Arcane Lord

Finally, Xia Duo experienced the speaker's authority again. As before, he found no problems. The completion of Niya's remote conference system was unexpectedly high, to the point where he could hardly put forward new opinions.

On the other hand, he could put forward a lot of opinions on minor details, but Niya also knew these. She was just in a hurry to show him the prototype, so she didn't pay attention to them. Niya would definitely be able to get it done before heading to Severton.

"Your performance this time really exceeded my expectations. This remote conferencing system is very well done! If I have to make suggestions, then I can only say, do a good job in encryption. In addition, go to Severington When applying for a patent, both the implementation form and the technical details must be considered.”

Niya was a little embarrassed after hearing what Sha Duo said earlier, but later, her attention was immediately attracted by Sha Duo's expression patent, and she couldn't help but ask:

"I can understand how to apply for a patent for the details of the spell, but how can it be patented? Others don't necessarily have to use our spell to realize this remote conferencing function."

"Of course! In my opinion, as long as there is a considerable degree of unique innovation, you can apply for a patent. Although remote conferencing is not the first time, it is worth a patent opportunity for us to standardize it." Xia Duo Danding explained.

In fact, the problem Niya raised does not exist on earth at all. Not to mention innovation in expression, even changing materials or new shells can apply for new patents.

Therefore, on earth, applying for patents is often done one after another, trying to block the way for others to get close. Of course, on the other hand, applying for a patent also means making it public. Once the patent period expires, others can There is no cost to use. Even during the patent period, others can conduct research, but it cannot be used commercially.

So on earth, as long as you think you can keep it secret, you don’t need to apply for a patent.

To sum up, patents generally have two major benefits. One is to protect the interests of the creator, and the other is to promote technological progress.

Currently, Netheril's patents are only directly related to magic, and the patent fees are compulsorily collected from various mage tower organizations. They are not collected from individuals. As long as individuals have the ability to acquire new knowledge and new technologies, the Arcane Federation will not care at all. of.

Because from the moment the patent was born, all the mage tower organizations in Netheril had already started paying fees. After the Arcane Federation and the patent owner received the money, they naturally would not care about anything else.

Of course, Netheril has been developing for so many years, and a lot of knowledge has long since become public knowledge. However, in the past hundred years, fewer people have registered patents, which makes the development of magic seem to have stagnated.

However, the decrease in registered patents is actually the result, not the cause. The root cause of everything is Netheril's conservative culture in the past hundred years.

This is a more elegant way of saying it. To put it more bluntly, some people would rather not receive patent fees than to allow more people to obtain new knowledge and new technologies, or even to impose heavy restrictions on existing public knowledge.

As for why this is the case, the theft of the Nese Scroll can only be regarded as an inducement. In fact, some vested interests want to block the way for latecomers. This is just like what the rich want most is to prevent others from becoming rich, rather than leading others to become rich. Later rich.

Because in the eyes of those people, wealth and power have become the standards for measuring the dignity of people. Once those who come late have wealth or power similar to them, they will naturally feel that they have lost the sense of superiority generated by wealth and power.

So no matter what those people say, as long as possible, what those people actually do is to prevent latecomers from gaining wealth and power.

Even if the Nese Scroll had not been stolen, those people would have found other excuses, or even no excuse at all.

It is conceivable that as long as ideas do not progress, no matter how advanced the technology is, it will only lead to more serious exploitation, and it is also extremely difficult to advance ideas under more advanced technology.

Rulers will instinctively shape the ideology of the whole society according to their own wishes. The more advanced the technology, the stronger the ideological barriers will be, because they are fighting against the entire world.

Fortunately, this world and this era have not yet reached the point of complete rigidity, and the addition of Xia Duo has brought a brand new change to the situation.

That's why Xia Duocai said without any hesitation - He is here, and the people here are blessed.

…

Regarding the patent issue, Chateau is more confident in the current new parliament, but he is also worried that as the power structure becomes more stable, all parties will begin to mess up. Therefore, when he can influence it in the early stage, he must try his best to inject his own influence.

In the current Northland, the situation is changing with each passing day. Yerken and Cormanso have completed the centralization of power and changed the map. The next step is of course to seek further strength like Yin Erfalang.

Xia Duo calls this step a true great power strategy, but the population of the newly developed Great Xia Territory is ultimately limited. Even if it allows for fertility and the introduction of new populations, it will be difficult to pursue the elven countries for quite some time.

Although his floating city is now powerful in the north and south, it is like a single-shot nuclear bomb. Others are afraid of it, but if a full-scale war breaks out, his wealth is simply not enough to fight.

Even if ten more floating cities were to be built, someone would still have to operate them. Weapons alone were a no-no, not to mention that Xia Duo himself was opposed to unnecessary wars.

Therefore, for a considerable period of time, Shado will need to lead or guide Netheril, and use the overall power of Netheril to complete the construction of a truly great nation to cope with future challenges.

If we take a longer-term view and lead the Northland Alliance through Netheril, we can further integrate all the forces in the entire Western Continent and even the eastern region.

In this way, whether it is dealing with the possible return of the Eastern world or the invasion of an alien plane that also only exists in probability, it will not be a mess.

On the spot, from a longer-term perspective, Xia Duo of course still hopes that the Great Xia Territory under his direct control can become its own pole and lead all aspects.

…

After Niya left, Shado also left the laboratory, because before Niya left, she told him that many elf artists had recently come to the territory.

This immediately reminded him of Lawrence's plan, which might have yielded results at this moment. This was the most critical stage of shaping the territory's culture, and he had to focus on it to prevent the foundation from being unstable.

After walking out of the laboratory, Xia Duo teleported directly to the outside of the cultural center on the ground. After contacting Lawrence and confirming that the other party was still rehearsing, Xia Duo went to the cultural center to find an office and waited patiently.

After a while, Lawrence trotted to Xia Duo's office, "I've kept the lord waiting for a long time. I wonder what instructions you have for me?"

"I heard that there are some elf art festivals coming to the territory recently?"

Although it was a question, Xia Duo's tone was quite certain. Not only did he believe what Nia told him, but he had actually confirmed the existence of those elves when he was waiting for Lawrence to come over.

Two of them are even visiting the floating city now!