However, although we can be conservative and agree to Apple's suggestion for the time being, the problem is that if we agree, although we enjoy the advantage of information asymmetry, will we also miss the opportunity to deal with Apple? This matter is really important, because I feel that for Apple to come here and say a word and then develop peacefully and finally successfully develop the iPhone, this seems too pacifist, right? That's right, giants like IBM, Intel, etc., once they see a small company that can threaten them, then they will use their patented iron fist to beat the opponent until they vomit blood, or even directly open it. The patented tank truck crushed the opponent's company into powder!
A company like Transmeta in the United States has just begun to develop an ultra-low-power CPU specifically for mobile platforms. When the news came out, hardware vendors across the United States were shocked, and everyone speculated about the future. Such a company would make Intel very uncomfortable. But at this moment, Intel launched a patented tank car, and filed patent lawsuits against Transmeta one after another, forcing a company that had just been born and had not yet produced its first product to the point where it had no intention of letting go all day long. Working on products! As a result, after several years of delay, the lawsuit has not yet come to a conclusion, but Transmeta is on the verge of bankruptcy! Why? Because people don¡¯t have money in their accounts, they still have to litigate with Intel all day long. This takes a lot of time and energy, and hiring a lawyer also costs a lot of money! Doesn't it mean that if you can't get out without getting in, you will go bankrupt?
Intel can be so ruthless, and even IBM is more "kind-hearted". They are all kinds of extortion, and they also come to ask others to pay protection fees of 20 million or so in order to develop safely. Even Microsoft, a good friend in the past, now saw that China Hi-tech was going to develop independently and compete with them. It really didn't blink an eye and asked for a protection fee of 100 million US dollars! This is the attitude of the giant crocodile! This is the aura and majesty of being a boss! And our Huaxia Hi-Tech should be considered to be on the road to becoming a giant now, right? But why is it that when we bully a "rising star" like Apple, people come and tell both sides to call it a truce, and then it becomes a peace and a truce? The other party didn't even apologize or make amends, and the end was like this? Is Jia Hongjian going to watch a potential competitor like Apple safely develop their iPhone series? No matter how I thought about it, I felt that it was too cowardly to agree to Cook¡¯s words like this!
So now it seems that there is a problem if we don¡¯t agree to it. It seems that Apple will realize that Huaxia Hi-Tech already knows about the problems they are developing iPhones. And if you agree. It also seems too soft and not tough at all. How can I fix this? Suddenly, Jia Hongjian felt as if Huaxia Hi-Tech was suddenly faced with a dilemma. Why does it suddenly seem like I can neither move forward nor retreat? So how should you choose? It was already annoying enough at such a time, but who knew it would happen at such a time. Cook, who was on the side, came to urge him - "Mr. Jia, I don't know what you think? Why don't both sides just call it a day and withdraw their troops?"
"I'll think about it and then talk" Who said Jia Hongjian had to give an answer on the spot? He doesn't just drag. And it has to be done very well, so that Apple doesn¡¯t feel strange at all! "Such an approach of not poaching each other is really a bit of a legal risk. We at Huaxia Hi-tech still have to think about it before talking about it. Well, I'll give you a call when I think about it later." Jia Hongjian stood up and reached out to Tim -Cook, the meaning is very obvious, that is, to "serve tea to guests". Although Tim Cook was a little surprised by Jia Hongjian's reaction, since Jia Hongjian was about to see off guests, could he still hang on? So soon, he left a business card for Jia Hongjian, "Whenever you think about it, call me anytime." After smiling, Tim Cook turned around and walked out of Jia Hongjian's house. office.
Seeing Tim Cook leave, Jia Hongjian sat down and turned around, half-lying on his boss chair and looking at the scenery outside the office window, and then started to think. Yes, although such a matter seems to be problematic whether it goes forward or backward, Jia Hongjian has never been a troubled person! Even if there are problems if we go forward or backward, then we just choose a direction and then find a way to make the problems in that direction no longer a problem. Isn't that okay? Let's even think about it and see if there is a way to get the best of both worlds. Wouldn't it be over? What a big deal? To get the best of both worlds, first of all, it must not arouse Apple's suspicion, so that Apple will not suspect that Jia Hongjian or Huaxia Hi-Tech knows that they are developing iPhones, and then, it must also hinder Apple's research and development. Purpose. So what can we do to reach such a point?
Intel and IBM have patented things like Iron Fist, but Huaxia Hi-Tech is a new company and does not have so many patents Hey, wait! Why does Jia Hongjian remember that his company seemed to have registered a related touch screen patent in the United States before 2000? That¡¯s right! At that time, Jia Hongjian wanted to be a patent troll, so after recruiting a powerful person like Ni Guangnan early on, he asked Ni Guangnan and the others to develop capacitive touch screens and resistive touch screens, and finally introduced multi-touch capacitive touch screens. The touch screen has been patented! However, what Jia Hongjian and others applied for at that time should be a patent on the principle of capacitive screens, that is, a patent on how to interact with the screen through capacitive sensing. In such a patent, there is a "clause" that stipulates a relatively detailed method to determine the location of the touch point. So in fact, if Apple wants to bypass it, they can use another algorithm or sensing method. of.
Although according to the patent law in the United States, if Apple adopts another method, it may be merged into China Hi-Tech's method, which will be considered an infringement, but this is not certain. , and it is possible for Apple to escape disaster! Thinking of this, Jia Hongjian hurriedly called Luo Feng and asked Luo to report to him the patents applied by Huaxia Hi-Tech and Holmes on touch screens and related mobile phones. Only after this understanding did I know that Huaxia Hi-Tech has applied for and owned quite a lot of patents! Unfortunately, almost ten years ago, Jia Hongjian began to have people develop things in this area, so now almost every result has been turned into a patent!
In addition to the patent on how to determine the operating point from the touch point on a capacitive screen, there is also an algorithm patent for finely identifying the operating point when touching the center and edge of the screen - such a thing was what Jia Hongjian allowed them to do back then. It would be better to write it out. When performing a touch operation on the edge of the screen, the system determines not to deviate very far from such an instruction. Then, in addition to such software patents, of course there are also hardware patents, such as the touch sensor, or to put it bluntly, it is the thing in the touch screen that is specifically responsible for sensing touch. , the related production patents and improvement patents are also owned by Huaxia Hi-Tech globally! Even further, when making a call on a mobile phone, a sensor that automatically turns off the screen when your face is close to it, and automatically brightens when your face moves away, is also Huaxia Hi-Tech's patent - of course it is combined with the screen. A later patent.
From these aspects, Huaxia Hi-Tech has really made great efforts in researching the hardware of smartphones, especially touch-screen mobile phones, ten years in advance, so now many patents are in the hands of Huaxia Hi-Tech! Even from some aspects, China Hi-tech already has a patent wall! Although such a patent wall may not be broad or thick, and people may still find ways to bypass it with a lot of brainpower, but after all, it can already achieve some effects of hindering followers! Jia Hongjian doesn't know the time and space in history, why no one has applied for patents in this area, but now these patents belong to him, Jia Hongjian, and to his family Huaxia Hi-Tech! Even based on a 20-year patent period, these patents will not expire until 2020 at the earliest! Ha, look what Apple will do now! Unless they don't develop touch screen phones, as long as their iPhones are touch screen phones, they will be sued to death by Huaxia Hi-Tech!
By this time, Jia Hongjian suddenly felt so happy that he wanted to scream! After he came to the United States to develop in the 1990s, he was bullied everywhere because his company was not big enough. When I was planning to make a tablet prototype, I was actually threatened by Intel! Damn it, Jia Hongjian was so angry that he tried his best to get rid of the boss of Intel! Although the boss was finally brought down, it is still quite sad to talk about such a thing. Why does Intel dare to provoke us so casually? Isn¡¯t it because we have few patents? Isn¡¯t it because we are weak? Why do we even have to pay $100 million in protection fees to Microsoft? Isn¡¯t it because Microsoft is awesome? Isn¡¯t it because Microsoft has many patents? But it¡¯s different now!
At a time when smartphones are about to be updated and touch screens are becoming popular, Huaxia Hi-Tech has become the first company to master core patents. This means that in the future fields of smart phones and tablets, Huaxia Hi-Tech will be the largest The boss! Who allowed them to master the core patents? They can threaten whomever they want and sue whomever they want. How cool it feels! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!