Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 887 Prosecution
The hot sales of Yike mobile phone Mars abroad have laid a good foundation for the domestic team.

In addition, Fang Zhuo personally negotiated the purchase cooperation intention with the operator China Unicom, which also allows Yike to stand on a starting line that can compete with international big names.

However, Yike's domestic team is still the first time to start a mobile phone business...

Fang Zhuo hopes that this first time is correct enough, deep enough, and enough to continue the competitiveness of the product in the future.

He transferred Liu Qiangdong to develop the domestic mobile phone business, and also wanted to observe the performance of the executives in the process and make changes as appropriate.

This meeting, about Mars2's design, cost, operator cooperation and many other explanations, communication or training, is just a part of observation, and we need to continue to see more performances from everyone in the future.

The meeting lasted for a long time, and after the end, the individual communication with Liu Qiangdong and other high-level executives took a long time.

Waiting for a little internal cohesion, Fang Zhuo counted the time and called the head of China Unicom, Chang, and talked about 3G, the Olympics, and Yike's next publicity investment.

He and Chang's head only communicated in general, and it took half of the time for the topic to turn to the international financial market situation.

But this kind of phone call can only talk in this way, and it is impossible to talk in detail about the implementation level of the launch of the mobile phone in August. Moreover, even if he can talk about Yike's plan, the leader on the other side may not know Unicom's plan.

Therefore, Fang Zhuo also went through the pragmatic process with the head of Chang to make sure that the consistency of their cooperation is still harmonious.

There are still 2 months to go until the release of Yike Mars2, and more than 3 months before Mars is launched in China. The Yike mobile phone, which has been publicized since the Spring Festival Gala this year, has finally gradually tightened the string in China.

However, the domestic Yike is busy, and the foreign ones are not idle. The European and American markets are still working hard for the sales target of Mars, and by the way, they also implemented the boss's order to sue LG for patents.

On April 4, Yike America formally filed a patent infringement lawsuit against LG to the court.

This is also the second patent lawsuit that LG has suffered in the U.S. market after Apple.

At the same time, Yike also filed the same lawsuit to ITC and asked LG to stop selling the infringing models in the US market.

Yike did not make much fanfare, but filed the lawsuit quietly, because according to past experience, patent cases are often relatively long, and they are often counted in years. Therefore, Fang Zhuo also thinks that he only needs to wait for the progress of the process.

Just like Apple and LG, both sides are very calm.

However, Yike America has just filed a lawsuit in New York State, which immediately shocked LG's gang.

In just one day, Fang Zhuo received a call from Yu Nanjun, President of LG Electronics (Huaxia) in the office of Hang Lung 23.

Yu Nanjun was 59 years old and joined LG since graduating from university. He went through North America, Europe, and South Korea headquarters. In 06, he was transferred to Huaxia as the president of Greater China.

Of course, Fang Zhuo only learned about these after hanging up the phone.

When he received this call, he only knew that the other party had reported his family name, and then he spoke in an unbelievable tone.

"Mr. Fang, LG has always attached importance to the Chinese market and is committed to providing the best products and services to Chinese consumers. Why are you suing LG in the United States?" Yu Nanjun asked a question.

Fang Zhuo was very surprised: "Yike is suing LG in the United States. This has nothing to do with the Chinese market. The reason for suing is because you have infringed."

"No, Mr. Fang, LG has been deeply cultivating the Chinese market. It not only has a good reputation, but also cultivates talents for China's mobile phone industry. As a Chinese company, I think both parties should consider the overall situation." Yu Nanjun is quite righteous.

When Fang Zhuo heard such words, he hesitated for a while, not sure if he was the president of LG Huaxia District. This kind of communication made people feel that his mind was not clear.

He considered it over and over again, and said tactfully: "LG cultivates talents for China's mobile phone industry and brings products to consumers. It's really hard work for LG. Let Yike do such hard work in the future. Do you have a president in the US region?" ? Is he working so hard? Please tell him that Yi Ke is also willing to help LG America."

Yu Nan was at a loss for words.

"LG's touch-screen computer is based on the Symbian system, and it will never infringe Yike's patent." He said after a few seconds, "It is an extremely wrong behavior for Yike to start a war like this."

Yunan mentioned Saipan, and the meaning behind it is self-evident.

Fang Zhuo said bluntly, "Then you can correct me."

He didn't talk nonsense, and felt that the two parties were not on the same frequency, so he ended the call.

I don't know if Yu Nanjun personally came to Hang Lung 23 to correct the head of Yike, but Wayne, president of LG Electronics USA, really contacted Fang Zhuo very quickly.

Wayne's call sounds like a normal person.

He said that he was aware of Yike's prosecution and was willing to communicate actively, and he was very much looking forward to having a sincere meeting with Mr. Fang on this matter.

Whether it should be said or not, Fang Zhuo was much more satisfied with Wayne's attitude after listening to the comparison of the phone calls before and after.

Then, he regretfully rejected the other party's request to meet, thinking that there is a good example of this matter ahead, and he should go through legal procedures like Apple.

Apple is to stifle competitors, to attack the Symbian system.

In addition to the same purpose, Yike not only learns from the experience of Korean manufacturers, but also has another important consideration. The operator that cooperates with LG in the US market is Verizon, which is very powerful.

Next month, the half-year exclusive agreement between Yike and the US operator T-Mobile will expire, which means that Mars2 will almost have T-Mobile + several small and medium-sized operators that have been contacted in advance as sales channels.

However, the combination of small and medium-sized operators is no match for a Verizon.

AT&T has Apple's iPhone, Sprint and Motorola are still aggressively pushing their 3G standards, and only Verizon has been interested in Mars before, but chose LG because of T-Mobile's exclusivity.

Fang Zhuo very much hopes that this time Verizon will be able to learn from its mistakes and realize who is the better partner in this era.

He doesn't want LG's patent fees, but its operators and its market prospects.

This is not something that can be resolved in one or two phone calls or one or two consultations, so there is no need to waste time on it.

It's a pity that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. The president of LG Huaxia, Yu Nanjun, didn't stop after being hung up. On the one hand, he continued to contact Yike Company, on the other hand, he also put pressure on public opinion.

As a veteran, he pointed out one point clearly: "Although Android claims to be an open source system, Yike is trying to threaten mobile phone manufacturers to join its PRO alliance with its patents. This is an extremely unfriendly behavior that is not conducive to long-term development."

This point is quite correct, and it can be regarded as a consensus between Google and Yike.

However, Huaxia has no concept of the PRO alliance. It is only after hearing this that it understands such a framework alliance based on patent cross-licensing.

What?As long as you join, you can enjoy patents for free?

And this good thing?
Yi Ke is too kind, right?
This is not Mr. Fang's style!
The Zhonglian mobile phone has not yet been released, and the PRO alliance first became popular among domestic manufacturers, causing many ripples.

(End of this chapter)