Rush to San Francisco at the end of May.

When I went to the federal court to participate in the first hearing, I actually met with the judge, asked some simple things and left, the process was monotonous to boring, and it was hard to imagine that hundreds of millions of huge interests were involved behind it.

Su Mu went, but the old British professor who held the hypertext patent did not show up, replaced by a middle-aged Jew, who did not have a direct conversation with Su Mu, and neither side was in the mood to chat.

The trial has not yet been formally held, and today it is just a matter of questioning as usual, understanding the general situation, and submitting written materials.

Lawyer Thompson introduced Nelson, who has two brushes, usually doesn't talk much, but is willing to talk in court, he recently stayed in Monlo Park, occasionally returns to New York, running back and forth, forming a team of up to six lawyers, almost all of whom graduated from Harvard Law School. Nelson led the case, with the help of a senior lawyer, an intermediate lawyer, and three other paralegals who were still learning from their experience.

Standing behind one of the most famous law firms in the United States, so far Su Mu is quite relieved, Attorney Nelson is trying to invalidate the other party's patent, on the grounds that long before the professor applied for the patent, in the sixties, seventies, eighties, etc., there were different people who put forward similar theories and were trying to get them to testify in court to invalidate the other party's patent.

Su Mu encountered a "patent troll" for the first time, the newly registered Red Lion Network Company as the main plaintiff, through the investigation of its legal person, found that the guy had also blackmailed IBM, Sun these two companies, and now he is eyeing Galaxy, according to Nelson, now the number of patent extortion cases in Silicon Valley has skyrocketed, many large companies have been targeted, and in the end, most of them ended up paying money to buy peace, it seems that dealing with Nelson is indispensable in the future.

There will be no result for a while, but the company called "Red Lion Network" has put forward a settlement condition, and its mouth is 95 million US dollars, so angry that Su Mu refused without thinking about it, and the feng shui turns around, this time it is his turn to sit in the dock, and he doesn't feel good......

It has been more than half a month since the launch of Galaxy, OO browser has been successfully put into the market, the number of users has rapidly exceeded the 60,000 mark, and it is still increasing, the momentum is more fierce than Bee chat software, the situation is beyond Su Mu's expectations, so that when Gates came to the door, he lacked interest, he could succeed, why rely on Microsoft's indos operating system?

In the same way, users can install it themselves, and Microsoft doesn't seem to need to beg Sumu, and after that unhappy afternoon in early May, Gates didn't bring it up again.

For most of the month, Su Mu still stayed in the Monroe Park area of Silicon Valley and did not leave, and the consul of the embassy helped to apply for a visa extension, so there was no need to rush to go there, it just so happened that the big country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean had recently encountered some trouble, and the United States officially issued a notice that it did not mind the citizens going in the near future.

In addition to being busy with Penguin and Galaxy, Su Mu's side hustles also need his attention, such as the renovation plan of the Empire State Building United Company, and the follow-up investment of the $60 million loan, he did not rush to New York, but communicated on the phone in Menlo Park. There is also the angel investment department under his private name, which received hundreds of proposals after releasing the news to the outside world, and selected five companies for investment, with a total amount of only more than 7 million US dollars.

Last time he went back to the Penguin computer assembly factory, Ms. Maria from the design department persuaded him to develop graphics processors, Su Mu did not forget this, and contacted the current well-known ATI company, which was founded in 1985 by three Chinese founders.

An adult in his forties named He Guoyuan personally traveled from Canada to California and negotiated a capital injection with Su Mu for a total amount of 10 million US dollars, after which Su Mu got 49 percent of the company's shares and promised to move the research institute to Menlo Park, because the graphics processor is currently not taken seriously, the market value of this company is much lower than Su Mu expected.

It's only been more than 20 days, and suddenly he has become a shareholder of six companies, at least 15% of the shares, fortunately, they don't need to be managed by Su Mu, they only need to supervise the daily operations, help draw up the development plan, otherwise they will really be sad, he is forming a team, specifically responsible for these capitalized companies.

In this era of Silicon Valley, big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, rich people have too much room for investment, and those who have a lot of spare money in their hands will almost all invest in some companies like Su Mu, and whether they can succeed depends on their vision. Su Mu himself doesn't know what these companies will develop into in the future, he has chosen some projects that he is optimistic about, and it is difficult to say whether they can grow or not......

After leaving the federal courthouse in San Francisco, Sumu sat in the same car with lawyer Nelson, and the Rolls-Royce's rear space was spacious enough and the interior was extremely exquisite, and he casually asked, "How sure are we that we can win?"

Lawyer Nelson's movements paused slightly, and after a short period of thought, he did not say anything, and told the truth: "It is difficult to say at present, I tried to invalidate the other party's patent, after all, there are too many references to his patent that have existed for a long time, as far as I know, they have not applied for a patent, and the lawsuit has to be fought, but I dare not guarantee whether it can be successful, if this road does not work, then it can only be changed."

Our patents in the United States are divided into three categories: invention patents, design and plant patents, the other party's patents belong to invention patents, and only functional inventions can apply for invention patents. ”

Listening so much is equivalent to not listening, how can there be a 100% chance of winning, Su Mu didn't feel dissatisfied, and said in his mouth: "Red Lion Network Company is prepared, I always feel that the other party has more important evidence that has not been released, even I, a layman, think that I have a better chance of winning, and it is impossible for them to spend money in vain and give it to the lawyer in vain." ”

"I'll check for myself to see where they're going to break through, and in fact, when I checked the documents before the trial, I just found something interesting. Do you know that the patent owner was still working at Oxford when he registered the patent?"

Su Mu didn't react for a while, and then smiled: "Coincidentally, I'm going to accompany my girlfriend to the UK, if that's the case, then Oxford University will also be involved in the lawsuit." ”

When researchers are looking for a job, they usually see several provisions in the employment contract, including that the invention during the tenure belongs to the company.

The employment of professors in universities will also add this article, but it is more lenient, which will give inventors a large part of the patent ownership, and the school will provide environmental and facility resources, and can also enjoy some of the results......