The summons from the federal court in San Francisco had already been delivered to Sumu, and Mr. Thompson, who became Sumu's legal counsel after the Empire State Building lawsuit, naturally came to Menlo Park, the day after he got the summons.

The last lawsuit was far more complicated than this one, but in Sumu's view, none of the five Empire State Buildings was necessarily important with a hypertext link protocol, and after more than nine years, the patent could probably make a lot of money.

The scale of wealth beyond imagination, and it is still endless, the importance of the hypertext link patent is undoubted, and I was worried that this guy who had a hypertext patent would wait until a few years later to jump out and reap the fruit, but now it seems that the other party's patience is not as good as he imagined, and he did not wait for the day when the benefits will be maximized before suering.

There is a wooden thorn in the flesh, and it is most uncomfortable to find it, but now that this thorn has been exposed, you only need to worry about whether it can be pulled out and how to pull it out, so you don't have to worry about it.

Hypertext, hypertext link, these two patents sound only two words, but in fact, they are fundamentally different, the former is a theory, and the latter is a specific application in the Internet.

Before Su Mu came up with the application of hypertext links on the Internet at the end of last year, he did refer to the theory of hypertext, so he was worried.

Mr. Thompson specializes in commercial cases, and his usual business mainly comes from Wall Street, and he is also involved in patent cases, but he is not proficient, so he came to Menlo Park this time and brought a senior lawyer from their law firm, Mr. Nelson.

Shortly after breakfast, Su Mu found a comfortable position to sit in an office chair, and across from him, a thin lawyer with a conspicuous black mole above his eyebrows was telling him: "I don't know the specific situation yet, but from what I have learned, it is very difficult to win this kind of lawsuit."

The patents of both of you overlap, the most likely is that the two parties settle, the court cannot let the Internet return to its original state because the other party does not allow it, and it is impossible to award your patents to him for use, I believe the other party also knows this, most likely wants to get a piece of the pie from you. ”

"But I don't want to take them for a break, if I had been reconciled before, maybe I would have been willing to settle this trouble with two or three hundred million dollars, but now it is clearly a knife on my neck, which makes me very uncomfortable, and it is better not to give them a penny, and I have to countersue them. ”

Su Mu has a good personality, yes, and his temper is also there, Du Zhong said that he is like a donkey, this time the other party came to the door with a knife to blackmail, and directly sent a summons without negotiation, obviously the ambition is not small, and it is not a small sum of money that can be sent away.

Some time ago, the retribution came too quickly, and not long after the settlement, it was Su Mu's turn to sit in the defendant's seat, he himself knew the law, and knew that it was difficult to win this kind of patent dispute lawsuit, and it was also not easy to lose, and he didn't want to make the other party comfortable.

As a senior partner of the law firm, it means that he is one of the shareholders of the law firm, and he distributes the interests of the law firm according to their respective businesses.

He interjected, "Sue, this is not the time to be willful.

But if you make up your mind that you'd rather give up the most advantageous terms and make yourself comfortable, that's okay just as well, whoever makes you the boss. ”

Su Mu smiled and said helplessly: "If it is easy to solve, I am stupid to disagree to the settlement, but the other party has made it clear that he not only wants a little settlement amount, but most of it is for the patent right, which is very important to me." ”

"Will you promise that you will not know until you have contact with the opposing lawyer, and that Nelson, who will be handed over to our law firm, will help you with the lawsuit? I guarantee in my honor that he is definitely a good lawyer, I have known him for many years, and I will not go to the judge for a week before that, you should prepare well, and take the time to go there, and it is best to meet with the opposing lawyer before that. ”

"What about you, Mr. Thompson? You're not responsible this time?" asked Su Mu.

Thompson shook his head and said, "Patent disputes are not my area of expertise, and I don't even know the terms of patent law, so staying here won't help."

Senna has a little trouble over there, and I'm going to help him out, don't you know?"

Su Mu was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously: "I've known each other for a long time, and we've done business together, what trouble did Senna encounter?"

"It's not a trouble with his ex-wife, the value of the supermarket shares is beyond the original estimate, his ex-wife plans to ask for some money, but it's really a bad woman, I heard Senna say that after the divorce, she went to the casino and lost more than 40 million US dollars in half a month, a friend met her in Las Vegas, and found two young men who were only twenty years old to accompany her, fortunately Senna divorced her. ”

Lawyer Thompson shook his head as he spoke, and Su Mu continued: "This kind of lawsuit should not be difficult, since I signed the divorce agreement at the beginning, it means that I agreed, how can I find it back afterwards." I've never been to Las Vegas, and it looks like the casinos there are supposed to be very profitable, so maybe it's a good idea to invest. ”

He was just joking, Thompson pondered for a short time and nodded seriously: "I've only heard of gamblers losing money over there, I've never heard of any casino losing money, a casino hotel can use up billions of dollars of investment, when your casino opens, remember to give me some chips." ”

"Haha! Of course, how dare I go over and invest in a multi-billion dollar casino...... Definitely find time to go on vacation next time. ”

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After chatting for a while, it was determined that Nelson, the lawyer introduced by Thompson, was in charge of the lawsuit, and Su Mu sent the two away, asked his assistant Allen to help send them, and arranged accommodation for Nelson in the vicinity.

Li Ping'an turned a very beautiful Chinese girl out of nowhere, and was leading her around to visit, Su Mu thought that his friend had found another money worshipper, and walked over to join in the fun and said: "Boss Li, IBM has sent $200 million in accounts, and this time you have to pay more than $10 million in taxes, and the documents have been placed in your office." ”

They are all good friends who have known each other since childhood, how could Li Ping'an not know Su Mu's thoughts, smiled happily, waved his hand and said, "Hard work, Xiao Su, go and brush the toilet, it should be bright enough to see people." ”

I really want to spit in his face.

Su Mu didn't give face anymore this time, and the topic changed: "Okay, don't lift, the doctor just called, saying that there is nothing wrong with your body, but it is difficult to treat if you don't lift, and there may be hope." ”

After finishing speaking, he left, passing by the girl with an extremely wonderful expression, leaving Li Ping'an who gritted his teeth and stole chickens and rice.

When I happened to enter the office, the mobile phone that was charging on the table rang, and I didn't see the number.

Su Mu put it to his ear and asked, "Hey, who are you?"

"It's been a long time since I got in touch, Mr. Sumu.

I'm Wang Delong from the Chinese Consulate in the United States, and we met once last time at President Bush's swearing-in ceremony, and I don't know if I remember it......"

"I remember you, sir, thank you very much for helping with the visas, I have already obtained them, thank you so much for sending someone to your door. ”

Now Su Mu is more or less famous, and there are constant invitations of all kinds of sizes, and even the grandson of the old neighbor in Chinatown wants to invite him over to support the scene, but before he passes, he gives a gift.

I thought that Consul Wang also wanted to let him participate in some activities, but the next words made Su Mu understand the reason for the other party's call, and the ambassador to the United States named Wang Delong said to him: "You're welcome, go up and follow several generations, all living on the same land, young Chinese want to return to China to visit, absolutely welcome with both hands."

I want to remind you not to go back, your visa is about to expire at the beginning of June, when I was in Washington, I heard you say that you wanted to go to China to open a company to invest in business, and now the Internet in the United States is booming, and you are one of the leading figures in the Internet. If you don't have time recently, it doesn't matter, I'll help you get a long-term visa?"

Su Mu heard that now that China is open and has a relaxed investment policy, it has attracted many Chinese Americans to inspect the market, and large enterprises including Wal-Mart and Ford have also set their sights on the market over there.

Considering that there are not many things to do in the next part of the month, he said with a smile: "Thanks for the reminder, I will have time this month, and I will go back to travel for a few days at the end of the month, I am not an Internet leader, and I haven't considered whether I need to invest ...... for the time being"8)