The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

Prosthetic patent infringement lawsuits originally had little to do with the Chinese people.

But now it has become a hot topic for common people to discuss after dinner. If it were placed in future generations, it would definitely be a headline news.

The reason is that "Yu Zhe" and "Yi Lin" talk at length about the importance of protecting intellectual property rights and list similar foreign cases.

They speak of the unification of September 1787, 9, as a great moment in world history.

On this day, the first written constitution in human history was born.

Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution stipulates that Congress has the power to “promote the progress of science and useful art by safeguarding for limited times to writers and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and inventions.”

This is the famous intellectual property clause.

They also regarded the publication of America's first "Patent Law" on April 1790, 4, as the first year of patents.

In fact, these are all jokes. The right to interpret patents will always be in the hands of the powerful.

Afterwards, America implemented a completely "egoistic" policy, which is also the well-known "America First" policy.

Before the middle of the 18th century, America was a completely agricultural society. The only industry it could barely provide was the shipbuilding industry, and other industries were almost zero.

Even the steel nails used in shipbuilding need to be imported.

After the mid-18th century, America's industrial development process was completely a historical process of patent plagiarism.

The representative figure is Hamilton, the leader of the Federalists who claims to "represent the interests of the aristocracy and the wealthy."

He made drastic changes to the patent system in order to encourage "theft."

In 1788, as Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton began organizing a European industrial espionage network.

He asked his deputy Tench Cox to set up a bonus system to encourage the sale of technical secrets, fund the operation of stealing machine blueprints at John Bull, and recruit technical talents.

This war without gunpowder cannot avoid the field of patent law at all, and "stolen" technological achievements also need to be "laundered" by patent authorization.

This is the "Patent Act of 1793" that Hamilton presided over the revision.

It clarified that patents could only be granted to Americans, which was an unprecedented protectionist policy.

At that time, the method of introducing technology was to "steal" both people and technology. High-paying employment, investment attraction, and government subsidies were used to attract talented immigrants.

As long as you have technology, providing funds, land, and markets will not be a problem, and the mere issue of nationality is even simpler.

Preventing the "loopholes" for foreigners to claim patent rights at the legislative level can eliminate technological competition once and for all.

The "America First" governing principle continues to this day.

For example, regarding Huawei's patents, some members of Congress proposed a bill calling for the abolition of Huawei's patents around the world.

If they were not worried that their patents would be revoked by other countries, this bill would have been passed long ago.

Let’s talk about the recent TIKTOK snatching farce. Many congressmen made clear remarks: Only America can own such a profitable company.

This is the great "contract spirit" touted in "Yu Zhe" and "Yilin".

And at the end of the article, he called on the country to strengthen intellectual property protection.

It is pointed out that only by vigorously protecting intellectual property rights can the innovative spirit of the Chinese people be stimulated and the country be guided towards civilization.

Next, some literature or science and technology lectures, and various activities on intellectual property protection were carried out.

Some tabloids simply accused the Metaverse of "immoral" behavior by name and asked the Metaverse's top brass to go to the civilized lighthouse country to kowtow and admit their mistakes.

Such a series of conspiracies made this argument intensify and quickly drew ordinary people into it.

Some radical student organizations began to post protests on campus.

What's more, some bold students took advantage of the darkness and ran to the entrance of the laboratory and threw rotten eggs at the laboratory nameplate and building.

Suddenly, the Metaverse Laboratory was pushed to the forefront, and more and more reporters asked for interviews.

"Emancipating the mind" has become the current trend, and even those who hold different opinions dare not speak out.

I didn't want to deal with these boring people, but found that things were getting more and more unfavorable, and Li Yuan had to start thinking about countermeasures.

When he arrived at the laboratory today, Liang Zhixiang reported something that forced Li Yuan to hold a meeting to appease the inside of the laboratory.

The cause of the matter was an "old man" (a student who participated in early internships and joined the laboratory after graduation). Because of the many criticisms faced by the laboratory recently, his partner broke up with him.

This person has deep feelings, but he doesn't want to leave the laboratory, he just wants to figure out the right and wrong.

Therefore, early this morning, I went to my superiors and asked whether the patent matter was as reported by the outside world.

In the gym, all employees gather together.

Li Yuan looked at the young faces below and their evasive eyes, and then he became alert. If this matter is not handled well, it will lead to serious consequences.

They still attach great importance to reputation now, unlike later generations, where the trend is to follow money in everything.

"Comrades", I originally wanted to say "Hello everyone", but in this situation, nowadays, "comrades" is more formal.

"Let me ask you a question, does the prosthetic experience center make money?"

The people below seemed to have just reacted and started whispering.

Ten seconds later, Li Yuan clapped his hands and when everyone's attention returned to him, he spoke again.

“It seems everyone knows something.

Not only does the experience center make no money, all operating funds come from the Qin Foundation, and our laboratory does not charge a penny for their venue fees.

So, what is the purpose of plagiarizing patents?

Some people may think that I, Li Yuan, am doing this for fame.

However, have you ever thought that any of the current research projects in our metaverse will bring me great reputation in the future.

It will also bring great reputation to all of you.

Do I have any reason or motivation to steal a technology that is completely public welfare? ! "

Everyone's emotions were aroused by Li Yuan and they quickly reacted.

"That's right, we have no reason to steal their technology at all!"

"Those reporters outside are all bastards, they don't know the difference between right and wrong!"

"Then, why don't we sue?"

"You're stupid! Why do they want us to participate? We're going to participate, no matter what!"

. . . . . .

Li Yuan clapped his hands again to stop everyone's discussion.

"Let me tell you another secret, I am the inventor of COMS technology."

There was a "wow" sound, and everyone made a sound of surprise.

Because the inventor is Chinese, it has not been publicized in the West, and many articles have been vague.

Therefore, anyone who is not a senior technician in the industry will not associate Li Yuan with COMS.

Suddenly, many people were a little unbelievable when they heard that the inventor was their dean.

However, the effect was immediate. In everyone's eyes, Li Yuan seemed to have a halo on his head.

“The purpose of my research on prosthetics is also for an elder.

He participated in the Liberation War and the Volunteer Army and lost his left leg from the knee down.

As we age, it becomes increasingly difficult to move around.

I first invented the mechanical exoskeleton to help him walk. Finally, I found that there were still many inconveniences after wearing the mechanical exoskeleton.

So, I just thought of developing a smart prosthetic limb."