and gave her a hug like a koala.

Holding the girl's waist and stroking her vest, Barbara sighed, "Thank you."

Then, she raised her eyebrows at Ethan again, and after receiving the signal of inquiry, Ethan also said what was in her heart.

"Mr. Barbara, if Mi Luohua's patent is so powerful, why did they waste so much time on the infringement of "Pong"? "Pong" also uses a TV screen to generate, display, manipulate and use symbols or A game of geometry."

"If Mirov can sue us with this patent, why couldn't it sue Atari directly with this patent in the first place?"

That's right!

This is what Ethan is most confused about!

If Ralph Bell's patent is so awesome, why is Atari still alive?

Can't you strangle him early?
In this way, everyone will know that your patent can go against the sky!
As soon as this question came up, Barbara smiled and pointed to the copy of the patent on the table, motioning Ethan to read it for himself.

After Ethan picked it up, Barbara said: "You turn to the page of the subject of the patent, and then tell me what you saw?"

Ethan just glanced twice before frowning, "When the patent came into effect, April 1973, 4?"

"Patent inventor, Ralph Henry Bell, patent owner, Sanders Associates?"

"Yeah~"

Ethan's words made Barbara smile wryly and shake her head.

"Your question is also a point of my curiosity. I thought there might be a loophole here, so I asked the people in the patent office just now, and they said that this patent is not owned by Mirov, but by a company. A company called Sanders."

"Because Ralph Bell was Sanders' technical director when he invented the 'Brown Box', the predecessor of the Mirowa Odyssey, and the entire research and development process also used Sanders' funds, so when the patent was registered , the owner’s column should be filled with the name of Saunders in accordance with the research and development regulations.”

"Mi Luohua only obtained the production rights, sales rights and marketing rights of the 'brown box' at the beginning, and then they carried out a series of patent applications based on these rights, such as the name, appearance, internal technology, and circuit of the Odyssey host board, their patents are all product-specific.”

"So, when Atari started plagiarizing in 73, Mirov could not sue directly with its own product patents, because from the point of view of product protection, the arcade machine "Pong" did not infringe the 'Mirov Odyssey' The rights to this home console. At the beginning, Mi Luohua did not think about obtaining these patents from Sanders. It was not until the arcade industry became more and more prosperous that they needed violent rights protection. Then they communicated with Sanders and obtained all the patents. , and after that, they only need to pay Sanders the licensing fee."

'...'

Fine.

This reason made Ethan very convinced.

When so many coincidences come together, it is really outrageous to open the door for the outrageous special code, outrageous home!
"Okay, Okay, I get it."

Ethan nodded and said, "If this is the case, then we admit defeat."

"So many unexpected events happening at the same time, it's really... MFxxk!"

After cursing, Ethan also wanted to know what he should do next.

He wouldn't want to go to court if he could.

If it can be settled out of court, then settle out of court, because litigation is troublesome.

And when Ethan asked what was in his heart, Barbara said that the matter might not be resolved so quickly.

Because the United States has a complete set of litigation procedures. After the defendant receives the complaint, he needs to submit a statement of defense within a certain period of time. In California, this time is 30 days before entering the next stage called evidence disclosure. , At this stage, the lawyers of both parties will exchange the evidence they have collected. After all the evidence has appeared, the truth of the general case has actually come to light.

In order to save judicial resources, the court actually encourages reconciliation, so after the evidence disclosure stage, both parties can decide whether to enter the reconciliation stage or the litigation stage. If the defendant meets all the requirements of the plaintiff, then the court will not hold a court session [-]%, only reconciliation Invalid, the court mediation is also invalid, will enter the final court hearing.

Of course, if it was Mi Luohua's own lawyer, then their core goal must be seeking money.

The more compensation the company can get, the more stable their position in the company will be, and the more business commission they can get.

After all, the biggest function of patents like this that can get stuck in the industry is to make money.

But what about other law firms——

"They are also asking for money, but what they are asking for is not compensation, but the legal fees promised by Mi Luohua."

Barbara said: "In the complaint, Mi Luohua asked you to pay 100 million yuan and stop the infringement."

"The former, that's basically all the profits you made from "Snake Game" right? And the latter is to let you stop selling the game "Snake Game" in the United States, or in other words, you can no longer use the standard Television is the medium for sale."

"The first one, it's easy to do, and the second one, I don't need to ask to know that you can't be willing."

"So, I still want to say, Ethan, please think about whether you have offended Mi Luohua? Because according to the normal situation, when something like patent infringement occurs, the first thing a commercial company should do is to give the infringer The infringer will file a lawsuit after the infringer does not stop the infringement, and the company lawyer usually handles the problem in the lawsuit, and external law firms are rarely involved..."

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. Atari is actually an infringer, but why is their name not listed in this complaint? You have to find out more about this kind of thing, because if there are two cases, then That's the worst possible outcome..."

"Because what you have to pay may not only be 100 million, but more."

Ethan frowned at Barbara's words.

He really didn't understand how he offended Mi Luohua!

Did he ask for 2N+1 when he was fired at the beginning?
Or sent Nolan Bushnell an invitation to the Odyssey?

If Mi Luohua went online because of these things, then he would be really speechless!
Because the first thing is for him to fight for his legal rights, and the second thing really has nothing to do with him!

After thinking for a while, Ethan didn't come up with a reason.

Seeing that it was getting late, Barbara suggested that they go home first and think slowly.

Anyway, the statement of defense can be handed in within [-] days, that is to say, as long as the problem can be clarified before October [-]th, then they may drag the case to the settlement stage, otherwise... then you have to pray to God , bless Mi Luohua for not offering terms and rewards to those law firm lawyers, for example, how much money the lawyers can get if they force Ethan Jones to stop selling "Snake Game" in Quanmi.

Because this kind of clause will make those lawyers stare at them like vultures.

…………

At eight o'clock that night, the brand new Dino 246 GTS parked in front of Evelyn's house.

The red streamlined body reflects a light pink light under the moonlight, like a bedside night light, soft and soft.

Ethan, who was sitting in the car, looked at Evelyn apologetically, and said, "Sorry... this matter is my problem, and I will try to find out the reason."

"Okay~" Evelyn waved her hand and said, "What did you tell Barbara before? Tell her not to take responsibility, right? I'll give you this sentence now, and you don't want to take responsibility either." , because this incident was not caused by you."

"I made "Snake Game", and I drew the circuit display diagram, so I know how outrageous this patent is."

"But there's no way, right?"

"Mr. Vinton said that Professor Ralph Bell's reputation in the circle may not be as great as that of Principal Fred Terman, but those who do scientific research actually know how terrifying his invention ability is."

"The federal patent office may not understand technology, but they understand what communication is."

"So it's normal for us to fail. It's not their ignorance, but our inability."

"Just as..."

"Pay money to buy a lesson."

Evelyn unbuckled her seat belt, opened her arms, and said with a smile, "Hold me?"

Such words made Ethan laugh, and he went straight to meet him without any hesitation.

"Thank you."

he said softly.

However, just when Ethan was about to admit that he was unlucky and decided to lose most of the profits from "Snake Game", before he walked into the house, bursts of rapid phone ringing entered his ears, and he entered the house. , picked it up, and a roar suddenly hit——

"Ethan Jones!!!"

"Where did you go out of your way!!!"

"I called you all day and no one answered!!!"

"Your "Snake Game" turned out to be an infringing product???"

"Oh! Sxxt! Mi Luohua's indictment has been sent to me!!!"

"Also they sued Midway Games and Chicago Coin together!!!"

"Dxxm! Do you know that your actions will cost us a lot of money!!!"

"You have to explain this to me clearly! I'm in the company right now! Come here right away!!!"

'...'

Hearing the speed of speaking like a machine gun and the sudden busy tone on the phone, Ethan shook his head with emotion.

Shaking the copy of the indictment in his hand, he looked carefully, and there was indeed no Atari name in the column of the defendant.

"Okay, the worst possible outcome."

Ethan sighed, remembering what Barbara had just said.

(End of this chapter)