"This is the project approval document. The establishment of each research project in the university must undergo strict approval. You can see that the project of the No. 9 Biological Research Laboratory of Huaqing University was first submitted for review in June 1985. On the 13th, this application for approval has the seals of the Department of Biology of Huaqing University, the side of Huaqing University and the scientific research management department of Huaguo and the signatures of the relevant persons in charge."
The attorney presents the filing to the judge and jurors.
The plaintiff's lawyer sneered, "Huaqing and Huaguo Education Department's Zhang, Huaqing is the defendant in this case, as for Huaguo Education Department... Judge, I think Huaguo Education Department and Huaqing side are affiliated, their signatures and seals are not enough As evidence." Oni's lawyer retorted loudly.
Before the judge could speak, lawyer Tobia, Li Zheng's lawyer, stood up suddenly, "I protest, this is the time for our presentation."
"Plaintiff's attention."
The plaintiff's lawyer sat down embarrassingly, but Tobia noticed the application materials he submitted, and the judge put it down after just flipping it over. Obviously, the plaintiff's lawyer's words still had an impact on him.
Tobia calmly continued, "Of course, although I think it is very impolite for the plaintiff to interrupt without authorization during our presentation. But I can also understand the objection raised by the plaintiff. . So ask the judge and jury to allow me to give a second piece of evidence."
"This is the donation agreement signed by Roche and Huaqing. The agreement clearly states that what Roche donated is the right to use the laboratory, not the ownership, so when the Huaqing University Ninth Biological Research Laboratory was established, it was also submitted to Roche according to the regulations. A project proposal letter, which is the original project proposal letter specially requested by Mr. Li Zheng from Roche's Asian headquarters, with 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 allegation of the University of Chicago Biological Laboratory can be basically dismissed.
Oni in the plaintiff's box looked terrible. Roche is a well-known pharmaceutical company in the world. No matter how good their relationship with Li Zheng is, they will not take the risk of damaging the reputation of the company to testify in court. What does this mean
Half a month! Really only half a month! The half-month project made him a complete failure, which made him more humiliated than when Novartis left the contract table.
Oni only thinks that he is now stripped naked and running on the street, everyone is pointing at him, the kind of sarcastic comments that make him almost mad.
"There is also the second claim of the plaintiff to conduct research on related projects during the contract period. We admit that UW solution and CH5 solution are both organ storage solutions, and they have homogeneous characteristics in terms of use and performance. But the judge And the members of the jury, I don’t know what your concept of conducting research on related projects is.”
"Before the trial, I checked related cases similar to this case. In 1978, the New York Supreme Court ruled on such a case. This is a new material patent case. The three partners signed a project cooperation agreement, but in 1978 They did not produce results during the project cooperation period.”
The judge on the bench looked at the watch on his wrist and reminded: "Please pay attention to the presentation time of the defendant's lawyer."
Tonya was stunned for a moment, obviously this lawsuit was too hearty, and this crushing pleasure made him a little complacent. 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, then I'll 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. , which caused another of the three partners to sue the other two in court, because there was such a clause in the original project contract that the contract had a three-year retrospective period, and the contracting party could not conduct relevant research during the three-year retrospective period.”
"But in this case, 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 decision was based on whether he was subjectively conducting homogenization research. Those two One is the result of follow-up research by borrowing project materials, and the other is accidentally happened to produce similar results to the previous project in other projects.”
"As for my client, Mr. Li Zheng, he discovered a new role for CH5 solution, which was originally used as a blood-enhancing agent, and this role happened to be in line with the collaborative project between the University of Chicago Biolab and Huaqing University's Biolab. A beautiful coincidence. It has brought hope to many people, and it has also brought modern medicine a giant step forward. I think it is a gift from God to us!”
Tobia's speech was so contagious that there was a burst of applause in the courtroom, first from the Chinese who came to support, then ordinary Americans, and then the entire audience.
Tobia had an eight-toothed smile on his face, "Judge, jurors, our presentation is over."
The judge nodded, but before he could speak, O'Neill stood up abruptly in the plaintiff's box and walked outside without looking back.
"Oney!" Professor Kimmen shouted, and immediately got up and left the table.
Tobia shrugged, expressing deep sympathy for the surprised lawyer on the plaintiff's bench. With a pig-like teammate, even if the plaintiff's lawyer is capable, it is impossible to win the case.
After all, leaving in the middle of the session represents contempt of court, which almost makes the judge and jury, who have already favored the defendant, make a quick decision.
Sure enough, O'Neill's lawsuit was dismissed, and Huaqing did not violate the contract.
The news was sent back to the country, and the whole country rejoiced. This is the first patent case with Chinese people as the protagonists, and its victory means the awakening of Chinese people's intellectual property concept.
It means that the battle between the University of Chicago and Huaqing University, they won! Won? ! Wu Zhaomeng secretly pinched his thigh meat! Whoops, it's true!
He became the first Huaqing secretary who stood in a foreign court and won the lawsuit!
Wu Zhaomeng straightened his back. Now he doesn't mind being photographed at all. He even wanted to stand in front of the media and let them take a good picture from beginning to end.
What does it mean to be on the news? As Li Zheng said, he is the first and can still be recorded in the annals of history.
"Hey Hey Hey"
"secretary?"
"Secretary Wu?" Chen Angang pushed Wu Zhaomeng's shoulder hard, not because he didn't want to pat, but because he had patted several times just now, and it was useless.
Wu Zhaomeng snapped back to his senses, he coughed dryly and cleared his throat, "What's wrong? Are you going back to the hotel?"
"Li Zheng said that Mr. Kent has helped a lot in this incident. He wants to treat guests to thank Mr. Kent and let us go together." Chen Anbang said in a low voice.
"Go, why don't you go. I've been in Chicago for so many days, and I haven't eaten a good local meal. It's not easy to go abroad. I'm going to go shopping tonight and bring something back to Lao Zhao and the others. "Wu Zhaomeng said with a smile, the appearance of staying in the room two days ago and refusing to take a step forward is long gone.
Chen Anbang snickered inwardly, with a simple and honest look on his face, and followed Li Zheng and others out.
Li Zheng invited Kent and others to have a meal at the best restaurant in Chicago. With Secretary Wu gasping from time to time as he looked at the menu, the group had the most enjoyable dinner in Chicago.
The next day, they boarded a plane to fly 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 have already died down to the 30 million US dollars are constantly making small moves.
They even asked the bank to directly freeze the account of Huaqing University's No. 9 Biological Research Laboratory, and they could only split the 10 million US dollars already in the account as soon as the meeting for sharing the spoils 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. President Zheng said that they wanted to take the 10 million US dollars in our account. So after discussing with President Zhao, I 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 case or he doesn't come back in time, that's a good idea. But Li Zheng not only won the case, but also won so beautifully, so this idea of attracting wolves and driving tigers seems a bit redundant.
Even the ninth laboratory will lose two million dollars. This idea came from Zheng Guangye, and Zheng Guangye's father himself was a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Railways. He was afraid that Professor Li would have some misunderstandings about Zheng Guangye.
Having experienced these days, Sun Bin understands that without Zheng Guangye, the laboratory would have been swallowed up to the point where there were no bones left.
Li Zheng paused when he heard the words, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the nervous Sun Bin.
"Zheng Guangye? It's a good effort to use strength to fight." Li Zheng suddenly remembered that the name Zheng Guangye sometimes felt familiar. It turns out that there is more than one great god hidden in their laboratory.
Li Zheng didn't immediately remember Zheng Guangye's identity, because Zheng Guangye in his previous life did not step into the scientific research circle after graduation, but entered the officialdom.
The first person in the Ministry of Railways in later generations, the legendary figure in the birth of China's high-speed rail, Zheng Guangye. It seems that he is really overkill.
"Professor?" Seeing Li Zheng standing there and suddenly laughing, Sun Bin felt horrified. For some reason, he had a natural sense of awe for Professor Li, who was a few years younger than him.
Obviously, this kind of feeling can only be experienced by those old professors who have been working for a long time.