"Unfortunately, we don't have a core patent for 4G." Terry said regretfully at the crisis response meeting. "Originally, Nokia had a number of 4G core patents, but when the mobile phone business was spun off, because these core patents were also necessary for system equipment, these core patents were assigned to Nokia's parent company."

As the manager, Terry is very clear about this situation, because when the price was 5 billion, Nokia was very serious about the price rebound, and believed that the value of the mobile phone business was seriously underestimated. However, the burden of the mobile phone business cannot be carried by Nokia indefinitely.

Therefore, when dividing patents, the core patents are consciously tilted towards the parent company.

These things, only very expert people know, although Cai Siqiang and they also hired a professional company to audit the business split, but Nokia in terms of fixed assets is very fair, basically according to the ownership of personnel to divide fixed assets, the audit is impeccable, and there are more than 10,000 patents, of which a few less and a few more are really inconspicuous.

In short, after the spin-off, the new Nokia mobile device company lacked the capital to compete with Apple on 4G patents.

Obviously, Apple's knife is also aimed at the key point of the new Nokia Mobile, and the other party wants to say that there is no internal response in Nokia, but the pigs don't believe it.

It's just that Terry is very confused as to why Nokia ignored the patent assistance request from the new Nokia Mobile this time.

You know, now Nokia still has a 30% stake in the new Nokia Mobile. Sitting back and watching the interests of the new Nokia Mobile suffer is also very detrimental to the interests of the parent company.

"What will happen if we ignore this lawyer's letter?" Cai Siqiang asked. He really didn't have any experience with this thing.

"If we do not reach an understanding with Apple and the other party initiates an infringement lawsuit, then in the country where the lawsuit is initiated, the other party can file a temporary ban on the sale of our company's products." The legal counsel replied. "To put it simply, as long as Apple files a lawsuit in any country in the EU, then he can apply to temporarily ban the sale of our products in the EU, and the same is true in the United States."

"So, no matter if you win or lose the lawsuit, as long as they file a lawsuit, our products may be banned from sale?" When Cai Siqiang heard this, his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, "This regulation is very unreasonable, what if they lose the lawsuit?" Isn't our product a great loss of opportunity? ”

Of course, if we win the lawsuit, we can file a counterclaim to demand compensation from the other party for the losses caused by this, and attach huge punitive damages. Therefore, in foreign countries, intellectual property lawsuits are the most expensive, and protracted litigation not only consumes huge financial resources on top of the lawsuit itself. What's more, winning or losing a lawsuit can even determine the fate of a company. The legal counsel said.

"As far as the evidence provided by the other party is concerned, our product does use their patent, and if we file a lawsuit on the basis of this evidence, we basically have no chance of winning the lawsuit." These words of the legal counsel made the senior executives of SAL and the new Nokia Mobile Company who attended the meeting feel cold.

"So there's basically nothing we can do right now. Either stop selling the product abroad on its own, or wait for the lawsuit and pay huge compensation? Cai Siqiang heard the legal counsel say this, and his heart kept sinking. It's hard to create a cash cow, and in the blink of an eye, it may be yesterday's yellow flower. With such a huge gap, no one can stand it.

"Is it possible to circumvent these patents?" Duke asked.

"I can't." Terry shook his head. "These are all basic 4G features, and if we remove them, it will affect the use of 4G functions by customers."

Hearing Terry say this, Duke fell into deep thought. This kind of patent that has to be used is really tricky.

"Give me a copy of the patents we have now, and I'll see what we have now," Duke said to Terry after a moment's thought. "I don't believe that out of so many things, I can't find a few apples that I have to use." Duke said harshly.

"If it weren't for the core patents, they might have avoided them. Although some of our 4G patents may also be used by the other party, because they are not in the 4G standard, after we put them forward, they have every chance to replace these patented technologies with other technologies. Terry knew what Duke was thinking.

But apparently Terry understands this thing more thoroughly, and in terms of non-core patents, there is no doubt that Apple and Nokia mobile phones use some of each other's things. The reason why Apple did not use these patents to threaten Nokia mobile phones is that it sees that both sides actually have a handle on these non-core patents, and they cannot play a fatal role.

Only the core patents that enter the 4G implementation standard are a big hole that people can't get around.

"Send me the information first." Duke insisted lightly.

"Okay, I'll tell the technical department to copy all the patent documents in a moment." Terry saw that Duke insisted on breaking through in this aspect, although he was a little disapproving, but this was the boss's request, and Terry couldn't say anything more.

At this meeting, everyone only confirmed the seriousness of the incident, and as for the countermeasures, it was not mature. Although the legal counsel suggested that the settlement negotiations with Apple should be held, that is, in the face of Apple's threat, the company would pay royalties to settle the matter.

Of course, if the company does bow to Apple, then the patent licensing fee will be extremely expensive, so that the cost of the new Nokia Mobile phone will rise significantly, which will greatly reduce the competitiveness to some extent.

What's worse is that Apple is not the only one that has 4G core patents, Samsung, Qualcomm, LG and even Microsoft have a lot of them.

Therefore, the mistake is a last resort, the company must not bow its head, the price of this bow is too serious, it is not good to either become a worker of these foreign patent owners, or give up the entire foreign market.

As for the domestic market, it can probably be sustained by the government's current protective policies.

It's just that as a result, at least 60 percent of the market has been forced to lose. It's a big business that's tens of billions of dollars a year. Thinking about Cai Siqiang, Duke and others are a little aggrieved, who knows that Nokia actually dug a big hole for everyone in this place, and the lesson is profound.

It seems that there is still a long way to go before we can truly go to the international market and become a world-class player, and there are many courses to be filled.