sbdcsierra Chapter 402 The Plan Failed! Exiled to Africa
Chapter 402 The Plan Failed! Exiled to Africa
Fruit's response was even more straightforward: "We at Fruit are not involved; we are considering strengthening our cooperation with Transsion."
We will not sue the supplier.
Both calls were rejected in less than two minutes. After hanging up, San Sang's legal team rushed to Gao Dongzhen's office again.
He briefly explained the situation and how to deal with it, and both companies came up with similar solutions.
"Okay, so in short, Qualcomm isn't involved, and neither is Apple."
Without partners, we'll have to do it ourselves.
Gao Dongzhen's behavior was also very complicated. He was also a veteran of the company, having risen from a deputy to the current head. He had never seen Qualcomm and Apple say no to the same thing at the same time.
Fruit is Sansang's biggest customer and also its biggest enemy; their relationship is very complex.
But the fact that both of them have chosen not to take sides shows that they understand one thing better than Sansang.
They cannot afford the consequences of a patent war with Transsion.
Suddenly, he remembered Transsion's extortion of him regarding communication patents, and he began to consider quitting.
But now that things have come to this, there is no possibility of backing down.
"Then I'll do it myself!"
Gao Dongzhen stood up, placed her hands on the conference table, and a resolute look flashed in her eyes, indicating that there was no way to retreat.
"Legal team, prepare the lawsuit materials within three days."
South Korea, the United States, Europe, and China have simultaneously filed lawsuits demanding a thorough investigation into under-display fingerprint technology throughout the UK.
On December 8, Samson Electronics filed a lawsuit in the Seoul Central District Court against Transsion for infringing on its patents related to under-display fingerprint technology and demanded a ban on the sale of related products.
Meanwhile, similar initiatives are also being carried out in other regions.
#Transsion embroiled in patent dispute again#
#In-display fingerprint#
"A certain celebrity is getting anxious. The Transsion S5 is selling too well, and their market share has been declining. They're starting to use legal means to generate buzz for themselves. But are they prepared to offend Transsion's legal team?"
Whether the people upstairs are well-prepared or not is not important, but they could consult with their predecessors beforehand, such as Nokia and... [doge emoji]
"Leaving aside the consequences, from a technical point of view, Transsion has already demonstrated the relevant technology. It seems that there was a related experimental machine at last year's quarterly summit..."
But I don't recall ever exhibiting related technology, right?
"The person upstairs is absolutely certain; San Sang definitely doesn't have it."
"The funny thing is, it seems San Sang also contacted Apple and Qualcomm, but neither of them participated. Now he's charging ahead all by himself, like a lone hero that no one wants to team up with?"
"He upstairs had better be a lone hero, since the one transmitting the message actually has a gun."
As the year draws to a close, although Transsion's legal team has almost completed its KPIs, they are still happy to deal with any fools who come to them willingly.
Therefore, the legal department once again dispatched Zhao Mingyuan to issue a public statement.
"San Sang's lawsuit has no factual or legal basis whatsoever."
We possess complete independent intellectual property rights in the field of fingerprint unlocking.
The core patent had already been applied for, and I personally handled the whole thing back then.
The so-called rights protection by competitors is nothing more than a malicious attempt to maintain their own position.
Our legal department will actively respond to the lawsuit and simultaneously file a countersuit globally against Sansang for infringing Transsion's related fingerprint patents.
After the legal department issued some patent numbers, Shenfei also posted an update.
"Our competitors are getting anxious because their screen panels are not yet able to support the relevant technology."
If you can't do it yourself, you want others to be unable to do it either.
This isn't business competition; it's cheating. I never expected the tech industry to continue this consistent practice.
I wonder if future history books will say that Samsung was the first to develop under-display fingerprint technology? [Urgent!]
"It seems President Shen has been quite free lately, even having time to banter with San Sang and the others."
"Sansang's screen is the best. What kind of crappy thing is Transsion that dares to try and compete with them?"
"Wake up, you guys! The 'Big Star' you're talking about can't even get around the diamond arrangement, let alone be number one in the world! Wake up!"
Even if they catch up with the screen arrangement, under-display fingerprint technology requires deep integration of the screen and fingerprint module.
This brings us to another very abnormal phenomenon.
Transsion's two departments can actually conduct integrated research and development, while Sansang's situation is more normal—the two departments are constantly fighting each other.
After issuing the statement, Transsion filed a countersuit simultaneously in three locations around the world. However, compared to their baseless accusations, Transsion's evidence was more comprehensive.
A whole series of patent numbers were presented to the judge...
Faced with this evidence, the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf District Court in Germany dismissed Sansson's lawsuit.
The reason given is that the relevant lawsuit lacks factual basis, and Transsion's core patent application in the field of under-display fingerprint technology was filed earlier than that of Sanson, and the technical solution is complete and feasible.
As a result, another tech blogger immediately posted the rejection notice on Twitter, and compared to the court, these bloggers used rather harsh language.
"Sanfang Electronics views patent litigation as a tool for market competition, rather than a legal process to protect intellectual property rights."
We Europeans are civilized countries; we don't steal secretly, so we won't support such malicious lawsuits...
After the German courts issued their ruling, it was the American courts that were the first to follow suit.
Not only were all of San Sang's claims dismissed, but the court also ordered San Sang to pay Transsion $500 million in legal fees as compensation.
Meanwhile, in matters concerning the United States, Transsion cannot be sued again on the grounds of patents related to under-display fingerprint technology, with a statute of limitations of three years.
The fine wasn't much; it was just a drop in the bucket for San Sang.
However, in the judgment, the judge stated: "Sansang did not communicate with the entire UK before filing the lawsuit, did not attempt commercial negotiations, and did not seek cross-authorization."
This doesn't seem like solving a problem; it's more like using litigation to interfere with a competitor's normal business activities.
Meanwhile, Chinese courts also issued rulings, and the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court similarly rejected the relevant requests.
All three applications were rejected!
This signifies a complete failure of their patent encirclement.
Sitting in her office, Gao Dongzhen looked at the judgments before her and felt a pang of panic for the first time.
After all, this plan not only made no progress, but also backfired spectacularly, which means accountability is in the works!
He's only just settled into this position, is he going to be replaced again?
Just then, his phone rang, and a name he least wanted to see popped up on the screen.
Chairman Lee Geon-hee!
But Gao Dongzhen could only pray that the chairman didn't know the specifics yet. After thoroughly preparing himself mentally, he finally answered the phone:
"President!"