Southern Special Economic Zone.

This is the youngest city in the country.

It was originally just a small fishing village, but because reform and opening up began from a circle here, it caused great changes in the entire China.

This is the most cutting-edge position of China's reform and opening up.

Since it is the forefront of reform and opening up, the emergence of various new affairs is no longer surprising.

Three days a floor, a factory, etc., are already routine and no longer fresh.

It is very normal for all kinds of people to appear in this young city in China for the first time, and no one will be surprised.

However, on April 1, 1992, April Fool's Day in the West, on the 29th day of the Chinese lunar calendar, something shocked the world.

This incident shocked the whole world.

Of course, it is a good thing for many domestic companies.

But for some foreign companies, it is not that good.

More people who are obsessed with the feeling of being confused, they are curious, where did the Chinese get such great courage?

The 29th day of the fourth lunar month is the auspicious day of the zodiac.

But even on a zodiac auspicious day, some things are still unsuccessful, otherwise they will not be successful.

The old calendar states that it is advisable to: marry, build cars, collect procurement, make alliances, pray for blessings, sacrifices, install machinery, migration, enter houses, open markets, establish coupons, break ground, and burials.

The old calendar also points out that taboos: litigation!

But on this day, the Intermediate People's Court of the Special Administrative Region had a large number of people waiting as soon as they went to work in the morning.

As soon as I started working, the staff of the filing court received a large number of civil lawsuits.

It turned out that the plaintiff was in the same company, while the defendant had more than a dozen.

Not only that, more than a dozen defendants, including private individuals and corporate legal persons, and what's more serious is that they involve many foreign companies!

And it is related to patent rights.

Since the court was established in 1982, it is mainly responsible for the trial of intellectual property cases such as first-instance copyright (including computer software), trademark rights, patent rights, technical contracts, unfair competition, scientific and technological achievements rights, and new plant varieties rights; the Civil Trial Trial Division, which handles related reconsideration cases, has not opened very much.

Now, it’s fine. If you don’t open for three years, you’ll open for three years.

But this case cannot be solved in three years!

"This case involves foreign companies. We have not encountered it yet. How to file a case?"

"The same company sued so many companies and wanted foreign companies. How can I fight this lawsuit?"

"Guoguang Company actually has such great courage?"

The staff of the filing court were really confused.

They have discussed many times before, what should I do if I encounter such a case.

Guoguang VCD is now popular, and it can be said to be the most well-known product in China. Many people in the court have used the savings of many years to buy Guoguang VCD.

Whether or not this matter is filed or how to file it is extremely complicated.

What's more, the law firm from Xiangjiang submitted the complaint this time.

Although I have never heard of the name of this law firm before, it is not true that foreign monks can recite scriptures.

"Director Sun, Guoguang Company is in the SAR. According to their wishes, we will submit a civil complaint to your court. At the same time, we will submit a complaint to the courts where some companies in the United States, island countries, South Korea, and some European companies are located..." Zheng Baohe, director of the Baohe Law Firm, was in charge of this matter and explained directly when he saw that the president of the Legislative Yuan was alarmed.

He is from Xiangjiang.

But his boss Qi Zhengshan's boss is from mainland China.

Before this, the boss emphasized to him, be polite and don’t be domineering. Then the boss will get angry and no one can protect him.

"Lawyer Zheng, such a case is the first time in our country, and we need to discuss it..." The other party is not as arrogant and rude as other people in Xiangjiang, but the matter is of great importance. The president of the Legislative Council Sun Simin could not directly reply and said that the case could be filed immediately.

Whether to file a case requires reporting to superiors and waiting for instructions.

Crossing the river by feeling the stones is nothing to follow.

Zheng Baohe also knew the situation.

"There are often such transnational cases internationally. After the case is filed, if those companies abroad are not interested in the Chinese market, they can not respond. In addition, most of these companies have offices or branches in the mainland..."

Zheng Baohe knew that the mainland courts had little experience with these, so he directly made suggestions.

As for what happened later, he had no choice.

When Sun Simin reported to his superiors, the superiors immediately held an emergency meeting, analyzed the indictment and various supporting documents submitted by Guoguang's lawyers, and quickly made a decision to file a case!

After all, China is applying to join the World Trade Organization. This lawsuit is a large-scale lawsuit in China involving patent technology and other fields, and has a great positive effect on promoting the national intellectual property protection cause...

After the case was filed in the SAR court, the news was instantly passed on to the whole world by some interested people.

Then, the whole world was shocked.

What's more, as long as the companies involved are involved, someone will submit a complaint specifically in the court where these companies are headquartered...

The courts of the island countries and South Korea directly refused to file a case.

The courts in the United States and the Netherlands stated that they needed to investigate before discussing whether to file a case.

"This is simply a joke! Chinese people sue our American companies for infringing their patent rights?"

"China's technology is so backward that they do not pay attention to patents at all..."

"China is also making progress, filing lawsuits means that they have begun to pay attention to patents..."

"Guoguang Company, what is this company doing?"

"What exactly is VCD? Why are we with advanced technology lagging behind Chinese people?"

Internationally, with overwhelming reports, Guoguang, a company, has quickly become famous internationally.

Although many media accused the Chinese company of shamelessness and slandering other companies, some media even analyzed that it was Chinese companies that did such a mess for fame, and other companies did not involve infringement at all...

After all, Guoguang VCD products are simply not visible internationally.

No one knows these things, but some internationally renowned home appliance manufacturers have developed VCDs and have just been launched on the market...

In any case, after courts from various countries received the indictment, regardless of whether the case was filed or not, Guoguang VCD became popular.

"Slander! It's completely slandering! We already had CD technology patents in the 1970s, and they were infringing. Sony will reserve the right to pursue Guoguang Company's infringement liability..." Sony jumped out first.

Although they don't want to deal with it, they can't deal with it.

This is beyond their imagination.

Sony VCD has just been launched and has started to promote it, and the market sales have not even increased.

"Mr. Alan Tecke, I heard that the decoding chip used by your company's VCD is derived from the products of the 691 factory imitated by Xiangjiang Huasheng Technology. What do you think about this?"

Europe is also paying attention to this matter.

The Gulf War has ended, and the popularity of the collapse of the Soviet Union has also been hyped up.

The melon-eating crowds all over the world have become bored because they have lost the excitement.

Whether it is a TV station or a media, they have keenly discovered that the things in this can become a hot topic in the world.

China, which is synonymous with poverty and backwardness, has always been promoted internationally and disrespectful of intellectual property rights, sued most old-fashioned home appliance companies for the patented technology of a high-tech product.

It is strange that such a thing cannot attract the attention of the whole world.

The company that is sued will naturally come out to deal with it.

Especially in Europe, the home appliance market. Philips was sued as soon as it launched a VCD and made a full publicity. How can the reporter let it go?

Alan Tecco was transferred back to the European headquarters by Philips and was specifically responsible for this business, with James being responsible for the Chinese business.

Facing the reporter's inquiry, even though he had been extremely unhappy, Alan Tec still smiled on his face and replied to the beautiful reporter who asked him: "This is slander! We did purchase video decoding chips from Xiangjiang Huasheng Electronic Technology Company, but it was not what the Chinese said. Huasheng infringes on the rights, and Huasheng showed us patent documents..."

Possible consequences have already emerged, and they had plans before.

As long as they do not admit it, even if Huasheng loses the lawsuit in the end, they can still shirk responsibility.

Otherwise, Philips' reputation would be ruined.

This is much easier to get out of the Japanese companies.

"What if Huasheng really infringes on the rights?" The reporter didn't believe that things were so simple.

There was no news about Philips before.

The Chinese have been prosecuting so many companies so deliberately, so they can dig deeper and make a series of reports. By then, they can become a well-known reporter...

"That's the matter of Huasheng! Of course, given the current situation, our cooperation with Huasheng may be suspended before Washington has been resolved..." Alan Turke said, "Due to supply issues, the market price of Philips VCD may rise, and we will even pursue the losses caused to us by Huasheng, provided that they really infringe on the rights..."

"Mr. Ellen Turk, since you said before that Huasheng has presented patent documents, why..."

The female reporter instantly caught the loophole in Alan Turke's words.

As a result, he was interrupted by Alan Tecke, "It has indeed been shown! But they can fake it... In order to seize the market, they are responsible for market users..."

In the end, this guy said that they did not check the authenticity of the patent documents provided by Huasheng Company, in order to supply them to the market in advance, considering the interests of consumers, etc.

Internationally, starting from April 1, April 1, most media, whether they are willing or not, are actively or passive, are reporting that China Guoguang VCD sued all home appliance companies that produce VCD products in the world, demanding that these companies immediately stop infringement, publicly apologize to Guoguang, and make huge compensation...

In China, an action to crack down on counterfeit companies is already in preparation.

Of course, the premise is that the first instance judgment of the SAR court must take effect.

Even after receiving the indictment, companies such as Qianke didn't care at all and were still producing wildly.

The market is so good, not to mention that this kind of thing has never happened before.
Chapter completed!