Chapter 647: Acting as a Hooligan with Righteousness
Although the market economy stresses fair competition, in fact the initiative is unfair.
If you master the technology, you will have the initiative, and if you have the initiative, you will have an advantage.
It's like Qualcomm, a company with more lawyers than engineers.
Qualcomm, a rogue in the tech world, is called second, and it is estimated that no one dares to call it first.
Qualcomm has 3,000 CDMA patents, but Qualcomm is not satisfied with receiving money, he has a "patent anti-licensing" agreement, as long as Qualcomm's chips are used, they must sign this agreement with Qualcomm.
The agreement stipulates that companies that use Qualcomm chips will have their patents counterlicensed to Qualcomm and will not be able to sue other Qualcomm customers for using these patents.
With this agreement, Qualcomm has made his chips more popular in the market.
Third-rate enterprises work hard, second-rate enterprises sell products, first-class enterprises sell technology, and super-first-class enterprises sell rulesβββ standards and certifications.
This is really not a joke.
This time, the glorious mobile phone is also going to enjoy the super-first-class treatment.
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"According to well-informed sources, Apple's latest iPhone is suspected of infringing on the patent of the Shining Phone and has been sued by the Shining Phone to demand that the sale be stopped and the related losses ...... compensated," Google News reported in the headlines of the technology sector.
As soon as this news came out, it quickly attracted widespread attention and forwarding.
In a short period of time, it became trending news on Facebook and Twitter.
"Apple, which has always liked to say goodbye, has also been sued by others, and it seems that it always has to be paid back."
"What company is Guanghui Mobile? Why haven't I heard of it?".
"Objectively speaking, many functions of the iphone are indeed suspected of plagiarizing the Gphone."
"Steve Jobs, who is good at miracles, is this a unique miracle for the American people?".
"Although I don't want to admit it, the iphone really doesn't work as well as the Gphone".
"Ban people from selling at every turn? Why do tech companies like to play this game now?".
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All sorts of comments flooded the Internet, and the major media outlets quickly flocked to Apple's headquarters to get first-hand information.
Apple is also a company with rich experience in handling emergencies, and when the majority of media poured in, they decided to hold a press conference temporarily.
"Ai Lishen, aren't you in charge of the news of the entertainment section of your website, why did you come over to join in the fun."
"Hey, Sam, you don't understand this, now the news of the glorious mobile phone suing Apple is not only in the headlines of technology, but also social news and entertainment news are reported everywhere."
"I didn't even notice it."
"It is the first time that a Celestial Empire company has come to Gao to infringe a patent by a technology company in the United States, and this is not a simple patent dispute case."
"You have a lot of sense when you say that."
"That's necessary, I won't talk to you, it looks like the press conference is about to start", Alishen said and began to squeeze towards the front of the crowd.
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Apple's press conference was attended by Jobs in person, which shows how high the status of the iPhone is in Jobs's eyes.
However, in fact, there is no need for Apple to say anything, and the reporters who came basically guessed the results of this press conference.
Regardless of whether or not it actually infringes on the patent of the Tejas phone, Apple will not admit that it has infringed the patent of the Tejas phone right now.
It sounds a bit awkward, but when you think about it, you can see it.
Although the world economy has entered the 21 st century, the development model has changed greatly, but the pattern of the big fish eating the small fish and the strong bullying the weak will never change.
Many small companies, even if they register patents, often do not end up being punished by the bad guys when the big companies infringe on their patents.
In the eyes of Apple, perhaps the Brilliant mobile phone is still a small company.
However, there are many cases of capsizing in the gutter, and who knows if Apple will also capsize this time.
"Hello everyone, first of all, thank you to the media friends for their concern and support to Apple, today our company held this press conference, what is the reason, I think everyone is very clear, I won't say more", Apple's director of public relations as the host of this press conference, his speech, means that the press conference officially began.
"Apple is committed to producing world-class products and providing an unparalleled user experience for consumers in the markets in which it operates.
Apple believes in protecting innovation and takes intellectual property seriously. We developed the iPhone so that users can feel the charm of smartphones.
Unfortunately, we didn't know about the Radiance Mobile patent until we launched the iPhone. Moreover, we do not believe that we are using their patents......
Our team has always worked hard to create products that exceed consumer expectations, and highly value the opinions and suggestions of every consumer......".
The spokesman said in a crackling voice for five minutes, anyway, it is a point of view: we Apple are very good, we have never plagiarized others, and we don't know that others have registered some iPhone-related patents......
This seems to be the unanimous view of large companies in dealing with various complaints and lawsuits.
Until there is a verdict, you will never admit that you have a problem.
Even if they know they have a problem, they know that the other party knows that they have a problem, and they also know that consumers know that they know they have a problem, but they just insist that they have no problem!
This was followed by a Q&A session at the press conference.
"Today, our CEO, Mr. Steve Jobs, was personally present at the press conference, and he was available to answer three questions. Okay, that beautiful woman with a raised hand, yes, it's you", the spokesperson spoke, signaling to the female reporter of Yahoo in the front row to ask a question.
"Hello, I'm Kritina from Yahoo, as far as I know, the Gphone of the Guanghui mobile phone was launched half a year earlier than your company's iphone, and from the user's evaluation, the Gphone is higher than the iphone, and many of the functions of the iphone are indeed very similar to the Gphone, how do you explain this problem, Mr. Jobs?".
"I don't know where you got the user reviews you said, I've always believed that the iPhone is the best, as for the problem of similar functions you said, if you look at the cars running on the road outside, which one is not similar in function, it doesn't mean anything", Jobs said with a displeased face.
"Okay, Kristina, thank you for your question, next, please have the friend in blue", the right to speak decisively interrupted Kritina, who wanted to ask, and invited the next reporter.
"Shining Mobile is asking Apple to stop selling iPhones and pay up to $300 million in damages, and I want to ask what you will do if the court finally rules that Apple is infringing?" asked Nibel from AOL, a question that Sanjobs was very unhappy about.
(End of chapter)