"You can tell me, I think as long as it's a technical difficulty, we can definitely overcome it."
Dean Tong agreed very readily, and even made a gesture before Sophia even described her needs in detail. It can be seen that he was really stimulated by the smoke bomb of 20 million US dollars.
Sophia was not polite and told her straightforwardly: "Our third requirement is this. In the design process, what new technologies and new solutions did you use? What innovation points can be applied for patents? How should they be combined and split?
, what kind of patent to apply for, and which country to apply for, all must be reviewed by my people, and then the application will be absolutely carried out according to the rhythm of my instructions——
Note that we are not asking for the financial benefits of your future patents, nor do we expect to receive licensing fees. What we want is pace and confidentiality. Applying for some things too early means that the technical details are disclosed too early. You can understand Mr. Gu
concerns?"
Dean Tong didn't even think about it: "This is what it should be. Technologies that are not suitable for protection as invention patents should be kept as trade secrets for a period of time."
After all, Dean Tong is sophisticated and well-informed, so he said this.
However, the designer Qin Ya he brought with him was relatively lacking in knowledge outside of her major. She still wanted to stand out and be famous. She heard that the new technologies and applications developed in the future design process might be blocked, so she could not
When she applied for a patent, her heart suddenly sank.
Although she was a low-key person, she did not dare to protest in person. Instead, she privately pulled in Accountant Li, the financial officer who came with her.
After all, I am a finance major with a background in liberal arts, so it is normal for me to know a little bit about business-related legal practices.
"Sister Li, if that French lawyer makes such a request, will our academic interests be damaged? Why is this?"
Economic interests will not be damaged. Qin Ya understands this and is not afraid of it. But as a designer, what she cares about is reputation and the opportunity to be famous for inventing new blockbuster new technologies in the industry.
Accountant Li enthusiastically answered her in a low voice: "The other person's request is also appropriate. Since it is a project with an obligation to keep technical details confidential, I must listen to the other party's arrangements.
Because according to the patent law, once you apply for an invention patent, the maximum period from the application date to the publication date is 18 months. That is to say, 18 months after submission, your technical details will be disclosed to the public. In that way, those
Even if you are determined to pay you money to use your technology, you can't stop it. Lawyer Sophia will not sit back and watch the patent be applied for by others in the future, or become a "public prior art". He will just delay it for a while.
That’s all.”
"Thank you, I was worrying too much." Qin Ya was completely relieved when she heard that the patent would eventually belong to the developer, but the time would be delayed.
However, it seemed that Sophia still heard the biting between Qin Ya and Accountant Li, and she responded directly and unabashedly:
"This Miss Qin, if I remember correctly, should be one of the main designers of this project, right? The answers that Ms. Li gave you just now are completely correct and are exactly one of our requirements for you, but they are not
all.
To control the time for future patent applications, we must not only do all the above, but also cooperate with the "patent submarine" and make full use of the one-time application withdrawal right granted by the law. In this way, we can extend the submarine period to
The longest period is 36 months, which is a full three years. Even before the final three-year confidentiality period expires, we will lure the imaginary enemies who have been exposed by that time and let them actively step into the protection range. All of this will
You are required to absolutely obey the command and cooperate."
This plan is so professional that not only Qin Ya can't understand it, but even the well-informed Dean Tong and Accountant Li can't understand it.
It took them several minutes to roughly understand the principle:
According to the Patent Law, after an invention patent is applied for but before it is published and substantively examined, there is an opportunity to "repent", that is, the application can be withdrawn.
However, this right of withdrawal can only be exercised once. If it is withdrawn multiple times, it will lead to the loss of novelty, becoming existing technology, becoming "obviously deduced by people in the industry based on existing technology", etc.
flaw.
The specific legal provisions are very complicated and there is no need to elaborate. Moreover, even if the resulting flaws are not discovered at the time of application, interested parties may "declare your application invalid" in the future.
Anyway, it’s best not to do something like “regret and withdraw more than twice”, just write down the conclusion. (It’s not that I can’t write professional details, it’s that I don’t want to be fooled. If you don’t believe it, I can post my professional agency qualification certificate as
Certificate, this is my old profession. If I really write it down and copy it according to the relevant chapters in the "Patent Examination Guide", I can write tens of thousands of words)
If you can only regret it once, the "patent submarine" can only be buried for three years at most.
For example, Gu Kun's Lanfang Tower project may be ready to start in the New Year of 2000. For a project of this size, it is normal to take five or six years to complete the main building. It is possible to just lay the foundation and dig.
The basement has been reinforced and other preparations have been made. It will be two years since the holidays.
Therefore, it is estimated that the first few floors of the ground building will not be visible until the end of 2002, and the nominal height of the "smoke bomb plan" of 600 meters will be exceeded in early 2005, which will completely fail to conceal its true strength.
Historically, Gu Kun remembers that the construction of the man-made Burj Khalifa in Dubai should have started in the second half of 2004, so it may have entered the design stage before the end of 2002.
Assuming that throughout 2003, the people of Dubai were entrusting the design of those prestigious firms in the field of super high-rise buildings in Brittany, then during that time, they could not see the flaws of the Lanfang Tower, and they did not know that the Lanfang Tower
What technology was used to build the square tower and how high it will eventually be.
Gu Kun's plan was to first use smoke bombs to deceive the Lanfang people, making them think that the initial plan of seven to eight hundred meters was enough, or similar to the 830 meters in another time and space, or even slightly higher.
(Dubai people have historically reserved space for further heightening in the future. Of course, Gu Kun has to take this into account, so he also has to leave corresponding potential space in the design plan of Lanfang Tower, and integrate relevant technical reserves and construction
Reserved)
After being deceived, Gu Kun had to ensure that all the initial relevant patent applications were submitted before the Brittany people started designing for the people in Dubai in 2002.
Then the card will be stuck until the beginning of 2004, before the expiration of the first 18 months, the right to withdraw the application will be legally exercised, and then a second instant investment will be made. In this way, the technology confidentiality period can be postponed until the second half of 2005.
In the second half of 2005, the construction of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai must have been started for more than a year, the foundation was also completed, and the building height has just begun to increase at a high speed.
But at that time, they were suddenly shocked to learn that their technology was not actually advanced, and had infringed on other people's rights, causing a lot of lawsuits and claiming compensation (against the firm that designed them, not the owner, because the owner's country
There is no application or protection), and at the same time, the solution they originally claimed to be awesome is not really the best in the world.
At that time, what will the people of Dubai do? They will definitely have to pay the money, and I guess the people of Dubai are not afraid or care.
However, many plans have been scrapped and started over, and a lot of half-measures have been invested in the early stage. All in all, it is possible to lose one billion or eighty billion U.S. dollars. (Of course, they can also choose to continue to build Dubai according to the original plan of 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
The tower is finished, but you still have to endure the discomfort of "even if the Burj Khalifa is finished, it will be the second largest in the world")
The most important thing is that Gu Kun knows that Dubai is not a real trench, but a pretend trench.
It is true that the UAE has oil, but the Dubai tribe is not the one rich in oil.
The really richest people in the UAE are the tribes of Abu Dhabi, which has about 80 billion barrels, one or two percent less than Kuwait.
In fact, Dubai's oil is almost exhausted, and the stock is only one-tenth of Abu Dhabi's! In other words, the outside world estimates that Dubai's oil is only 6 to 7 billion barrels.
More than 6 billion barrels of oil are of course still a lot compared to Lanfang, which has only more than 2 billion barrels, equivalent to 2.5 times that of Lanfang.
However, these oils are still not enough to support the concept of "global city of wealthy people". Compared with other Middle Eastern countries and city-states, it is nothing.
The people of Dubai will be so extravagant in the future, and not all of the financial chain will be supported by themselves. A considerable part of it is the Sheikh Prince/Sheikh (this Sheikh was still a prince in the late 1990s and before 2010, and after his father died in the 2010s, he became the Sheikh).
I went to the tribe in Abu Dhabi and begged, "The Five Sacred Sword Sects are all in the same spirit, and you will gain face even if we pretend to be coercive."
In this way, if the first move of the Dubai people is a surprise and an instant success, then it is possible that Sheikh Sheikh will continue to seek alms from the people of Abu Dhabi to support the financial chain.
Just like a start-up company that is losing money, even if it is a huge loss, as long as it occupies the golden sign of "ranking first in the industry", then there will naturally be a steady stream of venture capital to continue to invest in you, so that you can survive until the business model is successful.
, the day when profits are achieved.
However, if this rhythm is interrupted and not only lose money but also fail to rank first in the industry, then many venture capital investors will consider whether to withdraw.
The people of the Abu Dhabi tribe are not stupid either. They know that some pitfalls need to be avoided early, otherwise they will sink deeper and deeper and they will be reluctant to bear the sunk costs they have invested before. They will have to follow the road to the end.
When the time comes, maybe Gu Kun just needs to give Chief Sheikh a few more setbacks, and he will be able to frighten the investors who are behind his back and have not yet waded into the deep water to cut off their stock.
Anyway, it is impossible for Gu Kun to regain his position just in the legal field. While making legal claims, various public opinion circles are taking the lead, belittling the technical content of Dubai people, and causing Dubai people to make a fool of themselves while seeking fame.
Keep up with them all.
At this moment, let Sophia lay out the plan and operate Dean Tong like a puppet on strings. Qin Ya and others acted according to the plan. It was obvious that they were preparing for the wave of disgusting enemies a few years later.
However, Sophia is not a reborn person, so she will have a more comprehensive view when making decisions. She does not even know that the imaginary enemy in Gu Kun's heart is Dubai. She also thinks that the imaginary enemy in Gu Kun's heart is Wanwan, who is about to build the 101 Building.
people.
However, this does not affect the result. Anyway, Sophia took care of the Wanwan people. No one can take advantage of Gu Kun by overtaking on this issue.
A team of lawyers starting out with millions of dollars a year is not raised in vain.