Chapter 648: It's a Protracted Battle
"I think this gentleman's concern is completely unfounded, Apple has not infringed any patents of the Radiance phone, on the contrary, we have found that the Gphone of the Radiance phone is suspected of infringing our company's patents.
Our colleagues in the legal department have been sorting out the relevant information, and with this press conference, our company officially announced that it will sue Guanghui Mobile, demanding that they completely stop the sales of Gphone in the United States and compensate our company for the loss of 600 million US dollars", Jobs said "with a serious face".
For Apple, the giant of the American tech industry, there are always countless ways to deal with various lawsuits, and dragging the opponent into a marathon lawsuit is a very effective way.
This trick is especially useful when there is a dispute with a foreign company or a small business.
Setting up a litigation marathon trap is a common means used by multinational corporations to drag down developing countries' independent innovation and maintain technological monopolies.
Companies like Intel and Qualcomm often do this kind of thing, and Apple is no exception.
On the one hand, in the name of protecting intellectual property rights, it defends monopoly interests and sues the other party for infringement of its intellectual property rights out of nothing. Attempts to use litigation marathon traps and even other improper means to block the independent innovation of emerging enterprises.
Or, when caught up in a passive infringement case, the other party will bite the other party in turn, muddy the water, and drag the other party down through long-term litigation, so as to achieve the goal of out-of-court settlement or even direct reversal of defeat.
Apparently, Apple adopted the latter after urgent discussions to deal with the patent lawsuit against the Tejas phone.
Whether it is Steve Jobs of Apple or a professional in their legal department, they actually know in their hearts that according to conventional means, Apple is likely to lose the lawsuit.
Although Apple can delay the execution of the judgment by continuing to appeal after losing the case, this is not the best policy.
On the contrary, by biting back, taking advantage of Apple's home advantage, and dragging the glorious mobile phone into the water, then the final result is likely to be an out-of-court settlement.
Especially in terms of appearance patents, although the Gphone was registered first, the iphone also registered some patents, and sometimes, at the legal level, it is difficult to say who must have infringed on whom.
Of course, in fact, everyone knows who violated whom, but this kind of "fact" is useless in front of the law.
The most obvious is the patent dispute between Land Rover and Land Wind in later generations.
Whether Lu Feng infringed Land Rover's appearance patent or not, the people of the Celestial Empire know it.
"This kind of plagiarism is extremely frustrating, it is not allowed, the intellectual property rights belong to Jaguar Land Rover, and if the intellectual property rights are destroyed, it is a violation of the international norms applicable worldwide", the CEO of Land Rover said publicly in the media at the time that he wanted to defend his rights.
After Jaguar Land Rover registered a design patent in 2012, the Landwind X7 was also successfully registered in 2014.
This is very similar to the situation of Gphone and iphone, where the Gphone first registered a patent, and then the iphone also successfully registered a patent.
In the dispute between Land Rover and Land Wind, under the lawsuit of Land Rover, the National Patent Office finally cancelled the patent right of Land Wind X7, but the Land Rover Aurora was also canceled from the patent right.
In another 12-year-long Honda v. Shuanghuan case, the Bac Ha Provincial High Court finally found that Shuanghuan did not infringe on Honda's design patent rights, and Honda Co., Ltd. had to compensate RMB 16 million.
Of course, these two cases will have such a result, and it has something to do with the fact that China's patent examination system stipulates that no substantive examination is done for design patents, so design patents are easy to be authorized, and there are certain skills that can be successfully passed.
But do you think that there is no such situation in the United States?
Hehe~
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"Now for the last question of today's press conference, I would like to invite this reporter from the Los Angeles Times."
"As far as I know, the sales of iphones are far from catching up with Gphone, can it be proved that iphones are not as good as Gphone?"
"Rolls-Royce's sales are far from catching up with Chevrolet, can it prove that Rolls-Royce does not go to Chevrolet......?
Jobs answered this question with a bit of a sneaky idea.
Rolls-Royce and Chevrolet are not at all models of the same class and are not comparable.
This is different from the case of the Gphone and the iphone, which are positioned very closely.
If you really want to compare cars, it is better to compare Hyundai and Chevrolet.
However, what Jobs wanted was to change the concept!
"Well, that's it for today's press conference, thank you for participating."
Apple's spokesperson ignored the countless reporters who raised their hands and announced the end of the conference.
Some reporters who wanted to squeeze in front of Jobs and ask a few more questions were ruthlessly blocked by Apple's security guards.
Some reporters sat down and urgently edited the news, trying to make their website the first to publish information.
Guanghui mobile phone sued Apple, but was sued by Apple, this news should still be able to attract the attention of many people.
After all, Gphone and iphone, as the leaders of smartphones, are fighting against each other is something that many people are happy to see.
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Brilliant phone.
"Mr. Dai, just came from the United States with urgent information, Jobs announced at the press conference that he wanted to sue us, saying that our Gphone infringed the patent of the iphone."
"What are you kidding, when we went on the market, their iPhone was just developed for development, who came first and who came last? If you want to plagiarize, they will copy us."
"This is true in reason, but the final judgment of the law is not necessarily reasonable, and we must be fully prepared."
"You sort out the situation, and I'll report to Mr. Jiang later."
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When Jiang Hui learned this information, he was not so surprised, he could only say that Apple's approach made Jiang Hui have a deeper understanding of the "hooliganism" of American technology companies.
In fact, let Guanghui mobile phone sue Apple, Jiang Hui did not expect to be able to really ban the sale of iPhones.
With Apple's status in the United States, it is reasonable or unreasonable, and you Celestial Empire companies don't want to ban other people's products through lawsuits.
Don't think that the United States is really a society governed by the rule of law, the so-called legal system is also relative, and people always have the opportunity to find a way for you to deal with you within the so-called legal category.
Of course, if the Glorious mobile phone is also like Apple, a large company in the United States, then Apple is waiting to accompany the underwear.
However, now, at most, I will dream of disgusting and disgusting Apple, and by the way, I will advertise a dozen to let more Americans know about the Glorious Phone.
Other?
Forget it, let's wash and sleep.
Don't be naïve!
Grind slowly!
(End of chapter)