Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 51 Infringing Products!

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When these words appeared, Ethan Jones was stunned!
The first generation of Shenxin 6502 was developed based on Motorola 6800?
What the hell!

Then isn't this blatant plagiarism!

Under his questioning, Chuck Paido also spoke out about the situation facing MOS 6502.

It turned out that after leaving Motorola, these engineers who came out of Motorola immediately started the research and development of cheap chips, but how can it be so simple to develop chips?

After work every morning, they spread out the drawings on their desks, and then they had a cup of coffee and a pack of cigarettes, and read on a blank sheet of paper for a day.

They were too late to write.

It's not that I can't draw it.

But don't know how to draw.

Because they developed the Motorola 6800 before!

When your invention has been tested by the market and it is confirmed that there is no problem, if you ask them to change their minds and start over, isn't that killing them?

In this case, they racked their brains for a long time, and finally made a little innovation and designed a CPU called MOS 6501.

And where is the innovation of this CPU?
It solves some bugs of Motorola 6800...

After you disassemble the computer with the Motorola 6800, remove the 6800 from the top and solder the MOS 6501 on it, you will find that the machine can still work normally, not only that, but the performance of the 6501 is even better than the 6800!
When such a fact appeared, people like Chuck Paido were stunned!

Because they know that this is plagiarism.

It's just me copying myself.

Not knowing how to handle this kind of thing, they sent a letter to Motorola, informing Motorola of the status of the MOS 6501.

Then--

Motorola sued MOS.

Motorola stated that MOS has violated its patent rights and requested MOS to stop the infringement and compensate for the losses.

Since MOS was only a small company established in 1969, in order to ensure the normal operation of their company, they could only kneel down and reach an out-of-court settlement with Motorola.

He voluntarily gave up the MOS 6501 product and lost $20 to Motorola.

Since MOS took the initiative to inform this matter, and most of the engineers of MOS came from Motorola, so after apologizing for compensation, Motorola didn't bother to take care of it.

However, Chuck Pedro and others, who were unwilling to give up their dreams, re-developed a chip, MOS 6502.

"So... is your MOS 6502 infringing or not?"

Chuck Paido's description made Ethan Jones have a toothache.

He never thought that the reason why MOS's products are so cheap is because the research and development costs are very low?
What the hell is this special code!

After hearing Ethan Jones' question, Chuck Paido on the other end of the phone also smiled helplessly: "Ethan, I can only tell you this, MOS 6502 is not compatible with Motorola 6800, and at the same time, MOS The 6502 uses a newer manufacturing process."

'have to! '

Ethan understood.

The structure of MOS 6502 is estimated to be almost the same as that of Motorola 6800.

And that's something Chuck Paido may never be able to solve.

After all, people's thinking is fixed.

When a person firmly believes that their direction is not wrong, they can only turn back when they hit the south wall.

And when he thought of the ambiguous relationship between 6502 and Motorola, Ethan felt a little uncomfortable.

When the Jinshan in front of you has legal problems...

So what exactly was that flashy exterior he saw?

Is it real gold at your fingertips, or stinky shit?

Ethan didn't know.

But he knew that before buying a license, he had to ask the key.

"So, Mr. Paddle, have you consulted a lawyer?"

This question made Chuck Paido sigh, and said: "Ethan, our company has legal counsel, and they told me that if Motorola really wants to sue us again, we may still be found guilty of infringement."

"Is there a way to solve?"

"We're working on it."

"Then I want to know, since you don't have a patent, how dare you sell your product? And as far as I know, you will be attending the San Francisco Electronics Show in September?"

"Uh... Since you believe in us so much, then we will tell you directly that it is only a temporary plan. If there is a problem, we don't have to go. As for the issue of selling... Let me tell you this, if someone buys it, we will We will not produce if no one buys it. After doing this, when Motorola really sues us, we can minimize the loss. something you can do."

After continuing to communicate for a few words, Ethan hung up the phone.

Leaning against the table and thinking carefully for a while, Ethan became more and more wrong.

MOS 6502 turned out to be an infringing product?

Then how did it become a big seller in its previous life?

Reached a settlement with Motorola?

Or found a solution?
Ethan couldn't find any memory related to it.

At the same time, he also wondered if Chuck Paido was fooling himself.

Just claiming to have legal problems because they don't want to authorize?
And when he held this idea and asked the little fat man who came back at night for confirmation, the first reaction of the little fat man was also surprise, and the second reaction was to ask someone for Ethan.

After he made a few phone calls and called his uncle a few times, Ethan also got the truth from him.

"There's nothing wrong with what Chuck and the others said."

"Motorola did sue them before and asked them to pay 100 million yuan in compensation. In the end, they did reach a settlement and paid 20 yuan in compensation."

"It seems that I was wrong. This matter is indeed more troublesome."

Hearing Woz's words gave Ethan a headache.

It was Jobs who had a bigger headache than him.

After Woz had a good dinner and got into the garage, he also leaned over to Ethan and asked nervously, "Will this legal issue affect the sales of computers?"

Ethan spread his hands and said, "It will definitely not be affected by normal use, but it's hard to say anything else."

"Let me make an analogy, you buy a batch of 6502 now, and then sell them in the computer. Motorola cannot stop this kind of thing. Even in the process, Motorola sued MOS, won the lawsuit and stopped the 6502 The production of these chips that have flowed into the market will not be recovered."

"but……"

"What happens when 6502 runs out?"

"What chip should you use?"

"There is simply no such cheap alternative on the market."

"Oh! Sxxt!" Steve Jobs swore at the fact.

Angrily, he kicked his foot on the chair.

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud bang.

The orange-yellow wooden chairs and the old floor collided with each other, sending out bursts of painful wailing.

And then...

Steve Jobs left home and went nowhere on his motorcycle.

Listening to the sudden roar, Ethan sighed.

Although the memory of his previous life told him that MOS 6502 can live until 2023, the problem of patent right can definitely be solved, but how?In what way?Then he really didn't know anything.

He can indeed purchase the authorization of 6502 with the memory of his previous life, but no one can guarantee whether the butterfly wings he raised will make MOS 6502 a legend again.

What if, with his intervention, MOS 6502 cannot resolve the patent dispute?
Isn't he in a rush to buy the license equivalent to ripping off his pants and letting others shit in his crotch?

No matter how you look at it, it's a bit insane, right?
'Fuck! '

'Why is my time travel different from others! '

'Is it so difficult for me to pick up some money? '

　Note: ① 6502, the previous generation product of 6501, is really a copy, which was confirmed by Motorola.And Motorola also did a show operation here, isn't 6501 an infringement and repaired the BUG of 6800?After winning the lawsuit, Motorola repaired the 6501 directly against the 6800. ②In fact, if MOS didn't tell Motorola that it made the 6501 and didn't show the 6501, it would not have to lose money, but these engineers just did it.do not know why. ③ 6502 does have a copyright issue. Synertek, which owns the production rights, has confirmed this issue. When they signed the contract with MOS, there was a clause that they would stop producing 6502 after Motorola sued for rights protection.

　　
　
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