Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 253 Media Offensive and Defensive War

"Patent litigation?"

In Brooklyn, Colin was looking for a new factory to manufacture televisions when he received news that Radio Corporation of America was suing Philo Farnsworth for patent infringement.

According to the American Radio Corporation, as early as 1923, Zorigin, who worked for them, obtained a patent for image technology, which was the prototype of television.RCA obtained this patent much earlier than Philo Farnsworth obtained the television patent, so RCA is the actual inventor of the television.

RCA's legal action against Ferro Farnsworth did not become known until Colin received a letter from Ferro.

Prior to this, the propaganda war of American Radio Corporation had already started early.

RCA announced the news through the media almost the same day it filed the lawsuit with the U.S. Patent Office.

In the newspapers, RCA made an effort to promote Zorikin and the company's bosses as the actual inventors of television, while Philo Farnsworth and Colin were the thieves of the invention, obtained by illicit means. The invention patent of the TV set is taken as their own openly.

If he didn't really know the truth behind this, maybe Colin was really fooled by what RCA claimed.

Radio Corporation of America made a big fuss, obviously with an ulterior purpose.

Even the CBS radio station specially came to inquire about related matters. After all, from the previous conversation with William Paley, they obviously already had the intention of cooperating in TV. There were some twists and turns in the negotiations.

Radio Corporation of America, as the actual owner of the radio patents, even the CBS radio station needs to be cautious.

For this reason, Colin made a long-distance call and had a brief conversation with Ferro Farnsworth about the legal proceedings.

Although Ferro Farnsworth was a little uneasy, he was not affected too much in general. After all, these issues had already been discussed when Colin met him before.They all know that RCA will not let go of the TV patent easily.

Of course, the main reason why Philo Farnsworth was not worried was because of Colin's assurance of him.

As an ordinary person, Ferro Farnsworth is naturally incomparable with a large company like Radio Corporation of America, but it will be different if Colin and the Courier newspaper behind him are added in the middle.

As the most influential newspaper in New York today, Colin is not afraid of RCA's public relations operations at all in the media war.

The day after RCA's lawsuit was filed, the Daily Courier hit back on its front page.

In the report, it clearly explained the whole process of Ferro Farnsworth's invention of the television patent, including the testimony of his teacher, which shows that Ferro conceived the principle of television as early as when he was in middle school, and in the report Published the patent certificate of Ferro Farnsworth, proving that he is the actual owner of the television patent.

Not only did he refute in the newspaper news, but Colin also responded unwillingly in the "Superman" serialized that day.

The King of Mischief is back in the latest installment of the story.

This time, the super villain once again showed his scheming side.

Through a series of legal means, the villain actually obtained Superman's image patent, and then filed a lawsuit against Superman, arguing that Superman's image violated his rights, and from now on Superman can no longer appear in the metropolis in his current appearance Among them, or you need to go to jail.

The shameless practice of the prank king, even Superman was helpless for a while.

Even, in order to publicly ridicule Superman, the prank king specially made a uniform exactly like Superman, and wore it on himself to show off his superman image patent.

Because of this practice of the prank king, Superman had to change his uniform during this period and use other images to carry out his justice.

But at the same time, the prank king is using the superman image patent in his hands to do evil, so as to damage Superman's identity as a superhero.

Even, in one operation, the prank king has publicly stated that he will hold a strip party in the image of Superman.

Seeing the damage to the superhero image he has worked so hard to maintain, Superman knows he can't continue to let this situation develop.He began to sue the Prank King's patent, arguing that the other party's method of obtaining his patent was illegal.

In the follow-up comics, Superman and the Prank King have launched an interesting legal battle, during which no one can do anything to the other.

And at the critical moment, Superman suddenly thought of a loophole in the prank patent and defeated the opponent in one fell swoop.

Superman used his identity as an alien as a reason, and proposed that the patent law of the Mischief King was aimed at the earthlings and did not apply to himself. Before the patent, he had seen the image of Superman, and the "Messenger Daily" had a report on Superman at that time.

Relying on these two pieces of favorable evidence, the judge finally ruled that the prankster's practice of obtaining a patent for Superman's image was illegal, and the image of Superman should belong to Superman himself.

In the newly serialized stories, it is rare that Superman does not have too many fighting plots.

However, the legal battle between Superman and the King of Pranksters gave readers a new experience. With the development of the comic plot, they sometimes worried about the situation where Superman lost his image, and they were afraid that they would never see this cloak again in the long run. The image of a superhero wearing a red cape, and the novelty of Superman's constantly changing uniforms.

Especially one of them, the image of Superman wearing medieval armor, has become the object of tribute in various comics and movies in the future.

At the end of the story, the result of Superman's victory in the patent lawsuit also made the readers in front of the newspaper breathe a sigh of relief.

Although, they are not surprised by this result.

However, the ups and downs of the story development in the comics still deeply affect the hearts of readers.

At the same time, keen readers have realized that although the story in this issue is ostensibly describing the process of Superman fighting for his own image patent, it actually alludes to the recent event of the American Radio Corporation and his TV patent.

In the story, Colin even satirized the American radio company through Superman's mouth.

In his legal battle with the prankster, Superman mentioned it.

The prank king knows better than himself who owns Superman's patent. After all, even the name of this patent is applied in his name.

The latest installment, the story of the Superman image patent, sparked a huge discussion throughout New York City.

Through the "Daily Courier" report, now all of New York knows about the television patent case between Philo Farnsworth and his backer Colin and RCA.

Compared with the invention of television and the prospects that this machine may bring in the future, New Yorkers are more concerned about the offense and defense of the legal battle between the two sides.

The Daily Courier is one of the newspaper media with the largest circulation in New York today, and Colin himself is a very influential public figure.

Especially his identity as the creator of "Superman" made him more topical than ordinary newspaper bosses.

And with the exposure of the newspaper media, more people throughout New York knew of his existence.

In the past, they may have only focused on the newspaper published by the "Daily Courier" and the stories of "Superman" serialized on it.

But now, they also began to pay attention to Colin's actions.

……

What does it feel like to be a public figure? Today's Ke Lin has experienced this.

As the media battle between the Daily Courier and RCA intensified, so did Colin himself.

Now that he went out, many reporters followed behind him to take photos.

"Colin Looper, owner of the Daily Courier, is news in his own right."

He also became a colleague in the newspaper industry, ridiculing the words of the messenger newspaper.

In order to avoid these increasingly annoying media reporters, Ke Lin had to reduce some unnecessary trips, or even if he appeared, he would wear glasses to disguise himself.

Unexpectedly, camouflage is not only needed in the anti-world, but also in the positive world.

Regarding this development, Ke Lin was a little helpless, but fortunate.

Fortunately, although the unlocked [Super Camouflage] has been weakened by the positive world, the basic effect is still there.

Just put on your glasses and don't act too out of line.

It is not easy for those reporters who follow him everywhere to recognize his identity. Colin even did experiments on this. After wearing glasses in the real world, the effect of [Super Camouflage] cannot be as good as that of the reverse world. They are a different person without wearing them, but Old John and the others also need to spend some time to recognize them.

This is true for the employees who work together in the newspaper office, not to mention the outsiders, who only know part of Ke Lin's information, or only know him from the photos.

Of course, Colin is equally clear.

The reason why he has received so much attention is also related to the constant reports of him and RCA in media reports.

Even once again, even his "Daily Courier" also played a role in fueling the flames.

After all, the content is to be reported anyway, so instead of letting other newspapers get news, it is better to give your own "Messenger Daily" to boost the sales of newspapers.

Ke Lin judged that such a situation should continue until after the official hearing.

When the patent litigation actually enters the judicial process, these true and false news outside should subside a little.

After all, if he remembered correctly, the lawsuit between Ferro Farnsworth and RCA lasted for four or five years, during which RCA also used various small lawsuits to delay time.

Right now, Radio Corporation of America should be holding such an idea, intending to use the lawsuit to delay the time for him to manufacture the TV.

Now that he saw the RCA's idea, it was impossible for Colin not to react.

While letting Philo Farnsworth collect evidence to prepare for a lawsuit against RCA, he also began second-hand preparations.

Right across the world, the battle between Colin and RCA over television patents is in full swing.

At the same time, on the other side, a major event also happened in the anti-world.

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"...May Parker, she is Spider-Man."

The Anti-World, shortly after Colin rescued May Parker.

On the major media pages, reports about Spider-Man's true identity have been reported in an endless stream.

"May Parker, whose real name is May Riley, lives in..."

"It's unbelievable. I didn't expect May Parker to be Spider-Man. I also took a cooking class with her. At that time, she behaved mediocrely."

"I always thought that the superhero's whereabouts were mysterious, but I never thought she was by my side."

"I don't know why Spider-Man wears a mask. She looks so good-looking. If I take off the mask, I guarantee that more people will fall in love with this superhero!"

"I knew it, I knew it, Spider-Man usually looks good in uniform, and he looks good, sure enough..."

"I don't like female superheroes, they are not as powerful as male superheroes."

"To be honest, I don't support Spider-Man's actions as a superhero. I read reports that she has a nephew who just graduated. This is completely putting the safety of herself and her nephew at risk. Now that her identity is exposed, Even nephews are in danger."

Behind the hype of the media, there is obviously the shadow of Harry Osborn.

"A housewife, May Parker, a guy like that is going to be a superhero in New York City, I'm so sad for the city..."

Of course, not all of them were reported by Harry Osborn, such as Jameson, the former boss of the "Daily Horn".

From the beginning to the end, he didn't like Spider-Man, and the revelation of May Parker's identity was just one more reason for him not to like it.

"I don't discriminate against female superheroes, but I don't like Spiderman, she's obviously a selfish, vain superhero, otherwise why would she be a superhero, poor Peter. Parker, the poor kid, he's having trouble going to school because of Spider-Man, it's all because of Spider-Man, it's May Parker's fault."

"Spider-Man shouldn't have appeared in the first place, and you revealed your identity as May Parker, turning everything into a disaster!"

"Spiderman is a disaster, May Parker is also a disaster, and the two together, that is a huge disaster that cannot be dealt with...Spiderman, your good days are over..."

"If I were you, I wouldn't come out again."

(End of this chapter)