Chapter 153: Intellectual property

After leaving Mahmoud’s room, Tan Zhenhua found Zheng Xiangqing and Zhan Nuozhu who were chatting in the lobby. He asked, "Brother Zhan, Xiang Qing, how could this trip to Xiangjiang be so fast?" In my impression, even if the efficiency of the government over there is high, it is not so high, right? It took only three days to get down, and Xiang Qing’s round-trip time had to be counted. I thought it would have to wait ten and a half days. Months."
Zheng Xiangqing explained with a smile: "It's because of Mr. Zhan, a commissioning firm and a law firm that he looked for have all hands and eyes. As long as they give money, they do things very smoothly. In fact, they didn't spend much money. They spent money inside and out. It’s all done for less than $2,000."
"Oh? Is that law firm good?"
"Well, I heard that it is famous throughout Xiangjiang. It is quite large. I think their office space occupies a large floor."
Tan Zhenhua turned to Zhan Nuozhu: "Brother Zhan, what is the background of this law firm, is it reliable?"
Zhan Nuozhu wondered: "Are you going to file a lawsuit in Xiangjiang? With whom?"
Tan Zhenhua had no choice but to spread basic knowledge to the illiterate: "Who said that lawyers can only go to court, I tell you, some lawyers don't even need to go to court once in a lifetime. For example, this time helping Xiang Qing complete the various aspects of starting a company. Government formalities. And I just happened to find a reliable law firm to help me deal with some things, not to go to court."
Zhan Nuozhu Shen said: "Reliability is definitely reliable. That law firm is called "Huiheng Law Firm", and it is the royal use of the Rong family. The specific background is not clear to people at my level. I just used their power this time to speed up our progress. If you want to contact them, I can help, but you have to tell me what it is for, because as far as I know, they pick up customers. Very picky."
"Rong family." Tan Zhenhua sighed and sighed. It's no wonder that this energy is not surprising. He explained to Zhan Nuozhu: "I actually want to find a law firm proficient in patents to help me deal with some patent and intellectual property matters."
"What? What is a patent? What the is this intellectual property? Knowledge is knowledge, and he still has property rights?"
Tan Zhenhua had no choice but to continue to spread science to the blind: "Brother Zhan, you know, I am a person who likes to toss. You see what I have been tossing about recently. What kind of mini fans, 4-rotor drones, of course, some have not been tossed yet. I understand, but something that I have to understand sooner or later, but this thing is tossed out, what if someone wants to plagiarize? In the Western world, there is such a saying, called "intellectual property" or "patent", which means that I invented something , That’s mine, you have to plagiarize, that’s not good, I can go to the court to sue you, you have to pay me money. You can use it, give me the money, I give you authorization, you can use it."
Zhan Nuozhu thought for a long time before he came around: "According to your statement, if a new technology invented by 4014 is used by 4038, then 4014 must agree to it, and 4038 has to pay 4014?"
Tan Zhenhua smiled and said, "Although this example is not suitable, it means roughly this."
Zhan Nuo shook his head like a rattle: "How can this work? Does this obviously violate the national policy of a game of chess? If every business unit cherishes its own technology, how can our country's science and technology develop?"
Tan Zhenhua said sternly: "Brother Zhan, you only know one thing and don't know the other. Indeed, on the surface, the implementation of patents restricts the exchange and progress of technology, but in deep thinking, this company that makes profits by selling technology There will be more sufficient funds and motivation to research more advanced technologies, and other companies have the motivation to develop different alternative technologies in order to save costs. The competition between each other has promoted the overall technological progress. Technological companies have to earn some processing hard money honestly, or simply wait to be eliminated."
He paused, and then said: "Our country has not yet started in this area, but the developed countries in the West have done a good job in this area. For example, the mini fan I made, don’t look at its small and inconspicuous. At the beginning, I also used a lot of brains to do this. Xiang Qing and the others also spent a lot of money to make the trial production successful, but you don’t think it is selling very hot now, but I bet that at the Canton Fair next spring, in the exhibition hall The overwhelming thing will be this, why, because this thing is actually very simple, it doesn’t take much effort to imitate, and then everyone kills the price, we lose money internally, and finally we are profited by foreign merchants. Why? Because we don’t have such a good protection mechanism! This is still domestic."
After taking a breath, Tan Zhenhua continued:
You take this 4-rotor drone again. Today we negotiated a sale of 500 units. The profit seems to be very generous, but don’t forget, whether it’s the U.S. itself or the U.S. Europe’s R&D and production capacity is not even stronger than ours. It is not impossible for them to imitate similar products. Will we still be able to make this money then?
But if we apply for a patent, it will be different. If they want to imitate it, OK, give us money, or I will sue you and sue you for bankruptcy, then they must figure out whether it is worth it or not. It’s safe to buy my patent, and if we take the license fee for this patent, we can carry out further research and develop this product even better. We don’t need a penny of national scientific research funding. You say, this sale Is it worth doing? "
Zheng Xiangqing interjected: "Brother Zhan, Zhenhua specifically raised this issue when we were engaged in mini fans. We also adopted several defensive measures. However, we still don’t know what effect we can achieve. There is also such a provision for patent applications, so we can rest assured, otherwise, who would be willing to invest in researching and developing new products? How easy it is to wait for someone to make a copy."
Zhan Nuozhu rubbed his chin for a long time before he said: "What you said has some truth, but I can't mix things with national policies, so let me help you contact this "Hui Heng" Law firm", as for other things, talk about it yourself. Of course, I certainly agree with the premise of protecting our technology."
While they were talking, Will and Mahmoud went downstairs with their luggage, and they were about to set off to the magic capital. Several people exchanged simple greetings, and got into Zhan Nuozhu’s car together. He will take the two to the railway station, while Tan and Zheng will drop by to Ning Hang because Professor Guo informed Tan Zhenhua that someone Came from Harbin Institute of Technology to meet investors.
Without words all the way, Tan Zhenhua and Zheng Xiangqing got out of the car at the gate of Ninghang, and after saying goodbye to Will and Mahmoud again, they stepped into the campus.
After all, universities are the easiest place to absorb all kinds of fresh culture. Even in 1981, when it was still relatively closed, Tan Zhenhua actually saw the red banner "Welcome Christmas" hanging on a certain building, with two hanging beside it. A big red lantern, quite a festive flavor of combining Chinese and Western. Tan Zhenhua smiled and said to Zheng Xiangqing: "This is Christmas as the Spring Festival. This group of students really know how to play."
Zheng Xiangqing has long been immune to the fresh vocabulary that Tan Zhenhua's mouth pops up from time to time. He smiled and said: "They are all young people, don't you just want to be a lively chant? You treat them as they really believe." The two said with a smile and walked into Guo Rongwei's office. .
Guo Rongwei was chatting with an old man in the office, and when they came in, he smiled and said, "Zhenhua is here? Come, let me introduce to you. This is Professor Wang Jishan Wang of Harbin Institute of Technology, that is, I will tell you. The expert who studies batteries mentioned that the new nickel-cadmium battery technology was invented by Professor Wang."
Tan Zhenhua stepped forward and respectfully held the old professor's hand and called out: "Professor Wang." Then he stepped back and introduced himself: "My name is Tan Zhenhua, a disciple of Professor Guo," and then pointed to Zheng Xiangqing next to him, " This is Mr. Zheng Xiangqing, CEO of Xiangjiang Huaqing Investment. He wants to invest in your battery technology."
Zheng Xiangqing said that I don't know anything, why should I invest in batteries? However, he cooperated with Tan Zhenhua many times, and they were quite in agreement with each other, so he stepped forward and shook hands with Wang Jishan and said, "Professor Wang, after hearing Zhenhua talk about your product, our company intends to develop together with you, so I take the liberty to invite you over. Up."
Wang Jishan turned his head and asked Guo Rongwei: "Lao Guo, you didn't make it clear to me that this is a Xiangjiang company? I'm afraid this is not convenient."
Guo Rongwei was also a little dumbfounded. In just a few days, he, a disturbed named student, actually tossed the Xiangjiang company out again, and couldn't help but frown and look at Tan Zhenhua.
Tan Zhenhua smiled and said, "Professor Wang, Professor Guo, don’t get me wrong. Xiang Qing is an out-and-out Chinese Wenzhou native. The reason he set up a Xiangjiang company is to facilitate the operation of our single drone business. Guo Professor, you also participated in the negotiation in the early stage. You should know that some Americans require that it is more convenient to operate through Xiangjiang."
Guo Rongwei came to understand, and smiled and explained to Wang Jishan: "Pharaoh, don't worry about it. They used a layer of skin to fool the Americans." After that, he briefly introduced the 4-rotor drone. Wang Jishan just let go of the matter, he didn't want the things he had finally made out to foreigners for nothing.
A few people chatted and sat down, Tan Zhenhua asked: "Professor Wang, Professor Guo has already explained to you our products. The most urgent need is to improve the existing battery modules. I heard that you have ready-made solutions. , It’s just the final experiment. Is that true?"
Mentioned this matter, Wang Jishan felt resentful:
"Xiao Tan, I do not hide it from you, it is true. I have studied a new preparation process and method of battery electrodes, called "the method of preparing rechargeable battery electrodes with foamed nickel infiltration technology". All theoretical deductions have been made. After the completion, some basic experiments have also been verified, and good results have been obtained. According to my estimation, after adopting this method, the battery production cost can be reduced by at least 15% and the energy storage can be increased by 40%. Unfortunately, because the school has interrupted the supply The financial support for this project has not been able to apply for the national project approval.
After saying this, the feeling of regret is beyond words.
Tan Zhenhua smiled slightly and asked softly, "Professor Wang, have you ever thought about developing and producing this battery yourself?"