Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 316 After the Spring Festival Gala

After returning from Switzerland, Qu Li has been thinking about a question. Assuming that with the help of Honor, whether Windows Phone can form an effective challenge to Google Android, and whether to cooperate with Microsoft, this is not a small problem.

一直以来曲黎只知道高通税是整体售价的5%，售价1000的手机要给高通交50元；国内反垄断后下降到整机售价65%的5%，1000元的手机交个高通32.5元。但是不知道国内手机企业还要给微软交专利费，每部手机10美元左右，黑不黑？

Since its establishment, Honor has applied for very limited patents. Most of the patents and authorizations are purchased directly. It’s not that Qu Li doesn’t know the importance of patents, or that Honor has the technology, but applying for patents requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Not only It is necessary to hire an excellent patent lawyer and the cooperation of engineers.Will doing so affect the progress of the project?

You don’t need to think about it to know that if someone frequently interrupts your thoughts, it will basically be difficult to work and study. After comprehensive consideration, Honor did not invest too much time and energy in registering patents, but hired patent lawyers to purchase them.

Bill Gai said that Microsoft would sue Google, but Android is an open source operating system. If Microsoft really wants to charge, it must be for mobile phone companies, so as to achieve better breakthroughs.In reality, Microsoft even launched a patent lawsuit against Futukang. Every time it manufactures an Android phone, it has to pay Microsoft a patent fee.Samsung, HTC, and Couliang all have to pay patent fees to Microsoft.

There are routines for applying for patents. It does not mean that the number and quality of patents applied by genius programmers must be greater and better than that of ordinary engineers. Companies that can apply for a large number of patents have generally entered a mature stage, so that they have time and energy to learn and exercise. , only through practice can you know how to apply for as many patents as possible reasonably and legally.

Many people do not understand the pros and cons of the patent system, and think that there are only benefits, or that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. This is true, but not entirely correct. For example, the "Microsoft Android tax" is obviously suppressing innovation. For example, many HTC products have successively Sales have been banned in North America and the European Union, and the trust of operators has been lost. Apple is not the only company suing HTC.

It is becoming more and more common to eliminate competitors and prevent innovation through patent wars. The large number of "patent troll" companies in Europe and the United States is a very typical example.Times are changing, and the patent system must also make corresponding adjustments.After all, there is no way to "create peace for all generations" in this world. It is impossible to eliminate all human beings. Although it is said that if people are gone, the world will naturally be in good health, but, but...

Qu Li held a meeting in Honor and talked about the threat from Microsoft: "Just like the Qualcomm tax, the Microsoft Android tax is unavoidable. If we cooperate with Microsoft to launch Windows Phone, the Android patents they own will be licensed to us... …”

"Windows Phone has too many problems and is not much ahead of Android." Li Yinan led people to test Windows Phone

"Bill Gai knows that we have given a lot of constructive suggestions to Google Android, so he wants us to participate in the development of Windows Phone..." Qu Li added

"Then should we cooperate with Microsoft?" Lei Jun had a headache. Does Microsoft want Honor to become their strategic partner?

Qu Li participated in the design of Honor G2 and G3, including the optimization of the Kunlun system. In the process, Honor's design language (process, planning, appearance, etc.) was formed. Because of his clear ideas and the principle of not compromising, This makes Honor mobile phones surpass iPhones in some aspects, leaving consumers with a very unique "feeling".

Basically no one in the world's peers doubts Honor's mobile phone design capabilities, let alone Honor's understanding of the smartphone industry. Many media in Silicon Valley believe that Qiaobusi and Qu Li are the two people who know the best about smartphones in the world.

"The chairman of Nokia hopes that we will participate in their cooperation with Intel and the MeeGo system developed based on Linux with the support of the Linux Foundation..." Qu Li

"..." Everyone was stunned. Is this because they are so good that they become popular?

Nokia has a large number of communication patents, and Honor's patent authorization period is three years, which can be extended to five years. Microsoft has a large accumulation of patents in operating systems, file management, and data transmission. Both companies may become obstacles in Honor's progress. .

"Fortunately, we acquired a large number of patents from Nortel Networks and other companies..." Li Yinan suddenly said

Honor purchased patent licenses from Huawei, Nokia, Nortel Networks and other companies from the beginning, and purchased patents on a large scale from 08 to 09. Qu Li took the initiative and forcibly promoted all these things, which had a huge negative impact on the company's cash flow. , is also one of the reasons why Qu Li and Zhou Shaoning parted ways.

The benefits of this are very obvious. Honor was sold all over the world immediately. Operators are not worried about Honor phones being suddenly taken off the shelves. Indeed, they have not encountered large-scale patent litigation in the past few years. Otherwise, even rough-grain phones sold to India would suffer. No Honor mobile phone is so lucky when it comes to patent litigation.

After purchasing these patents, Honor launched publicity in the second half of last year, and now has hundreds of invention patents, thousands of utility model patents, and a large number of patent authorizations.This is of course a way to flex its muscles and let everyone know that Honor is not something to be trifled with, so as to avoid patent litigation as much as possible and affect the development of the company.

Unfortunately, not everyone agrees with what Qu Li thinks is correct. There are also many people who question his other decisions, such as the premium strategy. Honor should not only sell one mobile phone a year, should not launch Gpad, and should not...

Don’t think that because Qu Li is the major shareholder, no one dares to object. If he really can’t tolerate these objections, many people will leave with Zhou Shaoning, and Honor will not have the current achievements. But in the past few years, he has been “bearing the humiliation” in Honor. "That's for sure.

Li Yinan, a technical genius, devoted more energy to the technical field. He grew up in decision-making conflicts and gradually developed his own views on the company's operation and management. At the same time, he had some axes and believed that Qu Li was forced to give up the position of Honor CEO. …

Without focusing on these things, Qu Li continued to discuss with them: "Google is our most important partner, Honor is the best Android phone, and this positioning cannot be changed. But whether there should be a supplement, or whether it should be integrated with How about cooperation with Windows Phone or MeeGo?" Qu Li wants an answer

"No matter how good our relationship with Google is, we can't pin our destiny entirely on Android..."

"Then who should I choose?"

"Windows Phone, Microsoft's patents in the operating system field are what we are really scarce..."

"But the Windows Phone system has too many uncontrollable factors. MeeGo is open source, and Nokia owns a large number of standard essential patents..."

"How different is MeeGo from Android? Can it avoid Microsoft patents?"

"What is the upper limit of Nokia's patent charging standard? Microsoft's patent charging mainly depends on their mood..."

"Then cooperate with Microsoft?" Qu Li hesitated

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