Chapter 425: The Outcome of the Patent Infringement Lawsuit between Dawning and Microsoft
Therefore, it is an inevitable fact that in the future, the games of global game development companies will release the Dawning system version and the Weisoft system version at the same time!
As for which system will be released first for new games in the future, or whether the two systems will be released at the same time, then this is the business of the game company itself.
Manufacturers who have already developed new games with the new Unreal Engine 3 game engine don't have to worry about that.
Because the new version of the Unreal Engine 3 game engine can support three systems at the same time: Sugon computer operating system, Sugon smartphone system, and Weisoft operating system.
Once they've developed a game, they only need to tweak the way it works slightly, and then they're able to launch and sell the new game across three platforms.
This situation has also forced many game manufacturers to take the lead in setting their sights on the Unreal Engine 3 when developing new games.
Therefore, the business of Unreal Engine, a subsidiary of Sugon's R&D center, is ushering in a booming business.
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Time continued to pass like this, and in the blink of an eye, five days passed, and the time came to January 1, 2006.
On this day, Sugon Technology officially announced the business operation reports of Sugon Technology's mobile phones, computers, and software at noon.
As soon as the report of related business came out, it naturally triggered a global uproar, and in this case, the market value of Shuguang Technology also ushered in a round of soaring.
On January 3, 2006, the market value of Sugon Technology quietly exceeded 500 billion US dollars in a few days of soaring!
It's a miraculous market capitalization, one that has caused a global uproar.
Although there were many companies in the United States and even the world before, their market capitalization has reached the level of more than 500 billion US dollars.
But considering the identity of Sugon Technology as a company, the meaning of Sugon's market capitalization of $500 billion is really quite different.
However, the so-called good things do not come in pairs, when the market value of Dawning Technology officially exceeded the $500 billion mark.
The technology patent infringement lawsuit between Sugon Technology and Weisoft Company has finally reached a verdict, in which Sugon Technology undoubtedly lost the lawsuit.
After all, everyone has already revised the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, how can you not lose the lawsuit at this time?
Among them, Sugon Technology infringed on the technology patents of Weisoft Company because of a number of technical patents, and finally the Dali Temple of Meidi Country sentenced Shuguang Technology to compensate Weisoft Company for patent losses of 17 million US dollars.
As for the $5 billion patent loss compensation demanded by Weisoft before, it is because according to the "non-retroactive" principle in the Constitution of the United States.
Before this, although Sugon Technology did infringe on the technology patents of Weisoft Company, which also caused economic losses to Weisoft, it did not repair the loopholes at that time because the "Digital Millennium Copyright Law" had not been revised.
Therefore, in the past, the economic losses of Weisoft patent infringement were not pursued for compensation, as for the revision of the "Digital Millennium Copyright Law".
Because Dawning Technology moved quite quickly, it was only the day after an announcement issued by an institution in Meditech that it immediately forced the automatic update of the "Dawning Universal Interface Program".
In this case, the relevant legal liabilities will naturally not fall on the head of Sugon Technology.
In the end, Dawning Technology did lose the lawsuit, and also compensated Weisoft for some patent infringement losses.
After all, the previous Dawning computer operating system did inadvertently infringe on the technical patents of a small part of Weisoft's system.
However, those technology patents are obviously unimportant technology patents, and the actual economic losses caused are not large.
Therefore, even if the Dali Temple of Meidi Kingdom deliberately favored Weisoft Company, the punishment of Shuguang Technology was dealt with strictly.
But in the end, the Dali Temple of Meidi Kingdom only ruled that Shuguang Technology should compensate Weisoft for $17 million.
And although this news made many people in Daxia unhappy, more people were relieved.
The previous patent infringement lawsuit between Shuguang Technology and Weisoft has been inconclusive, which has also made many people breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts.
Now that the verdict has come out, people are relieved and have no objection to the verdict.
After all, Dawning Technology only lost $17 million to Dawning Technology, and this loss is just a sprinkling of water for Dawning Technology.
It is estimated that he has been in a lawsuit with Weisoft for so long before, and the comprehensive expenses are more than $17 million.
But no matter what, the end of this lawsuit is a good thing for both Weisoft and Shuguang Technology.
After all, if the lawsuit continues, then both parties will have to keep taking money out to fight the lawsuit, and in the end, they will only feed the lawyer and lose themselves.
Therefore, this lawsuit between the two parties is over, and the two sides will definitely not stop competing in the future, but they should maintain a tacit understanding in the lawsuit.
The reason why Weisoft Company set off a lawsuit a few months ago was that they thought they had the handle of Shuguang Technology.
But now that she thinks she has no handle to kill, Wei Soft naturally doesn't want to fight any lawsuits, and puts her money into the lawsuit to feed those expensive lawyers.
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Daxia, Shuguang Technology.
"The lawsuit with Wei Soft has finally come to an end, although the loss is 17 million US dollars, but the loss is acceptable."
At this time, it was Rebus, the general manager of Shuguang Technology, who spoke with a relaxed expression at this time, and it could be seen that his mood was still quite good.
However, at this time, the financial director of Shuguang Technology on the side shook his head slightly, and then said helplessly:
"In fact, it is more than $17 million in losses, because of the legal fees and human and material costs of fighting the lawsuit for so long.
We've spent a total of $30 million on this lawsuit. ”
Hearing this, Ni Guangnan, the person in charge of the Shuguang R&D Center on the side, said with a painful face:
"Is the total expenditure already over $30 million?
That's equivalent to 240 million summer dollars, and if so much money is used for research and development, it can solve many problems. ”
After speaking, Ni Guangnan shook his head painfully, feeling painful for so much money being used in the lawsuit.
After all, there is no benefit in fighting this lawsuit with Wei Soft, but it has been posted nearly 30 million US dollars, isn't it painful?
In this regard, Chen Dong, the head of Shuguang Electronics on the side, also said with a smile:
"We both paid more than $30 million, and it should be about the same on Wei Soft's side.
And we are now compensating a lot smaller than we thought, before the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was revised.
If we lose the lawsuit, it is possible to lose more than a billion dollars, and now it is very good to only pay 17 million. ”
"That's right."
Ni Guangnan, who heard Chen Dong's words, also nodded lightly, and the discomfort in his heart was slightly better.
In this regard, Lin Chen on the side said thoughtfully:
"Next, we have to get back from Wei Soft and get back the more than $30 million we lost." (End of chapter)