Chapter 908 Unfair Office

"Yi Ke's latest Mars phone has made more surprising progress compared to the previous generation, and the latest sales volume also proves consumers' recognition."

"I still think that the Mars phone is a mainstream flagship phone worth four or five hundred dollars, and considering its pioneering nature, it is even more cost-effective."

"From Apple and LG in March, Nokia, HTC, Sony Ericsson, Yi Ke last month, and Motorola this month, there are 7 touch-screen smartphones on the market."

"It is foreseeable that touch-screen smartphones will gradually lead the industry trend."

"If I were to rank them, the iPhone is the most surprising product in the first half of the year. It makes up for the shortcomings of the past, and the touch-screen experience is satisfactory. Mars is the most conscientious product in the first half of the year. The parameter upgrades and the disassembled internal materials are very willing. As for Nokia, 5800... It's probably the YouTube material of the year. "

"Other manufacturers' mobile phones have their own characteristics, but from the overall perspective of the product, they are indeed mediocre. Next month, Samsung will also have a new touch-screen phone equipped with the Android system, which is worth looking forward to."

The usual official announcement of the sales volume of Yike's second-generation Mars not only aroused the stock price and the emotions of new friends in the friendship club, but also attracted overall praise from the public opinion.

Without the title of "unique in the world", the neighboring friendly companies have strengthened their product strength, and the sales volume of Mars is not so strong in the forecast. However, the products of friendly companies are really lame.

The last competitor iPhone did not have 3G and front-end. This time, it is a real comparison of goods. After a round, it seems to be similar to the last time.

The final result presented in the market is that many manufacturers have successively released touch-screen phones to increase the attractiveness of this direction to consumers, and then the excellent Mars and iPhone have eaten up this expanded market.

Where is the problem?

Several manufacturers have begun to think about this issue. First of all, they learned from Nokia's lesson. It seems that this track is really difficult to accommodate resistive screens. If you really want to compete, you have to use high-cost capacitors.

Secondly, cooperation with operators is very important. The original sales model was quickly stripped of competitiveness when facing iPhone and Mars.

Finally, as the head of Yike said at the press conference, in such a wave of the times, should we criticize, oppose or participate in it?

The PRO alliance built by Yike and Google has caught the eyes of more people. The former's self-proclaimed "industry leader" through "60 Minutes" seems to be really interesting. If Yike can wade through Nokia's patent targeting, it may be able to achieve a leap in status.

On the third day after Yike officially announced its million sales, Nokia's patent lawsuit arrived in the United States as scheduled.

It sued Mars series mobile Internet in the Delaware Federal Court for infringing its 10 patents, involving 10 technologies related to GSM, UMTS, and local area network standards, including wireless data, voice coding, security and encryption technology.

At the same time, Nokia also complained to the ITC about Yike's patent infringement, and requested a comprehensive import ban, suspension and stop sales order for Yike's Mars mobile phone.

Because it involves the relevant provisions of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, this complaint, commonly known as the 337 investigation, was placed in the Office of Unfair Import Investigations, one of whose functions is to make recommendations to the ITC on whether to file a case.

This made Director Hunter very embarrassed.

The stock had just been good for four days, how come it suddenly came back to life?

A day later, Yike responded quickly and launched a similar response, also sending the complaint to Director Hunter's case.

The office led by Director Hunter is responsible for accepting 337 investigation applications, and then communicating with the applicant and the respondent, because two similar complaints are just pulled together for communication.

"Such cases are very long, and it is better for both parties to sit down and discuss patent fees together."

Director Hunter objectively talked about past cases and expressed his attitude. It is normal for this process to take a year or two. Instead of wasting energy, it is better to take a step back.

Nokia's $500 million patent fee is too much. Round it off and add Yi Ke's patent license in touch screens and other areas. Isn't that great?

Nokia: ? ? ?

The mediation that Hunter thought was reasonable did not work, and both parties took a tough attitude to apply for an injunction.

Although he was the office director, he could not control this situation alone. Seeing that the procedure was really going to be followed, Director Hunter did what he could. He suggested that Yi Ke's complaint against Nokia be filed with the ITC. As for Nokia's complaint against Yi Ke, a more detailed and careful investigation must be conducted to show its importance.

On July 22, the ITC announced that it would accept Yi Ke's complaint against Nokia.

Nokia: ? ? ?

Who came first?

Director Hunter was strongly protested by Nokia, but he didn't care about it. Instead, he provided suggestions to Mr. Fang on the current situation. Didn't he say that there was HTC before? It just happened that he also made a formal complaint. Putting similar news together would not easily cause too much waves.

Fang Zhuo was very obedient and gave HTC a membership fee plan the next day.

Another day later, Nokia's team arrived at the ITC's Unfair Import Investigation Office again, filed a similar complaint against Apple's iPhone, and urged the case against Yike.

Nokia's Chief Legal Officer Virtanen, who flew from Finland to take charge of this legal action, expressed his confusion in person.

The six-member investigation team headed by Director Hunter accepted the confusion.

Virtanen and Director Hunter had a one-on-one communication in the office again, expressing Nokia's tough stance on protecting patent rights, and once again questioned why the ITC accepted Yike's complaint, but Nokia's was still silent.

Hunter has been very busy these days. Because of work, he couldn't properly weigh how much money to invest in Mr. Fang's fund. This is something that must be carefully considered.

He was upset by the Finnish man's questioning in person, and after repeatedly talking about the work process, he finally gave an indirect response impatiently.

"We are the Unfair Import Investigation Office. I heard it clearly. Unfair, unfair."

Hunter pointed to the sign. This is the Unfair Office.

Virtanen:? ? ?

You took bribes!

"I don't know where you have so many questions. Do you think we work exclusively for you mobile phone manufacturers? We sue this one today and that one tomorrow. We are responsible for all 377 investigations."

"Mr. Executive from Finland, do you think we are all swinging golf clubs leisurely like you?"

"The office will investigate it clearly. I have completely understood your Nokia's position."

Director Hunter made a promise. This is indeed a case that must be filed. Nokia is not a small fry, but the general trend is difficult to change, and the small trend can be discussed.

In short, actively maintain Yike's stock price, resolutely crack down on short-selling factors, wait for the soft landing of patent litigation, and jointly promote the healthy development of the industry.

The unfair office is obliged to do this!