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Chapter 264 Sky-high patent fee

A familiar scene happened again.

With the help of lawyers, the two parties came to the meeting room again, sat down face to face, and started the second out-of-court settlement.

Only this time, the smile in Zheng Feng's eyes disappeared.

With a gloomy face and a faint smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, he looked at Wei Kang on the screen.

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Suddenly applauded.

"Mr. Wei is such a good trick. This move is completely beyond my expectation. I never thought that there are such saints in the world who like to do charity without making money. Hehehe, it's their fault that the Vatican didn't invite you to be Pope." loss."

The corner of Wei Kang's mouth twitched: "...you don't have to be so eccentric."

Zheng Feng continued on his own and said: "Actually, I really want to cooperate with Sanqing. We are all businessmen. We must understand what a win-win situation is. Therefore, the conditions we have always given are very favorable, and the ratio of patent fees is also high. not tall."

He looked at Wei Kang, sighed and shook his head and said, "Mr. Wei, I thought that they were all young people with the same cultural background, and people who pursued science. You will understand me, and everyone will follow the agreement." , based on the principle of mutual benefit, let’s make good money together.”

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it!" He slapped the table suddenly, and said with a sad face: "Sanqing actually ignored our friendship and refused to disclose financial information, just gave such a small patent fee, and gave some ridiculous reasons Excuse me, this is a joke, right?"

"I really want to ask you, why do you do this?"

Wei Kang was silent, but he was thinking in his heart: "It's not for disgusting you."

Zheng Feng didn't expect his answer either, he was still asking and answering himself.

"But then I figured it out. If you want to play tricks, you can play tricks. It doesn't matter. Anyway, you are rich, and you are a pharmaceutical giant. Mabuse will call you an idol when you see him. It's nothing to be tricked by you twice."

"Which rich man doesn't have a temper? Isn't Mabuse often sparring online, known as the Thor of Silicon Valley, and hammers anyone he sees, haha."

"None of these are important." His face changed, and he said every word: "The important thing is that you shouldn't use our money for charity."

"The refund you give to the patient includes our patent fee!"

He sneered, and said with a sneer: "Sanqing is rich and powerful, and he will give patients a [-]% discount every now and then. The patent fee must be affordable. I hope we don't go to court."

After speaking, he gave the lawyer next to him a wink.

The lawyer pushed over a thick stack of documents in front of him, and said with a straight face: "Because the last time the proportional share plan was easily taken advantage of by some people, so this time our request is very clear, and the patent licensing fee of 5000 million U.S. dollars will be paid in advance. , and then pay 20% of the patent royalties based on the net sales in the Eagle Country market.”

"If an agreement cannot be reached, we can only submit a lawsuit to the court to recover US$20 billion in patent infringement fees and fines. I hope you will stop playing tricks."

Yang Haoran suddenly became furious: "This patent fee is too outrageous. The thalassemia gene drug is our own research and development, but we only use your gene editing tools. How can you have the face to charge so much money? You made this drug It seems that you developed it and authorized it to us, and there is no such thing as grabbing money."

Sanqing's lawyer also shook his head, showing an incredulous expression: "Oh my God, are you really joking? There is no basic patent in the world that charges such a high fee, and the court will not approve of this ratio. .”

The other party's lawyer interrupted him: "We are not talking about this when we go to court, but about compensation and fines for patent infringement."

"However," Sanqing's lawyer argued: "The specific amount of compensation for patent infringement is also calculated based on actual losses. The total sales revenue of this gene drug is not much, and the figure of 20 billion US dollars is too ridiculous. Get the support of the court."

"Hehe," the opposing lawyer smiled, "It seems that you don't know how big the benefits of this patent are. My client recently reached a cooperation agreement with Pfizer, with an amount of up to 15 billion US dollars, which is enough to explain everything."

"Sanqing is a malicious infringement that knows the law and violates the law. The court will definitely support paying a fine three times the actual loss, which is more than 3 billion U.S. dollars."

"We will also ask Sanqing to prohibit the use of this technology in the Eagle Country market. At the same time, for five consecutive years thereafter, Sanqing must pay 5% of the actual global sales of infringing products to the Broad Institute for the use of patents. Fees, the compensation is estimated to exceed one billion U.S. dollars."

"After going to the court, the scene will be ugly. Now we can still sit here and negotiate a settlement, representing the goodwill of our clients. I hope you can cherish this last opportunity."

"In short, you can figure it out." The opposing lawyer threw down these words loudly and sat down.

"This..." Sanqing's lawyer's face turned ugly. He knew that the other party was right. Yingguo had always attached great importance to patent infringement, and the compensation was very harsh.

Especially for large companies infringing rights, the court's judgment is absolutely ruthless, and hundreds of millions and billions of damages are often paid, which makes people frightened.

The largest compensation in the history of the Eagle Country patent case was that Cisco lost the lawsuit because of infringement of network security patents, and was sentenced to pay 32 billion US dollars.

Intel was also ordered to pay nearly $22 billion for infringing on chip patents.

And Juwei also recently claimed a billion-dollar 5G patent infringement fee from Eagle Country operator Verizon.

Usually in these infringement cases, the two parties will reach a peace agreement, allowing the prosecution to drop the lawsuit.

But it is true that many companies have paid a painful price of billions of dollars.

Sanqing, as a global pharmaceutical giant, will no doubt be "viewed differently" by the court, thus awarding a jaw-dropping compensation figure. The figure of 20 billion US dollars may be too conservative.

Sanqing's lawyer said solemnly, "I want to discuss it with my client."

Zheng Feng nodded, and finally revealed a well-disguised smug smile.

Yang Haoran picked up his laptop and came to another meeting room with the lawyer team.

He frowned, and said with a worried face: "Mr. Wei, to be honest, what the other party said is not unreasonable. Yingguo imposes heavy penalties on patent infringement cases, especially for large companies. Basically, the compensation is astonishing. I I feel that since the other party is willing to reconcile, there is no need to go to that step.”

The lawyer also agreed: "According to the available information, if this case reaches the stage of litigation, the chances of winning are not great, so I suggest that a settlement should be reached."

Wei Kang did not answer their questions, but thoughtfully said: "Don't you find it strange? Since the other party is so sure that they will win, why not directly sue? The compensation of 20 billion US dollars is much higher than the patent fee. Why do you want to make peace with us over and over again?"

He suddenly laughed: "It seems that the other party is just like me. He is a kind person. He would rather lose money himself than see others suffer."

Yang Haoran was taken aback for a moment, and the lawyers all looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

Yang Haoran deliberated and asked: "You mean, the other party has actually just threatened us with a lawsuit? The real purpose is to reach a settlement?"

The lawyer also figured this out, and immediately lifted his spirits, and said with joy, "Oh my God, that's great, I don't want to go to court either."

Wei Kang joked with a smile: "Why? Know that no matter who wins or loses, you patent lawyers always win."

The lawyer smiled awkwardly, and then his eyes became frightened.

"It would be best if I could settle. My winning rate has always been high. A $20 billion loss record will definitely become an indelible stain on my career. Within ten years, my peers will never forget this. A case, my God, that's just horrific."

Wei Kang couldn't help laughing and said, "Then you probably regret taking this case."

"Okay, as I expected, the other party wants money very much, but he doesn't want to tear up his face completely and let Sanqing's thalassemia gene medicine withdraw from the Eagle Country market. Then why is this? If you think about it, you can understand the other party." true intention."

"However, we can take advantage of this and try our best to mediate with the other party to strive for a favorable situation."

Wei Kang quickly made a decision: "Let's leave it at that. Yang Haoran, you guys continue to negotiate with the Broad Institute, try to delay as long as you can, and then bargain for as much as you can."

The two sides returned to the negotiating table again and conducted arduous peace talks.

This time the negotiation will be a long tug-of-war, and it may take several weeks to reach an agreement on various details, which will not be easy for both parties.

Wei Kang did not attend again, but handed everything over to Yang Haoran's team.

He just needs to wait for the final news.

(End of this chapter)