Chapter 443： Tearsing patent grant

Vienna, Austria's New Energy Power Company has recently increased its business a lot, especially the business sector is extremely busy.

Since Vienna has become a city that never sleeps, the company's headquarters has often been invited by major cities, and it is natural to talk about business.

No commercial value now does not mean that there is no commercial value in the future. Electricity is the tuyere of this era, and the era of blowouts is coming.

Power companies may lose money, but monopoly power companies can never lose money. Even if the government would limit prices in the future, it would not be impossible to leave a reasonable profit.

Having mastered the power supply of a city, you have the right to speak locally, especially in industrial cities.

If you want to crack down on your competitors, you only need to give them a wave every 30 minutes during the peak period of power consumption, and it will make people speechless.

The world of the future is inseparable from electricity, whoever has the power, masters this era. By the end of the 19th century, almost every consortium had its own power company.

On the surface, the Austrian New Energy Power Company appears to be a system. In fact, it is a subsidiary company of the royal consortium, but because of actual needs, this company will become a new consortium.

No matter how it changes, the ultimate ruler is the royal family. Of course, on the bright side, there is no direct relationship between the two, and it seems that the shares invested by the royal family are less than 10%.

As for this share, once it is listed, it will continue to be diluted. Most of the shares of the company are held by various institutions. If you want to check carefully, there are institutions behind the institutions, and cross-shareholding between institutions, the equity is dazzling.

This does not hide the caring person, as long as ordinary people can't see it. What can be seen are smart people. Things that don't have evidence don't talk at all.

This is a legitimate business, and even if it is spoken, the impact will be limited. But the cost of talking indiscriminately is likely to be speechless forever.

No one cares about the issue of equity, at least until Austrian New Energy Power goes public.

Elkson is the manager of the Commerce Department of the Austrian New Energy Power Company. Recently his most important job is to return a telegram and then send a representative to negotiate with the government.

The object of the negotiation is not limited to Austria, but many customers in Europe are his clients. Some cities need cooperation, and some need pure patent licensing.

Although patent management in this era is not very strict, European countries basically have patent laws. Small companies and individuals violate it. It is obvious that the government cannot take the lead in violating it.

If the government takes the lead in violating the patent bill, if it is passed on, it will not only be a loss of face, but also a lot of money will be lost in a lawsuit.

Most European countries are marked by judicial notarization, so many judicial systems are independent. In such cases, the court is happy to erect a model of judicial notarization.

Of course, this is only for the government. When faced with individuals or private enterprises, the deterrent effect is not so great.

It is not uncommon to pay no royalties or pay less. How much can be collected depends on the patience of the patent owner.

If the government wants to be face-saving, fear of getting a lawsuit that must be lost does not mean that companies will also be afraid. Usually everyone will open a vest, in case of losing the lawsuit, declare bankruptcy directly, and change to a new vest to continue to play.

In this regard, Austrian New Energy Power is lucky. This power system belongs to public infrastructure, and the customers are mainly local governments, all of whom need to pay attention to eating.

Customers must pay attention to food, and even power companies that are engaged in this business must pay attention to food, and it is impossible to win the bid without a patent license.

Of course, this is also the reason why the Austrian New Energy Power Company did not receive much patent fees. Otherwise, others will start another stove and set up a system to avoid patent barriers.

There is not much money, so there is no need to re-development. With so many patent technologies involved, the cost of bypassing the patent system can be much higher.

After more than two months of work, Elkson came up with the first results and knocked on the door of President Mark Oliver's office.

"Come in!"

Mark Oliver's voice sounded.

Elkson walked into the office and reported: "President, we have completed a preliminary judgment with the representative of BNP Paribas, and the two sides have basically reached an agreement on the patent authorization issue. The only trouble is that they need exclusive authorization."

Without any surprises, the first to reach a preliminary intention was the French. After all, they are arrogant, they just need a patent license, and they have not invited the Austrian New Energy Power Company to invest.

No investment is needed, so it is easy to talk about. No one can live with the money, and the Austrian New Energy Power Company now needs money to expand its scale.

Instead, the investment was invited, and the Ministry of Commerce had to resort to dragging the word. The contract can be signed in advance, and when construction starts, you need to consider.

After all, the cost has not yet come down, and construction will begin immediately, that is, trading at a loss. Unless the local government is willing to pay the bill, the Austrian New Energy Power Company can't afford it.

Advertising in Vienna is enough. With the advertisement of "Night City", the patent license fee that can be collected is enough to recover the previous investment.

Mark Oliver's right index finger hits the table, which is his habit when thinking about problems. After being silent for a while, he slowly said, "Tell the French, if they are willing to pay more than one million Aegis patent license fees, give them an exclusive license."

The Austrian New Energy Power Company's patent licensing fee is not high, and there are different standards according to different countries. For example, the French patent licensing fee is 300,000 Aegis, and residents use electricity to pay the patent at the standard of 0.2 Aegis per user per year. The fee is 100 Aegis per year for factories and enterprises, and another 50,000 Aegis per year for each city lighting system.

This standard is not high, which also includes related technology transfer fees. For example: large-scale generator production technology, power transmission related technology, and so on.

The research and development costs of these technologies will not be less than 300,000 Aegis. The charging standards for the later patent fees seem to be many, but in fact there is not much money. After all, patented technology is time-limited, and it is impossible to receive the era of full popularization.

For example, the electricity used by residents is more than 4.5 million people based on 10% of the French population. Considering that there were more Dingkou in this era, there were only 5.6 million households.

In fact, it is difficult to make statistics when you settle the account. Basically, it is an estimation. The specific data is the French.

As long as the gap is not too big, it is impossible for Austrian New Energy and Power Company to send someone to investigate. The cost of this investigation is too high.

Industrial electricity consumption is more difficult to count. When several factories are counted as one factory, they can be fooled. It is very difficult to check.

This is also the reason why the patent fee for equipment production does not appear, mainly because it is impossible to count how much production is made, and the other party ca n’t receive much money at all.

The only guarantee is the license fee for each city, which is Paris in a short time, and other cities have to wait. May not wait until the end of the patent period, there are not necessarily ten cities to adopt.

Not every local government is so rich. Poor ghost cities are still the mainstream of this era, and it is normal to have no money to pay for the power supply system.

This patent protection time is determined. According to French law, the urban power supply network system is only eight years old, and the longest other patented technology is only thirty years.

When the time for protection of each patented technology comes, the corresponding cost will be deducted. How much the final return can be remains unknown.

Without an exclusive license, you want to charge a few more license fees. After all, the money in your hands is yours, and the potential benefits may not be available.

If the price is high enough, a one-time buyout is not impossible. Now no one knows how fast the power technology will develop in the future, otherwise the French are likely to buy out the technology directly.

In theory, this set of patents is still very valuable. It can collect millions of Aegis patent fees every year, but in fact nobody knows.

It is estimated that there are always 1.8 million per year. Anyway, it is also a power system. Although it is a little missing, it is also high-tech in this era.

In this regard, British talent is the hegemon. As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, they have the most patented technology.

Just because of time, most of the patented technologies have expired, otherwise they now charge at least tens of millions of pounds every year.

Obviously, the British paid the royalties only locally. By the time the industrial revolution broke out in other European countries, most of their technologies had long passed the patent protection period.

The patented technology of the Austrian New Energy Power Company can be said to be a tearful sale. No way, who made their technology immature?

The current authorization is actually pitting people. After buying them, you will find that these technologies have a bright future and will not make any money in the short term.

Without money-making technology, it is naturally impossible to sell at a high price. Except for Paris and London, for the sake of face, they have to keep up their heads, but other cities are not so bold.

As long as time slows down, even if it only waits for two or three years, this cost may drop by 20-30%.

Now the bustling Paris and London do not have the handwriting of the Austrian New Energy Power Company, buying newspapers touting the "Electricity Age", "Lighting Revolution", "Paris is behind", "London is behind" ...

If it were not enough for the people in Paris, the patented technology of the Austrian New Energy Power Company could not be sold.

There is no way to register a patent if you want to keep the technology secret; if you don't preemptively register a patent, you will be preempted by others, and the previous investment will be frustrated.

The Austrian Patent Office will keep them confidential, but the British and French patent offices will not have such an international spirit. From the moment of registration, transnational patented technology has become an open secret technology.

Since it can no longer be kept secret, it will not be sold yet. Do you still expect your competitors to obey the rules and not steal technology?

Everyone's scientific research level is basically at the same level. With these technologies, British and French can be copied for up to half a year, and maybe they can be improved.

Unlike the technology of later generations, technology has developed to a certain degree. Even if the high-tech technology makes the data public, it is not so easy to decipher.

When applying for a patent, a little more obstacles are set up, which can basically be kept secret. The current technology is just a gap in thinking.

Some technologies can be reversed when you see the product shell.

This is why no technical barriers have been set up in this era, as long as you have money to buy them. It's not that everyone doesn't know the importance of technical secrecy, but it can't keep secrets at all.

The same is true of the Austrian New Energy Power Company. When technical confidentiality cannot be achieved, it is natural to maximize the benefits.

Without selling patented technology now, it will be difficult to launch it in the future. Just setting industry standards is an irresistible temptation.

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