Chapter 173 Need for core competitiveness (2 more updates please order)
After Netac filed the lawsuit, the happiest companies were of course Sony and Samsung.
Sitting on a mountain and watching the tigers fight, letting the Xiaguo companies fight each other to the death, is what Western, Eastern, and South Korean companies are best at.
After the reform and opening up, especially after Xia Guo joined the WTO, Xia Guo companies often had internal fights with each other.
Behind most of these incidents, Western technology companies are involved.
The most typical piece of equipment is the LCD TV.
The technology of LCD TV has always been in the hands of South Korea, and its technical level is far ahead.
The method adopted by South Korean companies Samsung and LG is to sell their backward production lines to different Xiaguo companies.
Let these Xiaguo companies produce LCD TVs with different brands but almost the same quality.
Subsequently, Xia Guo's companies competed fiercely with each other to seize the domestic affordable market. In the end, both sides suffered losses, which was quite tragic.
South Korean companies, on the other hand, firmly grasp high-end brands and high-end technologies, and always obtain maximum profits.
When Xia Guo Company A started technological research and was about to reach a certain height.
South Korea's LCD TV company has launched higher-level technology products on the market again, continuing to occupy the high-end market. It has also transferred the technology production line that Xia Guo A Technology Company has just conquered to Xia Guo's B and C companies, and continues to let Xia Guo's
Several ABC companies fought against each other, and at the same time, the technology that Company A spent huge sums of money to conquer was wiped out.
Since then, the smarter Xia Guo Company has been unwilling to invest in the research and development of new technologies. Instead, it is waiting to join Western or Japanese or South Korean companies, and is proud of strangling domestic competitors.
Chen Xiao comes from the future, so of course he knows that those Japanese companies that smile are not as kind as they appear on the surface.
After Chen Xiao got the news that Langco was suing Lingyue, he immediately thought of Sony, who is now behind Langco.
He did not panic, but continued to work in the carbon crystal storage laboratory, waiting to collect more detailed information before making judgments and decisions.
Chen Xiao also asked Wang Xiang's team to continue negotiations with Motorola.
After all, this is the future of the company.
Where does Wang Xiang have Chen Xiao's determination? The generals in the front are fighting, and the city gates in the rear are lost.
No matter how strong your psychological quality is, people will still be affected by it.
Motorola's team has just submitted an intention to cooperate and is willing to purchase a batch of lithium batteries for use in new mobile phones.
As for the procurement method, the other party has not said yet.
Taking advantage of this free period, Wang Xiang quickly returned to the company.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Linghua could not sit still for a long time. He went to Changtian Technology Chen Xiao's office early to wait for Chen Xiao.
At noon, Chen Xiao also returned to the company.
He looked at the nervous Wang Xiang and Zhou Linghua with a smile and said, "Everyone should know the news, right?"
Zhou Linghua said speechlessly: "All media have reported it, and we have also received a summons from the court, requiring us to submit relevant information and materials."
The subpoena was placed on Chen Xiao's desk, and under the subpoena was a thick stack of information.
This is some basic information obtained by Changtian Technology’s legal department after contacting local lawyers and then the Shenzhen Municipal Court.
These materials clearly demonstrate Netac's intentions.
Zhou Linghua said: "I have never seen such a shameless person!"
"Langke actually made such an unreasonable request! It's so shameless!"
Chen Xiao looked at the information and understood why Zhou Linghua was so excited that he jumped up and wanted to curse.
Netac made three requirements.
The first requirement is to explain clearly the source of Lingyue MP3 flash memory.
The second requirement is to immediately stop infringing on Netac's rights and immediately stop using flash memory to produce and sell Lingyue MP3.
There was one last request that was even more shameless.
Netac demanded that Lingyue pay Netac 3 million in compensation for patent infringement and compensate all Netac Lingyue MP3 sales profits.
Zhou Linghua said very excitedly: "Can we agree to these demands? We are in the same boat! If we really agree to these demands, wouldn't our nearly one year's work be in vain?"
How could Zhou Linghua not be angry? After all the hard work, he managed to get the company on the right track.
When you are about to make a lot of money, a robber suddenly appears and asks you to hand over all the money you make.
It's you, can you agree?
Everyone looked at Chen Xiao and waited for Chen Xiao to come up with an idea.
Chen Xiao is not a lawyer, so he still needs to listen to the lawyer's opinion on such a case.
In fact, Wang Xiang felt a little guilty at this time. He felt that if he had not pushed Langke too hard, Langke would not have done such an extreme behavior.
Chen Xiao saw Wang Xiang's psychology and said with a smile: "Business struggles are the same as technological struggles. If homogeneous products appear, it will almost always be a fight to the death."
"Even if we don't launch a replacement event this time, Netac won't let us go."
"If our war against Netac fails, then Lingyue will either disappear or be sold at a reduced price. Similarly, the same will happen to Netac."
After consulting a lawyer, everyone realized the troublesome part of the matter.
The most troublesome part is that Netac's flash memory patent has been applied not only in China, but also in Western countries such as the United States.
The key point of the problem is that the flash memory of Lingyue MP3 was purchased from Toshiba.
This depends on whether there is a relevant agreement between Toshiba and Netac.
If the two companies have a direct agreement requiring Toshiba not to use flash memory as a raw material for secondary products, then it will be detrimental to Lingyue if the lawsuit continues.
The lawyer said that the demands made by Langco were indeed extremely excessive. In the end, even if Lingyue lost the lawsuit, it would not be compensated the amount that Langco said.
But if there is no relevant agreement between Toshiba and Netac, then the lawsuit will be beneficial to Lingyue.
After the lawyer finished his statement, everyone looked at Chen Xiao.
Zhou Linghua said very depressedly: "When I purchased this batch of flash memory from overseas, I didn't think about this problem."
Zhou Linghua was originally an individual businessman who grew up in this era, and their legal awareness of patents was relatively weak.
The only thing I care about is how to make money.
In fact, in this reckless era, very few people actually pursue and litigate patents.
After all, a lawsuit like this is too difficult to fight.
Wang Xiang quickly added: "Then let's contact Toshiba and ask if the other party has such an agreement?"
Chen Xiao did not answer this question immediately, but said: "Have you ever thought that we can take the third path?"
In fact, Chen Xiao had already thought about this problem when he first approached Toshiba to buy flash memory.
And he already had a plan in mind to deal with it.
Wang Xiang couldn't wait to ask: "What is the third way?"