Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1474 Patent Barriers
The night scenery in Las Vegas is charming, but Duan Yun didn't care to appreciate the scenery. Instead, he talked with Liang Mengsong in the lobby of the hotel all night to discuss the company's future development.

The essence of competition among technology companies is still the competition for talents. As an emerging technology company in mainland China, Telling Group does not yet have the strength to compete with international giants for top talents. There is a huge gap in terms of background and capital scale.

This also means that Tianyin Group will remain in an unknown position in the industry in the next few years. It is like building a building. It must first lay a solid foundation. When the company's capital and technology have accumulated to a certain level, People will see the company emerge.

However, compared with other technology companies, Duan Yun's current starting point is still very high. Although it cannot be compared with companies such as IBM, Apple and Microsoft, it still has great advantages compared to some other technology companies. At least Many small and medium-sized technology companies in the United States have only a dozen or even hundreds of R&D teams, but Duan Yun not only has multiple R&D centers and teams, but also has its own factories and physical industries. From this point of view, Duan Yun’s The strength is still very strong.

"I think the MP3 product you proposed, Mr. Duan, is very innovative. If this product can be developed, it will soon replace some CD-ROM audio-visual equipment on the market, and it will revolutionize the entire electronics industry... Sitting on the large sofa in the hotel lobby at this time, Liang Mengsong listened to Duan Yun's plan for the company's development in the next few years in detail, and his eyes suddenly showed a look of excitement.

Liang Mengsong has been engaged in the research and development of microelectronics technology for many years, and has a very high business sense for any new technology and new product. From Duan Yun's narration, he immediately discovered the impact that new products such as MP3 players can bring to the world's technology .

People who engage in technology have strong logical thinking ability and tend to be realistic, while Liang Mengsong is an idealist. He enjoys the pleasure brought by successful technology research and development, which also makes him more motivated to engage in technology research and development.

"If we want to make an MP3 player, there are still many technical difficulties to be overcome. At present, our storage chips cannot reach such a high capacity. In addition, the MP3 audio software has not yet been developed. All these require a lot of time and investment. Duan Yun paused, and then said: "I have read the work plan of the R&D center you gave me before, and I am personally very satisfied. I also hope that you can complete all the scientific research projects in the plan... ..."

"In fact, not all scientific research projects can be converted into commercial products in the end, but our group company's technical reserves are too weak. I have seen some of our company's product patents in the R&D center of Shenzhen Electronics Factory before. Some technologies are indeed very good. But in general, this kind of technological accumulation is not enough.” Liang Mengsong paused, and then said: “Any classic product is the result of a company’s accumulation, and some technical patents may seem useless now, but in the future If it comes in handy, we need to have what others have, and strive to make what others don’t have. This requires a lot of capital and time investment, and it may cause the company to fall into a state of loss, but if If we persevere, once we have a sufficient number of patent reserves, profit will come sooner or later..."

The meaning of what Liang Mengsong said is obvious, that is, he hopes that Duan Yun can continue to increase investment in scientific research, do a good job in the company's patent reserves, and gradually establish the company's patent barriers.

Liang Mengsong has lived and worked in the United States for many years, especially in multinational technology companies such as AMD. He still pays more attention to patents, because this is also an important means of competition for technology companies in the United States and other developed countries.

The so-called patent barrier means that a country's government or enterprises (mainly manufacturers in developed countries) rely on their technological monopoly advantages and use or even abuse the legal protection of the patent system to implement various unreasonable barriers in the name of protecting patents and other intellectual property rights. Restricting the import of products from other countries puts foreign non-patent holders at a very disadvantageous position.

Prosecute to the judiciary for foreign products entering the domestic market on the grounds of infringing its patent rights, prevent the entry of the product or impose high patent royalties on the manufacturer of the product.The result of patent barriers is that the product cannot enter the domestic market, and even if it enters, it will lose its international competitiveness due to a sharp increase in product costs.

For an enterprise, the higher the gold content and the greater the number of technical patents you own, it means that your enterprise will be in a very advantageous position in the market competition, even in the face of other competition with many patents Rival companies can also exchange patents with each other or set restrictions on each other, so as to always maintain the initiative in commercial competition.

Because Tianyin Group is a company in mainland China, if it wants to compete with Americans, it must have its own patent rights. Only in this way will it not be stuck by others.

In fact, what Liang Mengsong proposed to Duan Yun was a technology, industry and trade route, that is, to slow down the development of the company's real industry first, and continuously accumulate and hoard patented technologies. When the technology develops to a certain level, the products produced will naturally be extraordinary.

In fact, Duan Yun and Liang Mengsong do have a consensus on this aspect. Many high-tech companies in the United States do not produce products themselves, and can make a lot of money by selling patented technology licenses.

Including some high-tech companies in the future market, such as Qualcomm and Apple, their chips and electronic products basically rely on external OEMs. They do not have the ability to produce products, but they can still become the largest and most profitable technology companies in the world.

However, there are risks in doing so at present. Enterprises like Tianyin Group have invested a large amount of funds in technology research and development for a long time. It is difficult to see any high returns in the short term. In the long run, once the capital chain is broken, the products at hand If the technology cannot be converted and realized quickly, the entire enterprise is in danger of bankruptcy.

Right now, Duan Yun must find a balance between corporate profit and investment, and invest as much money as possible into technology research and development. On the other hand, he must also maintain his own group entities to continue to make a lot of money. Only in this way can the benignity of the company be guaranteed. Cycle development.

That night, the conversation between Duan Yun and Liang Mengsong started, and he didn't go back to his room until two or three o'clock in the morning to sleep. Duan Yun, who was lying on the bed in the guest room, was still thinking about so many things that he didn't fall asleep all night...

(End of this chapter)