Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 70 A ray of light in the fog
What conflicts did you have with Mi Luohua when you were working in Mi Luohua?
Ethan didn't need to think about this question, he could answer it directly.

"Barbara, you know about this matter. I really just wrote an invitation letter according to the requirements of the leader."

"Invitation to Nolan Bushnell."

Ethan said: "I didn't make the list of invited people, and it's not up to me who should receive which guests."

"Besides the invitation letter, Mi Luohua and I only had one conflict. When I was fired, they wanted to lose my compensation. I used some fierce words to defend my rights."

"What wording?" Barbara was interested.

"Uh...racial discrimination." Ethan took a deep breath and said, "The member of the personnel department who talked to me belittled Dr. Jin with his own words. I pointed out his mistake and threatened him to give the San Francisco Equal Rights Organization Send a call for help."

"Dr. King? Martin Luther King?"

Barbara agreed while recording, "If people from Mirov insulted him, then your report is indeed a smart decision."

"Oh thank you." Ethan thanked, and said at the same time: "Then, I also said that their failure to pay compensation is illegal, and I will apply for assistance from the American Legal Services Company."

Barbara also nodded and applauded at this point, "Okay, it's great to know how to use the law to protect your rights."

"Also, I said their dismissal was an invasion of foreign capital led by Philips."

"..."

Hearing this, Barbara's recording hand stopped suddenly.

He raised his head slightly and glanced at Ethan.

Doubt flashed in those bright eyes, "You mean, your dismissal happened after Philips acquired Mirov?"

"Correct."

"Okay." Barbara highlighted this point, "So...you are the scapegoat chosen by the leader?"

"I think so too." Ethan nodded, and said bluntly: "In fact, I have always had a feeling that the leaders kept me just to fire me when they were held accountable, so that they could cover up their incompetence .”

"Great~ baby~"

Ethan's words made Barbara laugh, "If you are sure that there are no other conflicts between you and Mi Luohua, then I doubt that in such a company with a strong bureaucratic atmosphere, suing you is just to cover up their inability."

"Of course, it's just a suspicion."

'? '

Ethan narrowed his eyes.

He felt that what Barbara said seemed quite reasonable.

After all, there is a good saying that if the top is not upright, the bottom is crooked. When the leader of the branch company frantically throws the blame to keep his position, how can the leader directly under the company take the initiative to take the responsibility of the parent company?
The "Snake Game" created by his former employee of Mi Luohua can really embarrass Mi Luohua.

While he was thinking, Barbara also wrote her guess on paper, and then said: "Then please evaluate Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine separately. What kind of people do you think they are?"

"Then before being sued by Mi Luohua, was there any conflict between you and Atari?"

Although Ethan didn't understand why Barbara felt that Atari was targeting him, he still carefully recalled what happened in the past few months according to the content of the other party's question.

His assessment of Nolan Bushnell was—

"He is a successful and excellent businessman. He is successful because he can see the value of "Snake Game". At the beginning of the negotiation, he wanted to occupy the ownership of "Sanke Game" in the form of a long-term agency. To say he is excellent, is Because he didn't give up even in the desperate situation, even if he couldn't win the lawsuit, he still tried to win Ralph Bell's sympathy and reach a settlement with Mi Luohua."

His assessment of Don Valentine was—

"An extreme egoist, he can do whatever it takes to benefit. The previous "Snake Game" negotiations and last night's questioning were all expressing his dissatisfaction on behalf of Atari."

After recording Ethan's words, Barbara nodded with a smile on her face.

"Sure enough, there is a problem." She muttered, then stood up the white paper, pointed to Ethan's evaluation just now and said: "Ethan, your evaluation of Don Valentine is an extreme egoist, right? "

"Yes." Ethan nodded.

At the same time, he also expressed puzzlement, "Is there a problem? Barbara?"

"Of course!" Barbara turned her head to look at Ethan, her face full of confidence, "Before I explain to you, I want to ask you one thing, did you just tell me that last night Don Va Lundin yelling at you, saying he's going to sue you?"

"Correct."

"Did you just say that Don Valentine said last night that they will reach a settlement with Mi Luohua, meet all of Mi Luohua's demands, stop the sale of "Snake Game", and compensate according to Mi Luohua's request Mirova lost millions, and recalled all the products that have been released on the market, that is, the arcade machines and circuit boards of "Snake Game"?"

"Yeah~" Ethan confirmed that he remembered correctly.

"Then here comes the problem."

Barbara put down the paper, knocked on the table, and said, "Ethan, it may be because you haven't had a detailed understanding of our country's patent protection law, so you think Don Valentine's behavior is normal."

"But I want to tell you that his behavior is not normal."

"Although it is mentioned in our country's patent protection law, when the plaintiff sues the defendant, claiming that the defendant has infringed its own patent, the plaintiff has the right to request the defendant to recall the infringing product from the market and destroy it, but in practice, this It’s kind of hard to do.”

"Or rather..."

Barbara stretched her voice and showed a meaningful smile at Ethan.

"Basically impossible."

Barbara put her elbows on the table and said seriously: "As for the issue of patent protection law, our "American Code" has a complete collection, which states that if the plaintiff sues the defendant for patent infringement and requires the defendant to withdraw from the market When infringing products, the following four conditions need to be met before the court can issue an injunction.”

"The first condition is whether the plaintiff has suffered irreparable damage due to the defendant's infringement."

"This is generally impossible to achieve, because the plaintiff must fall into bankruptcy, and that is irreparable damage. Often by this time, the infringing company has become an important player in the single market. In order to ensure market stability and economic development , under normal circumstances, the company that has been infringed can only be sacrificed.”

"The second condition, that is whether the monetary compensation in the case is sufficient to cover the loss of the plaintiff."

"When the plaintiff voluntarily seeks monetary compensation, this provision will definitely be achieved."

"The third condition, that is whether the ban is in the public interest."

"The fourth condition is whether the injunction would cause reasonable harm to both parties and others."

"The last two points, in the official operation, actually have a lot of room for operation. Take "Snake Game" as an example. If a phenomenal game is recalled and destroyed, it will affect the entertainment life of the public. Huge damage is done, and at the same time, a huge financial loss for those who buy the arcade machines."

"In this case, as long as Mi Luohua will not go bankrupt due to the sale of "Snake Game", how can "Snake Game" be recalled? And it is impossible for the court to support Mi Luohua's request for Atari to recall "Snake Game" request, then why did the extreme egoists in your mouth express angrily that they would cooperate with Mi Luohua?"

Barbara turned her head to look at Ethan.

The light of wisdom shone in those bright eyes.

Then, leaning back again, she scoffed, "When Don Valentine says he's going to have Atari recall the Snake Game arcade machines, he's got a problem! Because the Pong on the market , not recalled!"

"If you have to compare the harm of infringement, "Pong" is obviously bigger than "Snake Game"!"

"Right?"

"When he has already gone through the "Pong" lawsuit! When he clearly knows that infringing products such as video games do not need to be recalled! Then why did he say in front of you that he wants to cooperate with Mi Luohua and pay all the losses? Pass it on to your head?"

"Isn't this behavior unusual?"

"And, you just said that Don Valentine is going to sue you for concealing the truth?"

"Want to label you a commercial fraud?"

"Isn't this inexplicably putting pressure on you?"

"Do you think this is something that a normal person, an extreme egoist in your mouth can do?"

"If he's really an egomaniac, shouldn't he be pushing you to fix the problem and keep selling the game?"

"Or rather..."

"His 'interest', not the game?"

Ethan froze on the spot after hearing the questioning like a cannonball!
Yup!

There is something wrong with this matter!
Ethan didn't notice these details at all when he was yelled at by Don Valentine last night.

First, it was because Barbara confirmed that "Snake Game" was infringing. When this fact was established, he entrusted "Snake Game" to Atari for production and sales, which really meant pulling people down.

Secondly, it is because he feels that it is no problem to recall the infringing products. If his products are infringed, he will definitely make corresponding claims when suing, or in other words, he will definitely strangle the infringer to death in a rage. .

But now, Barbara said, recall is impossible?Is it not supported by the law?
There is indeed a problem with Don Valentine's rage!

Thinking of this, Ethan quickly said, "Barbara, are you sure?"

"It's about the recall."

Ethan's question made Barbara roll her eyes, and said: "When I was studying with my teacher, my teacher took a case from Playboy, and the other party asked Playboy to recall the violating magazine. I The teacher directly scolded the plaintiff and the plaintiff's lawyer with the "American Code" in front of the judge during the mediation session, and told the plaintiff's lawyer to go back to school and resume class."

"I still remember what he said at the time, he said, 'Can your personal interest be higher than the public interest? If so, I can apply to the GF Ministry to have the army stationed at your doorstep!'"

"The judge in Manhattan agreed and told the plaintiffs and plaintiffs' attorneys not to be vexatious."

'Fuck!Fierce! '

Ethan was startled.

The judge told the victim not to make trouble for no reason?

What kind of defense is this?
And this fact also made Ethan silent.

At this moment, he only felt that he was doing a math problem.

Because he really didn't understand why Atari put pressure on himself.

Is it possible...

Is it because of this lawsuit that Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine's monetization plan has problems?
Because the infringement of "Snake Game" will indeed make the value of Atari plummet.

Thinking of this, Ethan immediately said: "Barbara, do you think there is such a possibility that the real interest of Don Valentine and Nolan Bushnell is to sell Atari? Because as far as I know , Nolan Bushnell is peddling Atari.”

Ethan felt that at this moment, he had touched the truth.

But his words made Barbara sit upright, her face full of surprise——

"What did you say?" Barbara raised her voice, "Nolan Bushnell is selling Atari?"

"When did this happen? Where did you hear it?"

Barbara's shock did not arouse Ethan's surprise, because when he heard the news, he also looked dazed.

"Yes, Nolan is selling Atari." Ethan nodded: "As far as I know, this should have happened for a long time, at least before we reached a cooperation, and the source of the news...uh... ...my friend told me."

"You should have met, Steve Jobs, that friend of Woz at the last party..."

"Find him quickly!" Before Ethan finished speaking, Barbara made a decision, "Hurry up! Let him come to see me!"

"What's wrong?" Ethan was a little puzzled, "Is there a problem with this matter?"

"Of course!" Barbara said loudly: "Of course there is a problem! Nolan Bushnell wants to sell Atari? Why do other companies buy Atari? Is there any value in Atari?"

"Their games are infringing! Their machines are infringing! They won't be able to release new games in the next year!"

"In this case, Nolan Bushnell is still selling Atari! And is anyone else willing to buy it?"

"That's the biggest problem!"

"Because land, labor, these are worthless!"

"Just imagine, if you are a capital tycoon, when you find that the greatest value of Atari's entire company is some substitutes, why don't you recruit people yourself? Poach people yourself? Do you have to buy directly?"

"Isn't this a brain disease?"

"Nolan Bushnell is definitely not peddling these things! They must have something to hide!"

"And what they are hiding is definitely the true value of Atari!"

"We have to figure this out! Only by knowing the true value of Atari can we deduce why they are so angry! Only then can we know why they put all the blame on you instead of trying to solve the problem !"

Barbara stared at Ethan, tapped her watch, and said, "Honey, can I see Steve before two o'clock in the afternoon?"

(End of this chapter)