"The bad thing is that we don't have a core patent for 4g." Terry said regretfully at the crisis response meeting. "Originally, Nokia had multiple core patents of 4g, but when the mobile phone business was split, these core patents were also necessary for system equipment, so these core patents were originally assigned to Nokia's parent company."

As the manager, Terry is very clear about this inside story, because when he was priced at 5 billion, Nokia rebounded severely and believed that it had seriously underestimated the value of the mobile phone business. However, Nokia could not have been able to memorize the burden of the mobile phone business indefinitely.

Therefore, when dividing patents, we consciously tilted the core patents to the parent company.

Only very expert people know these things. Although Cai Siqiang and others have also hired professional companies to audit this business split, Nokia handles fixed assets very fairly. They basically divide fixed assets according to personnel ownership, and the audit is impeccable. There are more than 10,000 patents, and there are fewer or more, and it is really inconspicuous.

In short, after the spin-off, the new Nokia mobile device company lacks the capital to confront Apple on the 4G patent.

Obviously, Apple's sword also saw the key points of the new Nokia mobile phone. If the other party said that he had no support in Nokia, he would not believe it.

But Terry was very confused, why Nokia ignored the patent assistance request issued by the new Nokia Mobile this time.

You should know that Nokia still has 30% of its equity in the new Nokia Mobile. It is also very unfavorable to the interests of the parent company when it is damaged.

"What kind of consequences will it lead to if we ignore this lawyer's letter?" Cai Siqiang asked. He really has no experience with this thing.

"If we do not reach an understanding with Apple about this and the other party initiates an infringement lawsuit, then in the country where the lawsuit is initiated, the other party can request a temporary ban on the sales of our company's products." The legal counsel replied. "Simply put, as long as Apple filed a lawsuit in any country in the EU, it can apply for a temporary ban on our products from selling in the EU, and the same is true in the United States."

"So, no matter whether the lawsuit wins or loses, our products may be banned from being sold as long as they file a lawsuit?" Cai Siqiang frowned into the word "Shikong" when he heard this, "This regulation is very unreasonable. What if they lose the lawsuit? Wouldn't our products lose a great opportunity in vain?"

"This is what foreign law stipulates. Of course, if we win the lawsuit in the end, we can file a counterclaim, demanding the other party to compensate for the losses caused by it, and attaching huge punitive damages. Therefore, in foreign countries, intellectual property lawsuits are the most expensive. It lasts for a long time and not only consumes huge financial resources on the lawsuit itself. More importantly, the winner or loser of the lawsuit can even determine the fate of a company." The legal counsel said.

"As far as the evidence provided by the other party is concerned, our products do use their patents. If we sue based on the current evidence, we basically have no chance of winning the lawsuit." These words from the legal counsel made the senior management of Saal and New Nokia Mobile who attended the meeting feel cool.

"We basically have no choice now. Either we stop the sales of our products abroad by ourselves, or we may pay huge compensation when we are sued?" Cai Siqiang heard the legal counsel say this, and his heart kept sinking. He finally built a money tree, but in a blink of an eye, it may be yesterday's yellow flower. Such a huge gap, no one can stand it.

"Can you avoid these patents?" Duke asked.

"No." Terry shook his head and said. "These are basic 4g functions. If we remove them, it will affect the customer's use of the 4g function."

After hearing Terry said this, Duke fell into deep thought. This kind of patent that he had to use was really tricky.

"Summarize the patents we have now, and I'll see what we have now," Duke thought for a while and said to Terry. "I don't believe that among so many things, I can't find a few items that Apples have to use." Duke said fiercely.

"If it weren't for the core patent, they might have avoided it. Although some patents in the 4g aspect may also be used by the other party, since they are not in the 4g standard, after we propose it, they will have a chance to replace these patented technologies with other technologies." Terry knew Duke's idea.

But obviously Terry has a thorough understanding of this thing. In terms of non-core patents, there is no doubt that both Apple and Nokia phones use some other things. The reason why Apple did not use these patents to threaten Nokia phones is that they see that both parties actually have handles on these non-core patents, which cannot play a fatal role in one blow.

Only by entering the core patent that implements the standard of 4g is a big pit that cannot be avoided.

"Send the information to me first." Duke insisted lightly.

"Okay, I'll notify the technical department to copy all the patent documents later." Seeing that Duke insisted on making a breakthrough in this aspect, Terry was a little dissatisfied, but this was the boss's request, and Terry couldn't say anything more.

At this meeting, everyone only confirmed the seriousness of the incident, and as for the countermeasures, it was not a mature one. Although the legal adviser suggested a settlement negotiation with Apple, in other words, in the face of Apple's threat, the company bleeded and paid patent usage fees to settle the matter.

Of course, if the company really bows to Apple, the patent licensing fee will be extremely expensive, so that the cost of the new Nokia Mobile phone will rise significantly, thereby greatly reducing competitiveness to some extent.

What's worse is that it is not only Apple that owns the core 4G patents, Samsung, Qualcomm, LG and even Microsoft, etc. Among the 4G patents that were auctioned by Nortel Bankruptcy, these companies have purchased them.

Therefore, if you have to make mistakes, the company must not bow its head and submit. The price of bowing is too serious. Maybe you will either become a worker for these foreign patent owners or give up the entire foreign market.

As for the domestic market, it can probably be maintained by relying on the government's current protective policies.

But in this way, at least more than 60% of the market was forced to be thrown away. This is a big business worth tens of billions of dollars a year. Thinking about it, Cai Siqiang, Duke and others were a little depressed, but who knew that Nokia actually dug a big hole for everyone in this place, and the lesson was profound.
Chapter completed!