I'm the Demon King in Marvel

Chapter 65: The second heart-piercing blow: Your father is Hydra!
The Federal Supreme Court followed procedures and delayed the trial of Vanke Industrial's lawsuit against Stark Industries for patent infringement until the last minute.

On the day of the trial, reporters from all over the world flocked to the courtroom.

Originally, the Federal Supreme Court planned to hold a closed trial on the grounds that "the case involves commercial secrets." However, both Vanke Industrial and the Russian envoy disagreed and even questioned the fairness of the trial.

In desperation, the Chief Justice had to seek the opinion of Stark Industries and only after obtaining the defendant's consent did he change the trial to a public one. He also issued spectator passes and live broadcast licenses to official media from various countries.

Before the trial began, the gallery was packed.

Chekov did not come today and only sent a secretary to sit in. After all, he was a representative of a country, and it was enough for him to show up in person beforehand.

Justice is the sovereignty of a country. What does it matter if envoys from other countries are present?

The plaintiff and the defendant each brought a team of lawyers into the court, and Ivan Vanko sat in the plaintiff's seat.

He didn't bring his nano armor today because the Federal Supreme Court upgraded its security measures for him. When he entered the gate, special personnel took off all his clothes and checked his entire body with various instruments. Afterwards, he had to change into new clothes prepared for him by the court.

No matter how Russia protested, the Federal Supreme Court refused to give in and said directly: either accept the inspection or withdraw the lawsuit and prosecute in your own country.

Anyway, according to the Paris Convention, lawsuits can be filed at the place of residence of both parties.

It is possible to sue, but it is hard to say whether the other party will come.

Again, if it is just an ordinary patent dispute, both countries will handle it impartially, and the government of the infringing party may even assist the other party in enforcing its own companies.

Even India, faced with Pfizer's repeated operations, eventually dispatched police to seal off the pharmaceutical factory.

Technologies involving national strategies are not within the conventional scope.

There is no country in the world that does not want to develop its own nuclear weapons, and everyone knows that no one cares about a piece of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

For technology like the Ark Reactor, the trial is just a formality.

Everyone present knew what the Supreme Court would do and what the United States would do.

In the end, both sides will be busy with production while talking nonsense, and how much products can be sold depends entirely on the influence behind the scenes.

Ivan Vanko didn't expect to win the lawsuit. He just wanted to prove that the Vanko family was stronger than the Stark family, that the armor he made was more advanced than Tony Stark's, and that the whole world would know that his father Anton Vanko could also make an Ark reactor.

And use this opportunity to once again attack Tony Stark.

This time, "斩心" is not an adjective, but a verb-object phrase.

After everyone arrived, the judges finally arrived. Five of the nine justices came, and the presiding judge was the Chief Justice.

After all, it is just a civil case. The attendance of more than half of the justices is already a sign of importance, but it would be too much of an honor for all of them to be present in person.

As soon as they sat down, they began to verify each other's identities.

"The plaintiff's representative is Ivan Vanko, the defendant's representative is..." The Chief Justice turned his head and glanced at the dock, but did not see the celebrity Tony Stark.

"Is Stark Industries' only attorney present?"

Seeing this, some whispers suddenly came from the audience.

"There has been no news from Tony Stark in several days."

"The armored forces outside the Malibu villa have not been evacuated."

"Is he...something wrong?"

"Impossible? Would the military dare to kill people and rob them of their wealth?"

"Silence, silence!" the Chief Justice banged the gavel repeatedly.

Ivan Vanko's face turned ugly. If Tony Stark was not present, how could his plan go ahead?

"Since you are not present, attorneys, your authority is..."

The court door was suddenly pushed open, and Happy pushed a wheelchair in, followed by Pepper Potts. Tony Stark sat in a wheelchair, his face a little pale, but his eyes were no longer blank a week ago, and he became sharp again.

Ethan and Stephen Strange lived up to his trust and successfully helped him remove the tiny shrapnel in his blood and sutured the wound.

After several days of recovery and blood transfusion and detoxification, Tony Stark has gradually recovered his health. Although the wound on his chest has not yet healed, it does not affect his appearance in court.

The reason why he chose to appear last was naturally because he was used to the feeling of being the finale and the focus.

"Your Honor, I'm sorry we are late." Pepper Potts, the current CEO of Stark Industries, personally stepped forward to apologize to the judges.

"Take your seats, the trial is about to begin." The presiding judge gave face to domestic companies.

As soon as the trial began, Vanke Industrial fired shots at Stark Industries.

"The patent rights of the Ark Reactor belong to us. Stark Industries has not only occupied the patent rights for decades without paying us royalties, but also slandered our rights holder, framed him, and put him in jail..."

The Anglo-American legal system adopts an adversarial litigation model, in which both the plaintiff and the defendant have free rein. The judge acts as a mediator, is only responsible for maintaining order during the trial, and finally makes a ruling based on the results of the adversarial process.

To put it simply, you guys start arguing first, and I will support whoever wins the argument.

"What nonsense! Anton Vanke is clearly a down-and-out defector. Mr. Howard didn't care about his bad past and gave him a job, but he committed shameful espionage and tried to steal Mr. Howard's research results..."

"Ridiculous! The Ark Reactor belongs to Mr. Wan Ke. It is the result of his research. We have sufficient evidence to prove this!"

The verbal battle was so intense that the audience felt sleepy.

One side was fixated on the date of the patent certificate, while the other side avoided talking about it and focused only on Anton Vanke's behavior in the four years since his defection.

The lawyers on Stark's side were well aware that with Russia using state power to support the case, they could not find any evidence to question the legitimacy of the other party's certificate.

During the quarrel, Ivan Vanko suddenly asked the chief lawyer next to him for a hard candy and put it in his mouth.

The judge on the stage saw this, but since such behavior was not considered a disturbance of public order, he did not stop it.

As a result, Ivan Vanko suddenly waved his hand to interrupt his lawyer who was speaking, and moved to the microphone to reveal more shocking information.

"Howard Stark is not only a deceitful thief, he is also a shameful Hydra agent!"

Almost in an instant, the average height of the audience suddenly increased by a head.

If you want to talk about this, then we won’t be sleepy anymore!

Ivan Vanko's voice seemed to have magic, not only reaching Tony Stark's ears, but even shaking his heart.

The healing wound seemed to be torn a little, and blood began to flow out again.

"Cough cough!" Tony Stark coughed violently. The sharpness in his eyes became even stronger. He wished he could put on his armor immediately and fight Ivan Vanko.

"Plaintiff, this is a court trial, please do not make irrelevant remarks."

The Chief Justice, who rarely spoke, was experienced and quick-witted. He did not argue and only wanted to shut Ivan Vanko's mouth at the source.

"If you make remarks that disrupt the order of the court, I will immediately expel you from the court."

Ivan Vanko, holding a specially made "hard candy" in his mouth, smiled and replied: "This is not irrelevant remarks. I will submit new evidence to prove that Howard Stark is not only despicable, but also has committed crimes against humanity."

"This is very strong character evidence that will help the court determine that he stole my father's research results."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Tony Stark's cough became more and more severe, the pain in his chest became stronger and stronger, and his heart began to beat in overload.

This time, "诛心" is not an adjective, but a verb-object phrase.

　Thank you brothers for your love, I’m back in the top ten of the new book list!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)