Lord of Arcane

In addition, if Iolum dedicates [Misera] to the Lady of Mysteries in order to obtain patent-like protection, divine grace is also required. If a patent is not needed, divine grace can be obtained instead.

In other words, in addition to repairing the magic network, spreading magic and creating new spells can also gain divine grace.

In other words, with what Shaduo has done in the territory now, he has actually already obtained God's grace, but he still needs God's grace. In addition to the upper limit on the number of spells that can be stored in the magic network, what he cares most about is the innovative patent protected by the goddess.

Because in the foreseeable future, he will inevitably come up with a large number of innovative achievements in the field of magic. If there is no protection, he may gradually become conservative.

In Netheril, there is the Seventon Covenant to protect innovative patents, but what about outside of Netheril, or even outside of the Northern Alliance?
Therefore, from the perspective of future benefits, Shaduo actually still hopes that the Lord God of the Elves can expand the scope of his priesthood to the field of magic, because in this way, the elves will also have similar guarantees for magical innovation.

In this way, it is equivalent to the Mystery Lady system and the Elf Lord God system recognizing each other's patents, although such mutual recognition of patents can also be carried out within the framework of the Northern Alliance.

But all mortals are selfish, and all kinds of outrageous operations emerge in an endless stream. The credibility of gods, on the contrary, is higher. They do not care too much about the gains and losses of mortals, but are more focused on the survival of their own fields.

Especially when the Lady of Mystery is involved, this patent protection based on the credibility of the priesthood is bound to be far superior to the patent system built by mortals.

Of course, the shortcomings of the mortal system lie more in the low cost of breach of contract and the difficulty in proving breach of contract. In the future, when the Northern Alliance communicates more closely and various laws and regulations are improved, the mortal system will surely become popular again.

After all, to use God's system, one needs God's grace, and God's grace is not easy to come by. It can even be said that it becomes harder to obtain as time goes by.

And because of patent protection and the rapid development of magic, there will be more and more innovations.

In this case, God's patent protection may only be used to protect the most important innovative achievements, and in most cases it still depends on the system built by mortals.

But at the moment, the role of divine grace is still irreplaceable, so after being reminded by Iolum, Shado was tempted. In the past, he had never dared to vigorously promote the communication maze, and a big reason was that he was worried about the elves imitating it.

Adaptive puzzle lock framework + distributed node design, as long as the elves are willing to crack and imitate it, it is almost certain that they can copy it, similar to various APP replicas on Earth.

In this case, the general practice on Earth is that the first mover uses a large number of users and user stickiness as a protective barrier, and the APP itself cannot prohibit others from using it.

Even if others don't copy it completely, but only imitate roughly similar functions, it would be troublesome enough.

On Xiaduo's side, the current number of users and user stickiness of the communication maze are far from reaching the level of ignoring competitors. In other words, once a competitor appears, the communication maze of the Tower of Time is likely to become a wedding dress for others.

On Earth, there are many cases where the first movers opened up the market but were overtaken by the latecomers. Shado is unwilling to become a stepping stone for the elves.

As long as he accumulates users for the communication maze, he won't have to worry so much in the future. The huge number of users and user stickiness will allow him to continuously gain ground in different fields and catch up in various ways.

This is also the traditional way of playing in the Internet industry in his hometown, and it can also be used to kill elves in the magic world.

Of course, the prerequisite is to let him accumulate users for a platform, and it does not necessarily have to be the communication maze. Void Warehouse actually has the potential to become the main platform, but the Void Warehouse requires too much investment. It is not as good as the communication maze, which has more research and development costs. Selling matching communication instruments can also make extra money!
Therefore, Xia Duo chose the communication maze lock as the main platform, not only referring to the experience in his hometown, but also considering the reality of the magical world.

If the patent for the communication maze can be protected, then he can boldly explore the elven market. With the trade agreement of the Northern Alliance, the elven country cannot refuse. This was originally a weapon used by the elves to reap small countries or commercially backward countries, but for Shaduo, it is also a magic weapon that can be used.

At that time, he would shout "free trade", and no matter how aggrieved the elves were, they would have to open the door. Even if they imposed various restrictions, the worst that could happen was that he would sell communication tools that could be used as maze nodes in Evereska.

This is also the difference between the Tower of Time communication maze and the traditional elf maze. There is no need to expand the coverage of the maze, but it changes naturally as the nodes are added and moved, making it difficult to guard against.

Not to mention, once he starts promoting, he will most likely learn from his peers in his hometown and use a low-price or even free strategy. The main focus is to retain users first. As long as he has a user base, he doesn't have to worry about losing money now.

Instead, we should worry about whether we can maintain our original intentions in the future and not reap too much rewards.

The communication maze of the Tower of Time is actually already in use in Netheril. Now it is only one step away from being promoted to the elven world, and it needs patent protection!
Misera can be patented, and theoretically the communication maze can also be patented, but Misera has only one core function, which is actually the arcanist's arcane fire. The technology and functions are unified, but the communication maze is different.

Technically, there is an adaptive maze lock framework, and the initial inspiration can be traced back to Aohuo, but for users, this is not a maze lock function that they can use. The same is true for distributed node design, which is technology but not function.

Technology can indeed protect, but will functionality, Ms. Mystery, protect?

Xia Duo hopes that the function of the Tower of Time communication maze lock can be protected, but at the same time he knows that such protection is not conducive to innovation, which is what Ms. Mystery encourages.

Therefore, if he wants to apply for a patent for the communication maze, he must consider setting up more barriers to prevent the elves from imitating him. This also means that the patent he needs to apply for will not only be related to the adaptive maze and distributed nodes, but also the direction of the elves' imitation.

That is, how traditional maze locks can replicate the functions of the Tower of Time communication maze locks, and then he will apply for this solution as a product patent with unified technical functions. Perhaps he will have to apply for several more to minimize the possibility of elves imitating him.

But it is impossible to completely block it. Not only is it difficult to exhaust so many new design ideas in practice, even if it is possible, this approach of completely blocking other people's innovative paths will most likely not be recognized by Ms. Mystery.

By then, it may not be patent protected, but may be directly open source.

But what gods consider are not exactly the same as what mortals consider. As long as Lady Mystery ensures that there are other innovative paths, she does not need to consider the cost of other paths. This is also the basis for the implementation of Shaduo's containment strategy.

Of course, if the elf comes up with a low-cost solution that does not infringe on patents, then he can't say anything. It's normal when you are not as skilled as others. You just need to find a way to catch up or build a moat in other fields.

No one can always be ahead, and the strong will not expect others to always lag behind. Just do what you should do, and that is enough. (End of this chapter)