Back To The Age Of The 80s

"This is the project approval data. Every university research project must undergo strict approval. You can see that the project of the Ninth Biological Research Laboratory of Huaqing University was submitted for review in June 1985. On the 13th, this document for approval had the seals of the Department of Biology of Huaqing University, the staff of Huaqing University and Huaguo’s scientific research management department and the signatures of relevant persons in charge."

The lawyer submits the approval materials to the judge and jurors.

The plaintiff’s lawyer sneered, “Huaqing and Huaqing’s education department’s stamps, Huaqing is the defendant in this case, as for the Huaguo education department...Judge, I think the Huaguo education department has a subordinate relationship with Huaqing, and their signatures and seals are insufficient Take it as evidence." Oni's lawyer retorted loudly.

Before the judge could speak, Attorney Tobias, Li Zheng’s attorney, stood up suddenly, "I protest. This is the time for our statement."

"Please pay attention to the plaintiff."

The plaintiff’s lawyer sat down in disbelief, but Tobias noticed the documents he submitted for approval. The judge only flipped it through and put it down. Obviously, the plaintiff’s lawyer’s words still affected him.

Tobias did not rush, and continued to speak: "Of course, although I think the plaintiff interrupted without authorization during our statement, this is a very rude behavior. But I can also understand the plaintiff’s objection. . So the judge and jury are asked to allow me to provide a second piece of evidence."

"This is a donation agreement signed by Roche and Huaqing. The agreement clearly stated that Roche donated the right to use the laboratory instead of the ownership. Therefore, when the Ninth Biological Research Laboratory of Huaqing University was established, it was submitted to Roche as required. A project proposal. This is the original copy of the project proposal that Mr. Li Zheng specially asked for from Roche’s Asia headquarters. The above is Roche’s approval and filing certificate. Mr. David also said that if necessary, he can come to Chicago in person for Li Mr. Zheng testified."

This evidence is much stronger, at least the first accusation of the University of Chicago Biological Laboratory can be basically declared invalid.

Oni's face in the plaintiff's seat is terrible. Roche is a world-renowned pharmaceutical company. No matter how good their relationship with Li Zheng is, they will not risk the credibility of the company as evidence in court. What does this show?

Half a month! It's really only half a month! The half-month project made him a complete failure, which made him feel more humiliated than Novartis's departure on the contract table.

O'Neill only felt that he was now running on the street as if he was stripped naked, everyone was pointing at him, and the kind of ridiculous comments made him almost crazy.

"There is also the second allegation of the plaintiff to conduct research on related projects during the contract period. We admit that both UW solution and CH5 solution are organ storage fluids, and they have homogenous characteristics in terms of use and performance. But the judge And everyone on the jury, I don’t know what your concept of conducting related project research is."

"Before the trial, I checked a case similar to this case. In 1978, the Supreme Court of New York once ruled such a case. This is a new material patent case. The three partners signed a project cooperation agreement, but They did not produce results during the project cooperation period."

The judge on the trial bench looked at the watch on his wrist and reminded: "Please pay attention to the time of the statement."

Tonya was taken aback. It was obvious that the lawsuit was fought so heartily, and this kind of crushing pleasure made him a little bit smug. He touched his nose with a guilty conscience. He is one of the best patent attorneys in the United States. How could he make such a low-level mistake.

"Okay, let me make a long story short. The three of them did not produce results during the project cooperation period, but one year after the project cooperation period ended, the other two partners successively produced new material results similar to the original cooperation project. This caused the other of the three partners to take the other two to court because there was such a clause in the project contract that was signed at the time. The contract had a three-year retrospective period, and the contractor could not conduct relevant research during the three-year retrospective period."

"But in this lawsuit, there were two defendants, one was convicted of breach of contract, and the other was not. The reason given by Judge Thomas at the time was whether his judgment was based on subjective homogeneity research. Those two One is to borrow project materials for follow-up research and get results, and the other is to accidentally produce similar results to the previous project in other projects."

"And my client, Mr. Li Zheng, he discovered the new effect of CH5 solution, which was originally used as a blood growth agent, and this effect coincides with the cooperation project of the University of Chicago Biological Laboratory and the Biological Laboratory of Huaqing University. This is just A wonderful coincidence. It brings hope to many people and makes modern medicine a big step forward. I think this is a gift from God to us!"

Tobia's report was very contagious, causing a burst of applause in the court. The first applause was the Chinese who came to support, then the ordinary Americans, and then the entire auditorium.

An eight-toothed smile appeared on Tobia's face, "Judge and jurors, we are finished."

The judge nodded, but before he could speak, O'Neill stood up abruptly on the plaintiff's bench and walked outside without looking back.

"O'Neill!" Professor Keemen shouted, and then got up and left.

Tobias shrugged and expressed deep sympathy for the astonished lawyer on the plaintiff's bench. When he met a pig-like teammate, even if the plaintiff's lawyer was capable, it would be impossible to win the lawsuit.

After all, leaving midway represents contempt of the court, which almost made the judge and jury who had already favored the defendant quickly made a decision.

Sure enough, O'Neill's lawsuit was dismissed, and Huaqing did not violate the contract.

The news came back to China, and the whole country was joyous. This is the first patent case with a Chinese as the protagonist. Its victory means the awakening of the concept of intellectual property rights of the Chinese.

It means that this battle between the University of Chicago and Huaqing University, they won! Won? ! Wu Zhaomeng secretly pinched his thigh! Whoops, it's true!

He became the first Huaqing secretary to stand in a foreign court and win the lawsuit!

Wu Zhaomeng straightened his back. He doesn't mind being photographed now, and he even wants to stand in front of the media and let them take a good photo from start to finish.

What is going on in the news, as Li Zheng said, he, the first one, can still be recorded in history.

"Hey Hey Hey"

"secretary?"

"Secretary Wu?" Chen An helped push Wu Zhaomeng's shoulder hard, not because he didn't want to pat, but because he had patted several times just now, it was useless.

Wu Zhaomeng suddenly recovered. He coughed and cleared his throat, "What's the matter? Back to the hotel?"

"Li Zheng said that Mr. Kent helped a lot in this incident. He would like to treat him to thank Mr. Kent and let us go together." Chen Anbang whispered.

"Go, why not go. I've been in Chicago for so many days, but I haven't had a good local meal. It's not easy to go abroad. Tonight, I'm going to take a stroll and bring something back to Lao Zhao and the others. "Wu Zhaomeng said with a smile, no longer the appearance of staying in the room two days ago and refusing to take a step.

Chen Anbang smirked in his heart, still with a simple and honest appearance, and followed Li Zheng and others out.

Li Zheng asked Kent and others to have a meal at the best restaurant in Chicago. With Secretary Wu eating and watching the gasp of the menu from time to time, the group had the most pleasant dinner since arriving in Chicago.

The next day, they boarded the plane back to Huajing.

It's not that Wu Zhaomeng doesn't want to stay in Chicago for a few more days, but because of this lawsuit, the people who had already died down on the 30 million dollars have been making small moves.

They even asked the bank to directly freeze the account of the Ninth Biological Research Laboratory of Huaqing University, and they could only divide the 10 million US dollars in the account after the looting meeting was over.

"Professor, after you left, the Ministry of Education proposed that due to the particularity of the case, they would directly supervise our Ninth Laboratory. Chairman Zheng said that they wanted to take the US$10 million in our account. So after discussing with President Zhao, It was proposed to the Ministry of Railways to exchange two million dollars for the independence of the ninth laboratory. The Ministry of Railways agreed." Sun Bin said cautiously.

Because if Li Zheng loses the lawsuit or he does not rush back in time, this is a good idea. But Li Zheng not only won the case, he also won so beautifully, so this idea of ​​spurring the wolf to drive the tiger seemed a bit redundant.

Even the ninth laboratory will lose two million dollars. This idea was made by Zheng Guangye, and Zheng Guangye's father was a senior official of the Ministry of Railways. He was afraid that Professor Li would misunderstand Zheng Guangye.

After experiencing these days, Sun Bin understood that without Zheng Guangye, relying on a few of them, the laboratory would have been swallowed long ago and there would be no bones left.

Li Zheng paused when he heard the words, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Sun Bin who was nervous.

"Zheng Guangye? It's a good skill to take advantage of hard work." Li Zheng suddenly remembered. No wonder the name Zheng Guangye is familiar sometimes. It turns out that there is more than one great **** hidden in their laboratory.

Li Zheng didn't think of Zheng Guangye's identity for the first time because Zheng Guangye, who was in his last life, did not enter the scientific research circle after graduation, but entered officialdom.

Zheng Guangye, the first person of the Ministry of Railways in later generations, and a legend in the birth of China's high-speed rail. It seems that he is really overkill.

"Professor?" Seeing Li Zheng standing there, he suddenly laughed. Sun Bin only felt terrified. I don't know why. He has a natural sense of awe for Professor Li, who is a few years younger than him.

Obviously this feeling can only be found in those old professors who have been for a long time.