Rebirth of America, this is my time

What conflicts did you have with Mi Luohua when you were working there?

Ethan could answer this question directly without even thinking about it.

Barbara, you know this, I really just wrote an invitation letter as requested by the leader.

An invitation to Nolan Bushnell.

Ethan said: I did not decide the list of invitees, nor can I decide who should receive which guests.

Apart from the invitation letter, Mi Luohua and I only had one conflict. That was when I was fired. They wanted to deny my compensation. I used some fierce words to defend my rights.

What wording? Barbara was interested.

Uh... racial discrimination. Ethan took a deep breath and said, The member of the personnel department who came to talk to me used his own words to belittle Dr. King. I pointed out his mistake and threatened him to report it to the San Francisco Equal Rights Organization. Send a letter for help.”

Dr. King? Martin Luther King?

Barbara agreed while recording, If Milohua's people insulted him, then your report is indeed a smart decision.

Oh, thank you. Ethan thanked, and said at the same time: Then, I also said that their behavior of not paying compensation is illegal, and I will apply for assistance from America Legal Services Company.

Barbara also nodded and applauded this point, Okay, it's great to know how to use the law to protect your rights.

Also, I said their dismissal was an invasion of foreign capital led by Philips.

...

Hearing this, Barbara's hand that was recording suddenly stopped.

He raised his head slightly and glanced at Ethan.

The bright eyes flashed with confusion, You mean, your dismissal happened after Philips acquired Mirova?

right.

Okay. Barbara emphasized this point, So... you are the scapegoat chosen by the leader?

I think so too. Ethan nodded and said bluntly: Actually, I have always had the feeling that the leaders kept me here just to fire me during accountability, so that they could cover up their incompetence. .”

Great~baby~

Ethan's words made Barbara laugh, If you are sure that there are no other conflicts between you and Milohua, then I suspect that in such a company with a strong bureaucratic atmosphere, suing you is just to cover up their inability.

Of course, this is just suspicion.

‘? ’

Ethan narrowed his eyes.

He felt that what Barbara said seemed to make sense.

After all, there is a saying that goes well, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked. When the leaders of the branch companies are frantically trying to keep their positions, how can the top leaders of the direct companies take the initiative to bear the responsibility of the parent company?

The Snake Game created by him, a former employee of Mi Luohua, can indeed make Mi Luohua lose face.

While he was thinking, Barbara also wrote down her guesses on the paper, and then said: Then please evaluate Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine separately. You What kind of people do you think they two are?

And before being sued by Milohua, was there any conflict between you and Atari?

Although Ethan didn't understand why Barbara felt that Atari was targeting him, he still carefully recalled what happened in the past few months based on what the other party asked.

What he said about Nolan Bushnell:

He is a successful and excellent businessman. He is successful because he can see the value of Snake Game and wanted to occupy the ownership of Sanke Game as a long-term agent in the early stages of negotiations. To say he is excellent is because he can see the value of Snake Game. Because he did not give up even when he was in a desperate situation, and even if he couldn't win the lawsuit, he tried to win the sympathy of Ralph Bell and reach a settlement with Milohua.

What he said about Don Valentine was—

An extreme egoist who will do whatever it takes to gain profit. The previous negotiations on Snake Game and last night's questioning were all examples of him exporting his dissatisfaction on behalf of Atari.

After recording Ethan's words, Barbara nodded with a smile.

Sure enough, there is a problem. She muttered, then put the white paper up, pointed at Ethan's just evaluation and said: Ethan, your evaluation of Don Valentine is an extreme egoist, right?

Yes. Ethan nodded.

At the same time, he also expressed his confusion, Is there a problem? Barbara?

Of course! Barbara tilted her head and looked at Ethan, her face full of confidence, Before I explain to you, I want to ask you something. Did you just tell me that Don Wa Lundin yelled at you and said he was going to file a lawsuit against you?”

right.

Did you just say that Don Valentine said last night that they would reach a settlement with Milova, meet all Milova's demands, stop the sale of Snake Game, and compensate Milova according to Milova's requirements? Milahua suffered millions of losses and recalled all products already on the market, that is, the arcade machines and circuit motherboards of Snake Game?

Yeah~ Ethan confirmed that he remembered correctly.

Then the problem arises.

Barbara put down the paper, knocked on the table, and said, Ethan, maybe it's because you don't have a detailed understanding of our country's patent protection laws, so you think Don Valentine's behavior is normal.

But I want to tell you, his behavior is just not normal.

“Although our country’s patent protection law mentions that when a plaintiff sues a defendant and states that the defendant has infringed its patent, the plaintiff has the right to require the defendant to recall the infringing products from the market and destroy them, but in actual operation, this It’s very difficult to achieve.”

Or...

Barbara lengthened her voice and gave Ethan a meaningful smile.

It's basically impossible to achieve.

Barbara put her elbows on the table and said seriously: As for the issue of patent protection law, our U.S. Code has a complete collection, which states that if the plaintiff sues the defendant for patent infringement and requires the defendant to withdraw it from the market When an infringing product is found, the following four conditions must be met before the court can issue an injunction.”

The first condition is whether the plaintiff will suffer irreparable damage due to the defendant's infringement.

This is generally impossible to achieve, because the plaintiff must fall into bankruptcy, and then it will be considered irreparable damage. And often by this time, the infringing company has become an important subject in the single market. In order to ensure the stability of the market and the development of the economy, , under normal circumstances, the company that has been infringed can only be sacrificed.

“The second condition is whether the monetary compensation in the case is sufficient to compensate the plaintiff’s losses.”

When the plaintiff takes the initiative to file for monetary compensation, this provision will definitely be achieved.

The third condition is whether the ban is in the public interest.

The fourth condition is whether the injunction will cause reasonable harm to both parties and others.

The last two points, in formal operations, there is actually a lot of room for operation. Take Snake Game as an example. If a phenomenal game is recalled and destroyed, it will have a negative impact on the public's entertainment life. It causes huge damage, and at the same time, it also causes huge economic losses to those merchants who buy arcade machines.

Under such circumstances, as long as Milova will not go bankrupt due to the sale of Snake Game, then how can Snake Game be recalled? And it is impossible for the court to support Milova's request for Atari to recall Snake Game request, then why does the extreme egoist you call angrily express that he will cooperate with Milohua?

Barbara turned her head and looked at Ethan.

Those bright eyes sparkled with wisdom.

Then, she leaned back and mocked: When Don Valentine said he would let Atari recall the Snake Game arcade machine, there was something wrong with him! Because Pong was on the market , no recall!”

If we have to compare the harm of infringement, Pong is obviously greater than Snake Game!

Right?

When he has already gone through the Pong lawsuit! When he clearly knows that infringing products such as video games do not need to be recalled! Then why does he still say in front of you that he will cooperate with Mi Luohua and take all the losses? What about passing it on to you?

Isn't this behavior abnormal?

Besides, you just said that Don Valentine is going to sue you for concealing the truth?

Want to label you as a commercial fraud?

Isn't this putting pressure on you for no reason?

Do you think this is something that a normal person, an extreme egoist as you call it, would do?

If he's really an egoist, shouldn't he be pushing you to fix the problem and then keep selling the game?

Or...

His 'interest' is not a game?

Ethan was stunned on the spot after hearing the barrage of questions!

yes!

There is something wrong with this special code!

Ethan didn't even notice these details when he was yelled at by Don Valentine last night.

First of all, it was because Barbara confirmed that Snake Game was infringing. When this fact was established, he entrusted Snake Game to Atari for production and sales, which indeed had the intention of pulling others down.

Secondly, it is because he feels that the request to recall infringing products is fine. If his products are infringed, he will definitely make corresponding claims when suing, or in other words, he will definitely strangle the infringers to death in a rage. .

But now, Barbara says that recall is impossible? Is it not supported by the law?

There is indeed something wrong with Don Valentine's rage!

Thinking of this, Ethan quickly said: Barbara, are you sure?

It's about the recall.

Ethan's question made Barbara roll her eyes and said, When I was studying with my teacher, my teacher took a case from Playboy. The other party asked Playboy to recall the violating magazine. I The teacher directly scolded the plaintiff and the plaintiff’s lawyer with the U.S. Code in front of the judge during the mediation session, and told the plaintiff’s lawyer to go back to school and start class again.”

I still remember what he said at that time. He said, 'Can your personal interests outweigh the public interests? If so, I can apply to the GF Ministry to have the army stationed in front of your home!'

The Manhattan judge agreed and told the plaintiffs and their lawyers not to be unreasonable.

‘Fuck! What a fierce man! ’

Ethan was shocked.

The judge asked the victim not to make trouble unreasonably?

What kind of defense is this?

And this fact also made Ethan silent.

At this moment, he only felt that he was doing a math problem.

Because he really didn't understand why Atari put pressure on himself.

Is it possible...

Is this lawsuit causing problems with Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine's monetization plans?

Because the infringement of Snake Game will indeed cause Atari's value to plummet.

Thinking of this, Ethan immediately said: Barbara, do you think there is a possibility that the real interest of Don Valentine and Nolan Bushnell is to sell Atari? Because as far as I know , Nolan Bushnell is selling Atari.”

Ethan felt that he had touched the truth at this moment.

But his words made Barbara sit up straight, with a face full of surprise——

What did you say? Barbara raised her voice, Nolan Bushnell is selling Atari to the outside world?

When did this happen? Where did you hear it?

Barbara's shock did not surprise Ethan, because he was also confused when he heard the news.

Yes, Nolan is selling Atari. Ethan nodded: As far as I know, this thing should have happened a long time ago, at least before we reached a cooperation, and the source of the news... uh... …My friend told me.”

You should have met Steve Jobs, Woz's friend at the last party...

Find him quickly! Before Ethan could finish speaking, Barbara made a decision, Quickly, quickly! Let him come to see me!

What's wrong? Ethan was a little confused, Is there something wrong with this matter?

Of course! Barbara shouted: Of course there is a problem! Nolan Bushnell wants to sell Atari? But why should other companies buy Atari? Is there anything valuable about Atari?

Their games are infringing! Their machines are infringing! They won't be able to release new games in the next year!

In this case, Nolan Bushnell is still selling Atari! And anyone is willing to buy it?

Then this is the biggest problem!

Because land and labor are not valuable!

Just imagine, if you are a capital giant and find that the greatest value of Atari's entire company is some replaceable products, then why don't you recruit people yourself? Poach people yourself? Do you have to acquire them directly?

Isn't this a mental illness?

This is definitely not what Nolan Bushnell is peddling! They must be hiding something!

And what they are hiding is definitely the true value of Atari!

We have to figure this out! Only by knowing the true value of Atari can we deduce why they are so angry! Only then can we know why they put all the responsibilities on you instead of trying to solve the problem !”

Barbara stared at Ethan, tapped her watch, and said, Baby, can I see Steve before two o'clock in the afternoon?