Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 594 Shameless patent robber
Niu Xiaoqiang personally sent everyone to the factory guest house and arranged rooms for them.After setting everyone up, he and Fang Dongping came to Zhang Guangmao's guest room.

Zhang Guangmao was sitting on the sofa smoking a cigarette, when he saw two people coming in, he immediately greeted them with a smile.

Niu Xiaoqiang was also rude, and asked directly after sitting down: "Uncle Zhang, you were embarrassed to explain the situation to me on the phone before, but now that we are face to face, you should be able to tell us the truth, right?"

Zhang Guangmao sighed deeply: "What I want to say is related to the shaft sleeve connection repair technology you provide. This technology was developed by you. At the Canton Fair last fall, I asked Xiaoqiang to help me promote it. You lived up to your trust and successfully promoted this technology to foreign businessmen. At that time, many news media reported this matter, which saved me some face, but no one thought that now...now..."

Niu Xiaoqiang and Fang Dongping both looked curious, and said in unison: "What's the matter now?"

Zhang Guangmao's face became very embarrassed, and there was a hint of anger in the embarrassment: "Now people come to us with our technology and tell us that we can no longer use this technology in the future, otherwise they will violate their rights. They will file a lawsuit in the domestic courts to demand that Jiangbei Oilfield compensate them for their losses. Although there is no relevant legislation in China, I am not afraid of going to court with them, but if this matter really becomes a big deal, I will become a god Big laughing stock."

When Niu Xiaoqiang heard this, he immediately thought of a possibility, but Fang Dongping was at a loss, and before Niu Xiaoqiang could speak, he asked first: "It's obviously our technology, why should they sue us for infringement? "

Niu Xiaoqiang's face sank, and he replied: "Maybe it's because they have applied for a patent for our technology."

Fang Dongping suddenly realized: "So that's the case, this... This is really difficult!"

When this technology was first developed, Niu Xiaoqiang planned to apply for a patent, but Fang Dongping denied it later.

Firstly, there was no patent application department in China, so the two had to go abroad to apply, but they didn't even have the money for travel expenses, so they had to give up in the end.

Second, at that time, the Asian machinery factories were in urgent need of orders to open up the situation.

After his hard work, this technology was sold by him.In order to help Zhang Guangmao make up for the shortcomings as much as possible, Niu Xiaoqiang carefully reviewed the documents when signing the contract, and modified some of the contract content.

Helplessly, he is not a legal professional, and he has a dim eye on foreign patent laws, but he still fails to completely eliminate the risk.

When the company first started, it didn't know that the repair technology of the shaft sleeve connection had not applied for a patent. By chance, when they used this technology, they were discovered by other oil companies. proposed to obtain the right to use this technology.

The company immediately stated that this technology was not developed by them, and that the patent ownership belonged to China's Jiangbei Oilfield. Seeing that the relationship between the two companies is very good, they can help matchmaking.The other party readily agreed.

As a result, when the company prepared the contract according to the standard process, the staff responsible for printing the contract could not find the patent number of this technology.In order to find out the situation, the staff member went to the patent office to inquire, and finally found that the technology had not been patented at all.

When he reported the news to his superiors, the superiors were immediately moved.After some operations by him, this technology was finally applied for a patent by him, and then he transferred this technology to his company for 100 million US dollars.

After obtaining the patented technology, the company immediately sold it to its peers. In just two months, it earned millions of dollars in net profits.

In order to promote this technology, they organized a delegation to participate in this year's Spring Canton Fair.Zhang Guangmao happened to lead a team to participate, and the two sides met unexpectedly at the Canton Fair, and then Zhang Guangmao learned everything.

He was so angry at that time that he argued with the other party regardless of his status as the leader.Not only did the other party not back down, but they also proudly stated that Jiangbei Oilfield will not use this technology in the future, otherwise they will file an infringement lawsuit in a Chinese court.

"Threatening us with the technology we developed is simply shameless! If I had known that they were such despicable people, I wouldn't have sold the technology if I was killed!"

Zhang Guangmao narrated what happened, and when he got to the end, his face was livid with anger, and he slapped the tea machine hard.The cups placed on the tea machine were rattled.

After losing his temper, Zhang Guangmao showed an extremely embarrassed smile: "Mr. Fang, Xiaoqiang, I can only come to you for help now. I hope you can help me find a way to solve this matter satisfactorily."

Zhang Guangmao was very honest in front of Niu Xiaoqiang and Fang Dongping. He admitted his mistake very sincerely: "I did something wrong in this matter, please help me."

Fang Dongping laughed bitterly: "Tell me, how can we help you?"

(End of this chapter)