Arcane Lord

In fact, it is not that Xia Duo has not thought about reforming the patent system, but this kind of thing is simply not something he can do alone.

You must know that Netheril's patents are compulsorily charged. Regardless of whether you use them or not, as long as someone registers the patent, the Arcane Federation will directly deduct money (from the Mage Tower organization) unless you withdraw from the Arcane Federation.

However, the Arcane Federation is also one of the consensuses of all spellcasters in Netheril. Leaving aside individual spellcasters, all mage tower organizations join the Arcane Federation by default.

It is not difficult to quit, but once you quit, it is basically equivalent to going against all the Nese mages. Basically, no one with normal sense will take the initiative to quit.

Once the new patent law takes effect, it is almost foreseeable that a large number of new patents will be generated, and as time goes by, the number of new patents will only increase.

Although this can largely promote the popularization and further development of magic, but——

This is almost no less than a nightmare for the ordinary Mage Tower organization!

On the contrary, the more powerful the Mage Tower organization is, the more it will benefit from the new patent law, such as the Seven Towers. It can be said that once the new patent law is implemented, the Seven Towers will be the biggest winner.

What would happen if the mandatory fees in the patent law were changed to usage fees?

First of all, registering a patent means disclosing relevant information, and the vast majority of registered new spells are for personal use and are difficult to directly translate into commercial benefits.

Since it is for personal use, how will the patent owner know as long as others don't tell them?

And if the Austrian Law Federation is allowed to monitor, not to mention potential privacy leaks, the cost of monitoring is the most realistic obstacle.

Who will pay for this part of the money? Patent owner? It is not that easy to monitor any personal private use record, even if it is done by God.

If we expect the Austrian Law Federation to do it, I am afraid that the patent revenue will not be as high as the cost of a high-intensity detection!

And if no revenue can be generated, who would be willing to disclose information for free?

Therefore, in the past, in order to protect the interests of patent registrants, mandatory fees were introduced.

However, if this charging method is to be used for all patent projects, it is obviously inappropriate. For example, the communication device design plan that Xia Duo wants to register can easily be converted into commercial benefits.

And market behavior is easy to investigate. It would be too harsh if charges were also imposed.

But there is a lot of work to be done on which patents are subject to compulsory fees and which patents are subject to usage fees.

The Mage Tower organizations that have the opportunity to participate in the formulation of the new patent law will inevitably pursue their own interests. For example, the Seven Towers will undoubtedly be most beneficial to them when they come to impose mandatory fees for all patents.

Although this has hindered the development and popularization of magic to a certain extent, the Seven Towers themselves have already occupied an almost absolutely dominant position. Instead of letting the technological explosion occur in places other than the Seven Towers, they might rather choose not to happen.

As for other Mage Tower organizations, the larger ones may seek to establish a more complete patent system, and then use this system to rapidly grow themselves, reaching a level with the Seven Towers, or at least close to it.

For some smaller organizations, most of them only have immediate interests in their eyes. At the same time, both their comprehensive strength and innovation ability are very weak. No matter what kind of patent it is, it is most beneficial to them not to spend money.

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Therefore, as long as they have the opportunity to influence the formulation of the patent system, they will almost certainly do so in this direction.

For Shado, if he was not a Grand Arcanist, or even if he was a Grand Arcanist but had many vassals, he would probably be hesitating between improving the system and spending as little money as possible.

In reality, he does not have many vassals, so he is more inclined to improve the system and use this system to quickly strengthen himself and narrow the gap with the Seven Towers.

But this kind of thing is not his alone to have the final say, and Qita's attitude cannot be circumvented at all.

Therefore, when Iolum mentioned that he wanted to "innovate the existing patent system", Shado didn't believe it in his heart. It wasn't that he didn't believe in Iolum's determination, but that he didn't believe in the existence of the Seven Towers. This reality.

Of course, there are many enlightened people within the Seven Towers, but as the current rulers, I am afraid that conservatism is the majority!

Xia Duo knows very well that for rulers, maintaining the status quo is the most secure way to rule. Once variables occur, no matter good or bad, they will inevitably impact the existing ruling order.

There may be many enlightened people in the Seven Towers, but as members of the collective, they will inevitably be affected by the collective will and collective interests, and be forced to choose to be conservative.

In a sense, when the Seven Towers began to grow, it was inevitable to become conservative.

Regarding Xia Duo's doubts and worries, Iolum seemed quite calm, "Of course, the order reform cannot be completed all at once. What I mean is——

"Use the dispute between you and Cross's personal interests to cover up the silent reform of the new patent law. As long as you can force the other party to make concessions this time, it will form a legal precedent. If similar incidents occur in the future, they can be dealt with accordingly.

"This is an excellent opportunity. Cross has created a Green Tower Alliance in the south. This in itself is nothing, but he also tried to integrate the internal territories of the alliance into a whole, although he temporarily bypassed it through some indirect means. Sevington Covenant, but it always violated the unspoken rules of territorial independence.

"This is difficult for both Seven Towers and others to accept. Therefore, as long as you raise objections, it is almost impossible for others to object. They may be waiting for someone to come forward at this moment!"

Iolum said it in detail. At the same time, Shado was not a political novice. Now that Cross had incurred public outrage, he had the opportunity to turn "private grudges" into "public criticism."

Among them, the change to the new patent is just a trivial episode, and even the word "patent" may not appear in the next joint meeting of the Grand Arcanists.

The so-called "moisturizing things silently" is probably like this.

This is indeed a rare opportunity!

If it were not Cross, but someone else, Shado could almost imagine that the group of great arcanists would either be at odds with each other, or be at odds with each other, or be making a fuss, and it was unlikely that they would unanimously oppose anything.

Even if he made a series of connections in private, such as asking Cliff, Jenna, Byron, Brod and others to jointly propose, he would gain the upper hand.

But other people may also choose to be neutral and abstain in order to maintain the so-called "harmony" or maintain the so-called "fight without breaking up" situation, but end up standing against Xia Duo.

This is very difficult to deal with, and basically in the end all that is left is endless wrangling, or simply resorting to force.

No matter what happened, it was not what Xia Duo wanted to see.