Since the release of the osaic scae 09 browser on the Internet, the number of copies downloaded by users has increased exponentially, and soon the number of users of the osaic scae 09 browser has exceeded the 1 million mark.

Because the original version of the Osaic browser was developed by Mark Anderson with funding from the NCSA National Computer Center at the University of Illinois, the University of Illinois owns Osaic, and the patented technology of the Osaic browser was transferred to a company called Telescope Entertainment.

Thursday, 10 November 1994

"What are you saying that Telescope Entertainment asked us to change the name osaic immediately for the company, otherwise it will sue us for infringement" Mark Anderson looked at Jim Clark in disbelief and asked, he didn't expect to be stabbed by his alma mater when he was a little successful in starting a business.

"Yes, our company has already received a lawyer's letter from Telescope Entertainment, and if we don't change our name, we will compensate them a large sum of money. Jim Clark said with a headache, and Jia Lei couldn't help but speak when he heard this.

"It stands to reason that you Chinese people should have more copyright meaning than me, a Chinese person, but did the two of you forget such a big thing as trademark and patent rights when you set up the company?" Jia Lei asked speechlessly,

If the other party is ruthless, they can be directly sued in court now, and then they can easily use the osaic browser brand they broke out of.

In fact, Telescope Entertainment Company has this idea, because the technology and browser version they got from the University of Illinois are so inferior that they can't compete in the market with Mosaic Company's new Osaic SCAE 09 browser, so they want to use the name of Mosaic Browser to help them increase their value.

"I was negligent because I gave the name Mosaic when I invented the new software called the browser, so I subconsciously used the original name when I developed the new product.

Most of the naming rules for new software developed in China are named after adding numbers on the basis of the original, so when I develop a new version of the browser, I directly add numbers after the original name to distinguish the version," Mark Anderson quickly apologized, saying that this incident was indeed caused by his negligence.

"I can't blame you for this matter, you are just an engineer in charge of researching technology, so it is normal that you have not thought about trademark rights, but as the chairman of this company, I should not have neglected such a serious issue as trademark copyright, and this matter should be my responsibility.

You know, I've already started a startup before, so I should have some post-creation management experience.

But I actually made such a low IQ mistake after running a company once, no wonder I was kicked out of the company I founded. I'm really not a guy who can run a company and be the boss," Jim Clark said with a wry smile as he realized that he might not really be a leader.

"Okay, it's time like this, is it any use that you two are still arguing about whose responsibility is for this matter

The most important question for us now should be how to solve the problem of this trademark infringement case

If you have time to admit your mistakes and repent here, you might as well call all the people in the company to meet to solve this problem and set up a crisis public relations action team. Jia Lei looked at the two IT men in front of him who were blaming themselves and said with a headache, sure enough, he couldn't count on the emotional intelligence and management ability of these high-tech programmers.

"That's right, I'm going to ask the PR department to set up a crisis PR team right now to solve this problem. Jim Clark's eyes lit up after listening to Jia Lei's words, and said that this is the best way to deal with this matter.

"You don't just prepare a crisis public relations team, you also have to be prepared to find the best lawyer to prepare for a lawsuit, otherwise the ultimate ownership of our browser trademark rights and patent rights may not be anyone's. Jia Lei said with a headache.

"I see, I'll contact my lawyer right away. Jim Clark nodded immediately, and then he flew out for a meeting.

"You said that Telescope Entertainment wants to compete with us for the patent rights of the browser, but this should not be

As a software designer, I still have the most basic work ethic, and after I came out to start my own business, in order to conflict with the university's copyright, every line of code in the new version of the browser was rewritten by myself, and he would never conflict with the software patent rights of the University of Illinois.

In terms of software technology patents, we have the right to technology patents, and I have filed a case with the Patent Office. Mark Anderson hurriedly explained to Jia Lei.

"Whew, that's fine, that is, we only need to solve the trademark use rights of the company and the browser now, then this matter will be simple," Jia Lei finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said that in high-tech companies, only patent rights are the most important.

"But how can this matter be simple, the other party wants to fight a lawsuit with us, I have never been in a lawsuit with anyone when I am so old. Mark Anderson asked anxiously, he is now just a college graduate in his early 20s, of course, he will be at a loss when it comes to such a lawsuit.

"Don't worry, as the president of a company or a rich man, I haven't fought a few lawsuits, I'm good at this

Especially in the United States, it is easier to fight a lawsuit, as long as I am willing to spend money to hire a few barristers, I can win the lawsuit, not to mention that this time we have a reason.

As long as you can ensure that our company's browser technology patent rights are in your hands, about the company and the browser's name trademark rights or something, we can just change one of them.

Anyway, we are not the kind of old enterprise that has been in business for hundreds of years and is worth billions of dollars just by one trademark, can we just change the name? Jia Lei said indifferently, he really felt that the name Mosaic was really not as good as Netscape.

It turns out that Jia Lei still wonders why Netscape is called Mosaic Company now, it seems that Netscape Company had to change its name because of this lawsuit in the previous life, and the reason why Jia Lei has never heard of the name Mosaic is because it existed for too short a time in the Internet history in the previous life.

Jia Lei was right, after Jim Clark took the lawyer and the public relations department to the telescope entertainment company to communicate with the other party, he learned that the other party did fall in love with Mosaic, a name that became famous in the Internet industry, and wanted to take the trademark into his hands.

November 15, 1994

Early in the morning of the second day, Jia Lei and Jim Clark went to Telescope Entertainment to negotiate with the other party about copyright, and of course people from the University of Illinois were also there.

"No, the word of mouth of our Mosaic Company's browser has spread, and now there are millions of users, how can you let us change the name of the software now," Jim Clark said with a frown in Telescope Entertainment, and as soon as they came in, the other party forcefully asked them to erase all the names of Mosaic from the company and the trademark.

"If you don't change your name, you won't succeed, because the copyright of the name Mosaic belongs to the NCSA Computer Center of the University of Illinois, and if you want to occupy the name Mosaic, it will be tantamount to going against the NCSA and the national government.

Now NCSA has licensed the trademark Mosaic to our company, and if you don't change the name, we will only see you in court. The people from Telescope Entertainment sneered and said that he must get Mosaic the world's No. 1 browser brand no matter what.

"Do you mean that the matter of imposing trademark copyright with us is what the people at the University of Illinois NCSA mean?" Jia Lei asked suddenly, he felt that if this was the case, he was afraid that something would happen.

"Yes, there are a lot of bright students and inventors at the University of Illinois who can take the name mosaic back and work on a new browser on their own, and then the two of us can work together on new software. The man from the telescope company nodded and said.

"You're deceiving people too much, aren't you?

Before we launched the Osaic SCAE 09 software, there were less than 10,000 users of browsers on the Internet.

This market has been developed by our Mosaic Company, and isn't it the same as someone else planting the tree and picking the fruit themselves?" asked Jim Clark in disbelief, it was despicable to do so.

"How can you say that we and the University of Illinois would not have developed the OSAIC browser if it hadn't been for the NCSA giving Mr. Mark Anderson enough research equipment and funding to develop the OSAIC browser.

The copyright of the name of the browser Mosaic originally belonged to the University of Illinois, and we want to get it back now, is there anything wrong with that?" said the telescope company disdainfully, he didn't believe that two small businessmen who had just started a business could fight for a university and their big company.

"You're going too far, I've spent nearly $5 million on this new version of the browser, and now you want to take the name away, so what are we going to do," Jim Clark roared, saying that if the company did go to court, he would go bankrupt.

"Don't worry, we won't do such a ruthless thing, after all, the people at the University of Illinois don't want to have a bad reputation in the academic world, so they will bring you over in advance to discuss, if our hearts are really black, we will meet you directly in court." Said the people from Telescope Entertainment.

Hearing this, Jim Clark couldn't help clenching his fists and gritted his teeth in anger, Jia Lei saw that things were not good and hurriedly walked over to stop him behind him.

"What you said is right, according to copyright law, the trademark name osaic does belong to the two of you, but our company's current situation is a bit special.

Although we also want to give you back your trademark, we already have millions of customers around the world, and it is not possible to get them to replace the trademark overnight.

So I'm here to ask you Telescope Entertainment and the University of Illinois to tolerate us for a while, so that we can replace the trademarks used by our customers, is that okay?" Jia Lei curled the corners of his mouth slightly, squinting his eyes and pleading.

"But since you are willing to put the osaic browser in the first place, Anderson invented it, and our university will not erase all of his credit. The people at the University of Illinois NCSA Computer Center, who had been listening to the room, finally spoke for the first time, and as a group of intellectuals, the University of Illinois people were not as calculating as the businessmen of the Telescope Entertainment Company.

"Then I'll take Mark Anderson first to thank the professors for their understanding, you can rest assured that we will go back to prepare for the name change, I promise that our company and the company's products will never use the name mosaic again in the future." Jia Lei immediately smiled and said, although Jim Clark was unwilling, there was no other way to get to this point.

"Wait, what if you deliberately delay the time and don't give us back the name Osaic," said the person from the entertainment company who put glasses on his glasses.

"What do you mean by that, don't you think we're the kind of villains who go back on their word," Jim Clark said with a red face of disbelief, feeling insulted to his personality.

"Hmph, we will never delay deliberately, don't worry, I won't do such a tasteless thing," Jia Lei sneered and said, osaic is just a name, and it is not worth fighting for.

"No, I'm still not worried that Mosaic Browser is now too influential in the world, we must quickly take down this osaic trademark from your products and return it to us." The people of the telescope entertainment company said anxiously that at this time, major companies have begun to want to grab customer share on the Internet.

"As soon as possible, then what do you want us to do as soon as possible," Jia Lei asked with a sneer.

The person from this telescope entertainment company is also too anxious, his appearance is too ugly.

"I hope you'll give us back the Osaic trademark by the end of this year," the Telescope Entertainment guy thought about it.

"Are you crazy, it's November 15th, and it's only a month and a half before the end of the year, how can we deal with this in such a short time," Jim Clark asked in disbelief, which was a bit too strong.

"You let us complete the company name change and software name change within 45 days, this is really too difficult, can you give us a few more days," Jia Lei asked hesitantly, after all, the name change of such a large company mainly involves too many things.

"I'm afraid it's not a bad browser, it's not a particularly difficult technology, and now there are people from other universities trying to copy it, so we really can't afford to delay it for too long. The University of Illinois guy spoke.

After they take the trademark back, they have to upgrade and modify the original rudimentary browser before it can be reissued, and during this period, more schools and companies will compete with them for this browser project.

"Okay, we get it, don't worry, in 45 days we'll definitely be completely out of the name Mosaic and our Osaic name. After listening to the explanation of the people at the University of Illinois, Jia Lei replied coldly that it seems that even noble scientists will bow their heads in the face of huge interests.

"Then we're decided," said the people from the Glasses Entertainment Company happily when they heard this, and the people from the University of Illinois nodded with satisfaction.

"Now that the matter is over, then we can leave, after all, we are very short of time now, and we can't waste a minute or a second," Jia Lei said meaningfully.

"Yes," the man from Telescope Entertainment nodded.

"Hmph, Jia Lei, let's go, I don't want to stay in the same room with this group of despicable villains anymore" Jim Clark glanced at the people in the room disdainfully and then left angrily, Jia Lei politely nodded goodbye to everyone in the room, and then hurriedly followed.

"It's useless for you to get angry at this point, let's go back and find a way. Jia Lei persuaded Jim Clark to say.

"I know we should go back and figure out what to do now, I just can't swallow this breath, why should we give up the browser market that we have worked so hard to develop to those people," Jim Clark said angrily.

"Why do you say it's up to you two engineering men to stuff code in their heads, and there is not a single legal provision at all, so we deserve to suffer this loss. Jia Lei couldn't help but roll his eyes and said.

If the two engineering men, Jim Clark and Mark Anderson, had figured out the relevant copyright and patent laws before they started the company, there would have been no such thing.

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