Chapter 1000

Ess acquired goodfeller and brought Jeff goodfeller himself under its control. In nearly a month, ESS sorted out the existing technical data and R & D records of Jeff goodfeller and confirmed that Jeff goodfeller had actually obtained the technology before NTP and Visto registered.

Jinhu can submit relevant materials to the U.S. patent office through goodfeller, which is fully controlled, and ask the U.S. patent office to declare the relevant patents owned by NTP and Visto invalid. However, this practice is not in the interests of Jinhu. Instead, Jinhu requests to negotiate with NTP and Visto on relevant patents, Goodfeller shall obtain the authorization with the same rights as the two companies free of charge.

Because Goodfellow can provide detailed and effective record materials and can develop new technical solutions through the new R & D team led by Jeff Goodfellow to avoid the existing basic patents, NTP and Visto quickly reached a settlement agreement with ESS after negotiation, Jeff goodfeller paid $10 million to the two companies to obtain in-depth authorization for a total of 12 basic patents.

At that time, there were only 32 basic patents in the field of mobile e-mail technology registered by the U.S. patent office. Jinhu held the in-depth authorization of 12 of them, which means that Jinhu holds full rights for the patents derived from these 12 basic patents.

Zhang Ke thought that even if they did not develop mobile e-mail business smoothly in the North American market, after rim's Blackberry was a great success, they could follow behind NTP and Visto and bite rim down. At this time, they would not suffer if they took out $10 million.

At the same time, the American Recording Industry Association (RIAA) formally sued Jinhu's iPlayer business in the Federal District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia. Because the deliberate and lax encryption technology prompted users to download a large number of music free of charge on the Internet, it infringed its intellectual copyright, requested to prohibit Jinhu from selling iPlayer in the United States and compensate us $53.7 million.

In the name of IDA group and through the North American company, Jinhu requested the court to reject the lawsuit of the American record industry association, declared that it could not oppose technological progress under the pretext of protecting intellectual property rights, and asked the American record industry association to pay attention to the positive significance of Dyer technology in promoting the dissemination of audio-visual works through the Internet.

Although Chinese enterprises are often sued for patent infringement and intellectual copyright infringement in the United States, it is extremely rare that the amount of claims is so huge. To the surprise of the American media and the public, Chinese enterprises have been sued in the United States, and few enterprises will stand up to respond to the lawsuit - this is mainly because China has not participated in the GATT by 1999, domestic enterprises do not have a deep understanding of intellectual property rights, and they have no experience in international intellectual property lawsuits - like Jinhu There are no enterprises that even require the plaintiff to reflect, which immediately aroused great repercussions in the American media and the public.

Before responding to the lawsuit, the senior management of Jinhu realized that the lawsuit was good for expanding the brand influence of Aida in North America, but there was no accurate prediction on the extent.

Previously, I only realized that scooter, Toshiba, Samsung and other companies selling iPlayer in North America, as well as Deyi (the joint venture between Deyi and Jinhu mastered the core hardware architecture technology of iPlayer), would not want Jinhu to lose the lawsuit.

In fact, the intellectual copyright dispute caused by the lawsuit of ADA by the American recording industry association happens to be the focus of the contradiction between traditional audio-visual and audio manufacturers and Internet content providers. Traditional audio-visual and audio manufacturers hope to adopt stricter legal measures for intellectual copyright to eliminate piracy, while Internet content providers hope to have a more relaxed legal environment to promote the development of the Internet industry. If the court supports severe restrictions on the behavior of equipment providers or technology suppliers, it will almost be a disaster for the Internet industry.

The infringement judgment of the Federal District Court on Jinhu is of typical significance. A large number of voices supporting Jinhu have almost poured out on Internet content websites in North America.

Before the lawsuit, the United States knew that dyer and Ida group had a very limited population, just as Zhang Ke expected. After the lawsuit was filed by the American recording industry association, after the extensive reports of the American media, the sales volume of iPlayer in North America of Jinhu increased by 130% in the same month, catching up with the sales of Scotch Cooper, which also promoted the shipment volume of iPlayer in North America to exceed 260000 in February, It is only one step away from surpassing the achievements of MD Player in North America.

For Jinhu, as long as the lawsuit doesn't lose too badly, it's enough.

In February, due to the surge in sales, North America generated a profit of $4 million, which is also the first month profit after iPlayer products were introduced to the market.

In addition, the joint venture between Jinhu and Deyi controls the core hardware architecture technology of Dyer, and Jinhu independently holds other important software and hardware architecture technologies except flash memory. In these fields, almost every iPlayer manufacturer has to give Jinhu a feather. In February, Jinhu also obtained $4 million in these fields.

This also officially means that iPlayer has become the third main business of IDA group in addition to DVD players and mobile phones.

Jianye in March was still in early spring. At noon, Chunyang and Xi were comfortable sitting in front of the French window, but the report on his knee gave Zhang Ke a headache.

"It can't be reduced anymore," Chen Xinsheng sat opposite Zhang Ke, "In 1998, 15 million mobile phones were sold in China, and our market share was 14%. The sales of 2 million mobile phones in the domestic market alone was close to 9 billion yuan. It seems difficult to control the scale of Aida's annual sales below 10 billion yuan... In addition, the Ministry of information industry will collect tax revenue and other data, which can not be arbitrarily deleted."

"How much data can Huaxia electronics do?" Zhang Ke looked up at Chen Xinsheng. The state has to rank the top 100 in the electronics industry every year. IDA group suddenly jumped into the top three from more than 40 last year, which seems too dazzling.

"Huaxia electronics can't learn from us. Their sales in 1998 will be about 20 billion, which is a bit higher than us," Chen Xinsheng said. "In addition, we will allocate more profits to the component department, and the data will be better."

The gross profit of Jinhu's mobile phone business exceeds 40%. Since most of its enterprises are still in the period of tax reduction and exemption, the tax burden is relatively light, and the net profit is more than 30%, while the net profit of Huaxia electronics's mobile phone business is only one-third of that of Jinhu. If the data is not changed, it will touch the nerves of some officials of ministries and commissions.

Zhang Ke nodded and said, "it's better to go to the component department. Now it doesn't seem to be a problem to hide. If we can make the data better this year, it will still be a headache next year."

"Others still envy your headache," Chen Xinsheng said with a smile, "In 1998, the total number of mobile users increased by 11 million. This year, with the competition of China Unicom and the gradual development of Chinese short message service, the inappropriate charge of huge card purchase fee will be directly cut off, and the communication cost will also be greatly reduced. I think the total number of mobile users should at least double on this basis, and the sales of mobile phones in the domestic market will exceed 30 million, Our goal is to maintain the fourth place and strive for the third place. To achieve this goal, our domestic mobile phone sales in 1999 will reach 4 million units, with sales of about 15 billion - we can barely get into the top three this year, and we will definitely get into the top three next year... "

"It's good to slow down for one year. For some officials, it's also an acceptance process. At least as far as I know, Geng Chongyang is a stubborn state-owned monopolist. Our scenery is too flashy, and he will subconsciously put some pressure on us." Zhang Ke smiled and stood up to return the report to Chen Xinsheng.

The second meeting of 29 people will be held these two days, and the annual financial data of Jinhu's enterprises will be released one after another. When Jinhu commercial has not even completed the preliminary layout, IDA group, as one of the two cores of Jinhu system, naturally wants to play a leading role, with a net profit of nearly 4 billion yuan in 1998.

Nearly two years ago, Jinhu backdoor listing brought in $4 billion from the Hong Kong stock market, which has shocked people's attention. At this time, it is only a year's profit of Aida group, and the profits generated by the whole complex Jinhu system are amazing. Aida electronics has entered a stable profit period, and Shengxin electronics, Xinguang paper, xiangxuehai and other enterprises have entered the track of rapid development.

Speaking of xiangxuehai, Zhang Ke will go to Huishan in the near future. About 24% of the equity of xiangxuehai is held by Huishan Light Industry Bureau on behalf of Huishan municipal government. Only after straightening out the equity relationship of xiangxuehai can it be successfully traded and listed on the Hong Kong stock market in the future.

At the beginning of 1996, the equity held by Huishan Light Industry Bureau was valued at 300 million yuan. In 1997, Jinhu injected capital into xiangxuehai through Yuexiu. The equity held by Huishan Light Industry Bureau increased to 400 million yuan. In 1998, the performance of xiangxuehai increased nearly twice on the basis of 1997 after being fattened by CCTV Biao Wang, and the equity value held by Huishan Light Industry Bureau naturally increased again The price of 800 million yuan has been negotiated. With the profit sharing over the past period, Huishan municipal government has taken at least 900 million yuan from Xiang Xuehai, four times the original Hg Samsung Group's offer. When the contract was officially signed, Zhang Ke still had to go to Huishan in person to meet Zhao Yang.

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