Blackstone Code

A... very ordinary celebration.

There are no big surprises, but it’s not disappointing either. After all, it’s good enough for people who are keen on socializing.

With so many dignitaries in attendance, any invitee felt elevated by their participation in the festivities.

Originally, Lynch planned to go to York State with Mr. Douglas in two days. They would have a lot of time to talk about topics of interest to them on the way, but at this time, Momo called him.

The name of the magazine "Pioneer" has already been registered.

If the name "Vanguard" hadn't been publicized yet, if the cover of the magazine hadn't been finalized, it's possible that Lynch would have considered changing the name, just thinking about it.

He likes the name "Pioneer" very much and hopes that his magazine will be called Pioneer. But the problem is that the name of the magazine has already been registered.

This means that he will use "Pioneer" as the name of his magazine for publication, which will infringe on the rights of "Pioneer" rights holders. This is a criminal act!

Momo had never dealt with this kind of thing before, and she seemed a little flustered. The assistant Lin Qi hired was not sure how far Lin Qi was willing to go, so he did not express his position.

In the end, Lynch decided to go back to Bupen to deal with the matter first. As for the private meeting with Mr. Douglas, they would have plenty of time in the future.

There will be no problem in York State. He will communicate with Mr. Adelaide, and he will definitely understand why he cannot go over to participate in the celebration.

The next day, he said goodbye to Ms. Tracy and embarked on the journey back to Bupen.

Bu Pen, who arrived in the middle of the night, met Momo and the publishing house's employees after a night's rest. It was already the next morning.

At nine-thirty in the morning, Lynch was already sitting in the conference room, looking through the information he had compiled in his hands.

"Pioneer" magazine was founded four years ago and is distributed in the state next to Bupen. However, when the magazine name and trademark were registered, they were registered federally.

The circulation of the magazine is very average, with less than 10,000 copies per issue. Today when paper media is still the mainstream, this kind of circulation can be said to be finished.

This is indeed the case. If some readers' contracts had not been fulfilled and some advertisers were willing to spend some money, the publisher would have stopped it long ago.

But even for such a barely-sustaining magazine, it actually saw spring.

When Lynch established Blackstone Media Company and some wholly-owned subsidiaries and was about to launch a publication, the news spread very quickly throughout the federal publishing industry.

The publishing industry also has its own industry rules and internal communication methods.

When this half-dead magazine publisher heard that Lynch's magazine was also going to be called "Pioneer", he immediately became excited.

They sent a lawyer's letter to Momo, which roughly meant that "Pioneer" was a registered trademark and was protected by federal trademark law.

At the same time, they said that they had heard rumors that the magazine Lynch's publishing house was going to publish was also called "Pioneer", so they casually reminded them not to infringe.

That's probably what it means.

After reading the materials and the lawyer's letter, Lynch looked at an assistant next to Momo, "What do you think?"

The assistant pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "Mr. Lynch, I think they want to sell this trademark to us..." He emphasized his tone, "...sell it for a big price!"

Lin Qi nodded slightly. He thought so too. He first reminded himself not to infringe, and then sent an email saying that he could discuss acquisitions or cooperation.

There are indeed people doing this in Bupen.

There are some trademark traffickers who will look for certain well-known local companies across the federation. If these companies are not perfect in terms of trademarks, they will rush to register the trademarks and then sue these people.

In fact, these methods have existed for many years, and have existed since the emergence of the Trademark Law. However, there are always some people who ignore something when making money, so that this group of people still has a place to survive to this day.

Momo also frowned. Her first contact with management made her realize that it was not easy to move behind the scenes.

There is so much to learn.

"There is a phone here, call them and ask how much they plan to charge." Lynch threw the document on the table and pointed to the footer of the last page, which had a series of numbers on it.

He said and looked at Momo, who took a deep breath, picked up the phone, and dialed the number in front of Lynch and his assistant.

After a brief introduction, the call was transferred to a person said to be the president.

"Ms. Momo, I'm very sorry. I also heard from my friends that there is a magazine that is about to be published in the Federation that has a name conflict with our magazine, so I can only ask the lawyer to remind you."

"I apologize if this has caused any distress to you."

That's putting it mildly, but once Lynch saw through his disguise, it looked disgusting.

Momo didn't talk too much nonsense and faced the topic directly, "If I want to buy your trademark, how much will I have to pay for it?"

"Buy?", the voice on the phone was full of surprise, "No, no, no, Ms. Momo, you misunderstood, this trademark is not for sale, we will not sell it."

“It is my dream and that of all my colleagues, and we will not sell our dreams no matter what!”

The current sound transmission effect of the Federation is quite good, and Lynch actually heard warm emotions from the restored voice.

But... feelings are worthless.

"We are very sincere, you can make a price..." Momo further tested and gave the other party the right to make a price.

The president on the other end of the phone seemed to insist on this point, "I said that we will not sell the trademarks in our hands, but we still have a way of cooperation..."

Momo glanced at Lin Qi, who had a sneer on his face. He nodded slightly and let the call continue.

In fact, he could probably guess what the other party was going to do without continuing. If he didn't sell the trademark in his hand, but Lynch could use it, what would be the solution?

Of course, this is the cooperation method that Lynch is best at. They authorize Lynch to use the trademark, and then obtain benefits based on a percentage, and even take away pure profits.

This cannot be said to be that the other party's appetite is too big, nor can it be said that they are too greedy. This is precisely the most primitive and true face of capital.

As long as there is an opportunity, capital must obtain the maximum rate of return.

Not to mention that now that they have all the advantages, they deserve more!

For this magazine, it doesn't matter even if Lynch doesn't use the name "Pioneer". They just need to follow up the hype, and the trademark can still be sold at a good price.

It doesn’t even need to be sold, as long as it is re-opened, it is possible to get the magazine back into business!

Sure enough, after Momo asked the other party to state the conditions, the other party proposed their method of cooperation.

"We can let you use the trademark, but you need to pay us a licensing fee of 30% of sales. We also have the right to prioritize advertising..."

Among the series of conditions, why should we leave them a certain number of pages, give them columns, etc. In short, it is very excessive.

After listening, Momo said "We will consider it" and hung up the phone under Lynch's instructions.

She looked at Lynch and said, "These are outrageous demands."

Lynch nodded, "Yes, they are too greedy."

"Then let's..."

Lynch shook his finger and picked up the phone. Not long after, the legal counsel from the group company's partnership firm came over.

He is a very professional and well-known lawyer. In addition to the ace lawyer of the firm, there are also two lawyers who specialize in trademark cases.

These lawyers are well versed in the trademark laws of various federal states, which is why their fees are expensive. They can provide clients with the best legal business support in the shortest possible time.

"If they don't sell the trademark to us, how can we take it back?"

The first sentence made Momo and her assistant sitting aside widen their eyes, and they couldn't think straight for a while.

Is this... the vision of big capitalists?

If you can't buy it and are unwilling to cooperate, then take it away completely?

The ace lawyer of the law firm was neither surprised nor smiling. He had done a lot of similar work.

Wealth is indeed very respected in the Federation, but there are some people who are very stubborn and are unwilling to bow to wealth.

At this time, lawyers can play their role. They will use legal means to force those who are unwilling to bow to wealth to be forced to bow their heads.

He looked at the materials in his hand for a while, then nodded and said, "Of course, Mr. Lynch, this is not difficult at all. We just need to transfer the trademark to someone who is willing to sell it to us."

Lynch motioned for him to continue, then lit a cigarette.

"This is a small and medium-sized publishing house. They have a total of five periodic publications, and they also contract some books for printing and distribution."

"I noticed that its operating conditions can only be described as average. The failure of periodic publications has put their operations in a difficult situation."

"It also means they don't have a lot of liquidity. If they get caught up in various lawsuits, it doesn't need to be long-term, just high-intensity..."

The ace lawyer looked at Lynch with a smile, "It may be a little complicated to say. What I mean is that as long as he goes bankrupt, the bank will help us solve these problems."

"And what we have to do is find a way to bankrupt him!"

Lynch applauded the ace lawyer for his quick solution. Sometimes professional matters have to be left to professionals.

In fact, Lynch had more ways. He did this just to show Momo a capital method.

We are never afraid of our opponents because we can destroy them anytime, anywhere!

And it’s legal, reasonable, and reasonable!

This is the real federation!