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Chapter 278: Treat others in their own way.
After operating the USB flash drive, Li Dongling played with the USB flash drive in his hand. The USB flash drive in his hand can only be regarded as a first-generation product. If the USB flash drive technology is to be fully mature and reach the transmission speed and memory size of later generations, it may require several updates. Only modern technology will do.

It is estimated that a truly mature USB flash drive will have to wait a few years. Just like smartphones and electric cars, they need to be updated and iterated so that technology can continue to be upgraded.

But it doesn’t hinder, Donglin Hi-Tech has released the current USB flash drive. After all, there is no comparison object at all. Compared with floppy disks and CD burners, USB flash drives are almost generationally inferior. It is not a problem to crush the other.

"What is the maximum memory capacity of a USB flash drive now?!" Li Dongling turned his head and asked Chen Tao.

"Currently, we can achieve 32M memory USB flash drives, and we are working on overcoming 64M technology!"

Li Dongling nodded when he heard this. U disks with memory sizes of 16M, 32M, and 64M are basically the memory sizes of mainstream hard disks in the next few years.

"As for patents and technology, has the U disk patent application been approved overseas?!" Li Dongling asked the most critical question.

The patent issue has always been a problem that has plagued countless domestic companies. I don’t know how many companies have stumbled on this. Some are dug up by foreign companies and blackmailed with patents, and some are simply not familiar with the rules of the game and clearly developed domestically first. When it came out, it was snatched up by a foreign company, and in the end you had to pay the foreign company!
Tanglin Hi-tech should be the company that pays the most attention and attention to patents in China, especially overseas patent layout. After all, the first battle of Tanglin Hi-tech was the lawsuit with Microsoft. That lawsuit directly determined the life and death of Tanglin Hi-tech.

Now, the legal department of Donglin Hi-tech has a team that is responsible for helping Tanglin Hi-tech handle patent legal affairs. It helps Tanglin Hi-tech register patents around the world, acquire patents, and sue and handle those who infringe Tanglin Hi-tech's patents. Those companies.

Li Dongling adopts a reward system for this legal team, that is, in addition to normal salary, it is also divided according to the scale of the lawsuit claim amount.

As long as the lawsuit is won, the patent compensation recovered from the claim will be distributed proportionally to the lawyers of this patent legal team!

This is very similar to the vulture lawyers in America. They help employers win the lawsuit and then divide the compensation received.

Relying on this model, Dongling Hi-Tech's patent legal team has a very strong combat effectiveness. Many big players have joined in. I dare not say that it can compare with those of Disney, Nintendo, Qualcomm, Nanshan Pizza Hut, and Longgang Invincible Shou. Legal team.

However, in the technology industry, Tanglin Hi-Tech's patent legal team is somewhat famous. It searches for companies all over the world that dare to infringe Tanglin Hi-Tech's patents, and then sues them to blackmail them. No, it is reasonable, legal and compliant. Just let the other party pay the due price. After all, the lawyers in the patent legal team are making money for themselves. How can they not be active? This is much more profitable than litigating lawsuits and getting commissions in a law firm!

"The patent legal team has cooperated with professional third-party patent consulting companies and public relations companies to apply for patent protection for USB flash drives around the world, especially in Japan, America, Canada, Europe and other places!"

Chen Tao took out several documents that had been prepared long ago and handed them to Li Dongling. If he applied for a U disk patent from patent offices around the world in a step-by-step manner, he would definitely be able to get it passed. But when the Year of the Monkey is still the Month of the Horse, then no one can Not sure.

Therefore, Tanglin Hi-Tech directly cooperated with professional patent consulting companies and public relations companies. With the help of its banknote capabilities, the U disk patent was quickly approved in Japan, America, and many European countries.

After flipping through a few pages of documents, Li Dongling saw that in many places, the patent for Shenzhou USB flash drives had been approved, and some were under review. It is estimated that it will not take long to be approved.

In a previous life, Langke, who was the first to develop a USB flash drive, encountered patent troubles. When USB flash drives became popular, a large number of companies jumped out, including Kingston, Sony, etc., to compete with Langke for USB flash drive patents. In the end, they could not win. We know how many lawsuits were filed and it took several years to barely get the patent rights. Even so, many companies are still unconvinced.

The reason why the U-disk patent was able to be obtained back, apart from the strong support of the founder of Netac, was that Netac was backed by Toshiba and supported by Toshiba. Only then did Netac have the money to continue to compete with Sony and other companies. Otherwise, if you change the company, you will have no money to file a lawsuit and declare bankruptcy.

And Langke also relied on USB flash drives to go public and make money for decades. The two things he did the most in the future were the USB flash drive patent lawsuit, and the second was rent collection...

Nowadays, U disks will not encounter those problems. If Kingston, Sony, etc. dare to reach out, Tanglin Hi-Tech’s patent legal team will take action. In their eyes, the only way to make money is to go to war with companies like Kingston and Sony. There will be more, what kind of game does the vulture lawyer team play? It is unreasonable to make three points, let alone reasonable! Putting down the USB flash drive and the files, Li Dongling asked Chen Tao again, "How many parts of the USB flash drive require overseas patent authorization or are imported?"

U disks require the use of flash memory technology, and Toshiba was the first to play with memory. No matter how you feel about Toshiba, it is indeed one of the overlords in the technology industry, and Toshiba's shadow can be seen in almost all fields.

Li Dongling was also a little helpless about this. When the Shenzhou digital cordless phone was being developed, it was restricted by Toshiba's chips. Li Dongling planned to build Dongxin Semiconductor, spent countless money on it, and invited Academician Ni Guangnan to take the helm. Finally, he launched the Sirius chip and shied away from the challenge. Dependence on Toshiba chips, which have been rising in price.

But just as I jumped out of one pit, I fell into another pit dug by Toshiba. Flash memory technology and patents are all in Toshiba's hands, and there is no way around Toshiba.

In the previous life, Netac also relied on Toshiba to defeat many opponents, but at the cost, I don't think Toshiba was doing charity and helped Netac win the lawsuit. Toshiba also received huge profits from the USB flash drive.

“Currently, Donglin Hi-Tech holds more than 75% of the entire U disk patent and technology, but the flash memory patent requires Toshiba’s authorization!”

Chen Tao said, "However, the technology department is also accelerating the development of flash memory technology to prepare for bypassing Toshiba's flash memory patent wall, but... this will take some time!"

As he spoke, Chen Tao also felt a little helpless. As a rising star and pursuer, Tanglin Hi-Tech has been spending money on technology research and development since its establishment. The people in the technology department are also working hard, but there is a gap between them and established technology giants like Toshiba. , is still visible to the naked eye. This requires time and opportunity to solve, and it is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

Li Dongling was not in a hurry to force Chen Tao and the technical department. There were still three kilograms of iron left in the broken ship. What's more, although the Toshiba ship was a little dilapidated now, it didn't leak yet.

However, then, the entire Nippon Benzene Group was lost for thirty years, let alone Toshiba. From now on, Toshiba will basically go downhill all the way without stepping on the brakes or even accelerating the accelerator.

"Before the USB flash drive is released, according to the flash memory licensing agreement with Toshiba, Tanglin Hi-Tech wants to obtain Toshiba's flash memory technology. If necessary, it can pay more licensing fees. The flash memory patent must be obtained!"

Li Dongling explained that even if he paid a little more, Li Dongling did not want to work for Toshiba in vain.

"When the flash memory technology is obtained, the U disk project team will reorganize the memory project team. In addition to upgrading the U disk technology, it can also develop memory sticks and solid state drives for computers, as well as for mobile phones, cameras, SD memory card for laptops and other micro digital products! ”

If money is spent, it must not be treated as wasted money. If Donglin Hi-Tech does not make use of the flash memory technology it obtained from Toshiba at a high price, wouldn't it be a loss? !

How big is the U disk market? Solid state drives that can be used in laptops and SD memory cards that can be used in mobile phones are the big ones. Think about how many notebooks and mobile phones are shipped in a year, and you will know that solid state drives and SD The card market is over.

In the previous life, Samsung, as the overlord of solid-state drives and memory sticks, played this business so clearly that it would catch fire every three days, and then once it caught fire, the price of the solid-state drive would increase. It was obviously a low-end model of solid-state drive, but it was High-end products were sold domestically, but at that time Samsung controlled the entire industry and had pricing power. Even if it wanted to resist, it had no chance.

Until the emergence of Yangtze Memory, after the launch of domestically produced memory sticks and solid-state drives, it immediately cured Samsung's constant fire problem. By the way, it used price wars to help Samsung's memory business department solve the problem of too many people, allowing Samsung and Hynix to The storage departments have begun layoffs.

Li Dongling didn’t expect that the memory department, one of Dongling Hi-tech’s computer peripheral departments, could cover the sky with one hand like Samsung. As long as it didn’t get strangled, of course, if there was a chance, it would be like Samsung controlling domestically. It would be great to stop those foreign computer manufacturers. There is a first time for everything!

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