Lin Feng's Counterattack

As for their attempt to seize his technical patent?

If anyone could casually draw up a draft design, then claim they had developed it earlier and that the patent belonged to them, what would be the point of patent law?

Indeed, before the twenty-first century, such absurd things had happened, and there had even been successful cases of patent usurpation.

But that was in the past. And even if that so-called draft design was real, and they truly had begun developing a Handwriting Robot half a year ago...

That still was not direct evidence. At most, it counted as important supporting evidence that they had been developing a Handwriting Robot half a year earlier.

That supporting evidence alone was nowhere near enough to seize his patent, because patent ownership was generally determined by the "first-to-file principle," not the "first-to-invent principle."

Unless they had evidence proving that Lin Feng had stolen their invention and rushed to register the patent first, only then could the patent possibly be ruled as belonging to them.

But Xingtu Technology and Zhisu Technology were two entirely different companies. Neither he nor any of his employees had ever worked for Zhisu Technology.

Of course, aside from employment-related evidence, there could be other evidence. But he truly did not know them, nor had he ever left behind any chat or communication records with them online.

And they still wanted to seize his patent? What a ridiculous joke!

If the Great Xia Patent Office truly ruled that the Structural Patent for the One-stroke Writing and Drawing Robot belonged to Zhisu Technology, then the Great Xia Patent Office would become the laughingstock of the world!

Therefore, Lin Feng had effectively won this potential patent lawsuit before it had even begun. There was no need to even think about the outcome.

All that could be said was that Zhisu Technology had been blinded by massive profits. They actually believed they could usurp his technical patent through public pressure and a single draft design.

Still, if someone slapped him across the face, he had to slap back.

Thus, at noon on the day after two well-known Bilibili creators, "Ancient Era Assembler" and "Baijiu Tom II," released their videos, while the controversy was still at its peak...

After completing his Bilibili verification, Lin Feng used his personal account, "Lin Feng Who Walks Towards the Stars," to upload a video titled, "I'm Not Afraid of Thugs Who Can Fight, Only Thugs Who Know the Law—Not Every Company Can Become an NPE Patent Troll!"

The timing of the upload was perfect. The Handwriting Robot patent incident was at the height of its traffic, and millions of people were following the matter.

With word spreading from person to person and Bilibili slipping it into homepage recommendations whenever it could, Lin Feng's video gained a staggering 1.8 million views in less than half a day, fueled by netizens' curiosity.

Even more pleasantly, after many people finished watching the video, they casually followed Lin Feng as well, wanting to see how things developed.

In just one day, Lin Feng's personal Bilibili account quietly reached 400,000 followers, creating a miracle that left countless creators jealous and bitter.

After all, Bilibili did not have that many users in this era. It had not yet reached the scale it would have in 2024 in his previous life, and its user base was smaller than Youku's.

Having 400,000 followers already meant Lin Feng had entered the upper tier. As for the top tier, that required more than a million followers.

"Xingtu Technology's boss actually posted a video?"

After seeing the relevant news in the comments section of his favorite creator, "Baijiu Tom II," the netizen named "Zhang Wencheng Is a Former Name" was greatly surprised.

Driven by curiosity, he immediately used the Bilibili app on his phone to search for Lin Feng's name. Then, a newly uploaded video with over 2.03 million views appeared before his eyes.

The video was titled, "I'm Not Afraid of Thugs Who Can Fight, Only Thugs Who Know the Law—Not Every Company Can Become an NPE Patent Troll!"

"What is an NPE? And what is a Patent Troll?"

Curious, "Zhang Wencheng Is a Former Name," who had never understood what NPEs and Patent Trolls were, first checked the creator's account. Seeing that there was only one video, he clicked on that sole upload.

As the video window opened, a bedroom filled with books appeared before him. At the center of the screen stood a handsome, fresh-faced young man.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Lin Feng, the owner of Xingtu Technology, and one of the central figures in this Handwriting Robot patent dispute between Xingtu Technology and Zhisu Technology.

After Lin Feng finished introducing himself, the words "I'm Not Afraid of Thugs Who Can Fight, Only Thugs Who Know the Law—Not Every Company Can Become an NPE Patent Troll!" appeared onscreen.

Then the screen went black, and background information appeared along with a voiceover.

"In 1995, Pitney Bowes sued HP Company for infringement. In the end, HP paid 400 million dollars to make the trouble go away!

"In 2006, BlackBerry Company spent 600 million dollars to reach a settlement with NTP Company!

"NTP Company and Pitney Bowes were both NPE-type companies. Such NPE companies had no factories and no products of their own.

"They mainly made money by collecting, buying, and selling patents. Then, from time to time, they sued famous companies in the name of patent infringement, shaking them down for a little extra cash.

"You may not know this, but our smartphones contain more than 400,000 technical patents. A single tiny component can involve patents from more than ten companies.

"Under such circumstances, no company would dare claim that every technical patent was its own.

"Even Apple Phone's self-developed patents accounted for no more than 30 percent of all the patents involved in its phones.

"Under those circumstances, you could always unknowingly infringe upon someone else's patent, and that gave NPE companies an opening to step in.

"That is why, after an NPE company filed a lawsuit, the defendant company would usually take the initiative to pay compensation and settle."

Hearing this, the netizen known as "Zhang Wencheng Is a Former Name" revealed a look of sudden realization.

He finally understood what NPE companies and Patent Trolls were. It was also the first time he learned that such shameless and despicable companies existed in the world.

"Of course, not all NPE companies are bad. Some are decent. They do not engage in frivolous lawsuits; they simply make money through buying, selling, and licensing patents.

"For example, smartphones involve more than 400,000 patents, and each component may have patents held by more than ten companies. So, the number of companies holding smartphone patents could exceed ten thousand.

"You cannot possibly go to every one of those companies and sign a patent licensing agreement with each of them. If you really did that, your product would be outdated before it even launched.

"So, this is where a third party is needed. It holds the operating and licensing rights to countless technical patents.

"You only need to cooperate with that third party, and you would indirectly cooperate with countless companies while also receiving licenses for countless patents.

"These NPE companies count as good NPE companies. They have a certain role to play in the complex patent market. Unfortunately, such purely NPE companies make up only a tiny minority.

"Or, more accurately, many NPE companies did this sort of work as well, but while doing it, they also acted as patent pirates.

"So, purely NPE companies were only an extremely small minority."

At this point, Lin Feng in the video turned to Zhisu Technology.

"Recently, Zhisu Technology seems to want to become a Great Xia NPE company as well. They found someone to draw a blueprint for a One-stroke Writing and Drawing Robot.

"They claimed they had already launched a Handwriting Robot development project half a year ago, then righteously declared that we had stolen their technical patent and that the patent for the One-stroke Writing and Drawing Robot should belong to them.

"To that, all I have to say is this: if you want to become China's NPE company and imitate their extortion tactics, at least be more professional about it.

"Just casually draw a design blueprint, then claim that you designed your Pen Master Handwriting Robot half a year ago, that you plagiarized and infringed upon my intellectual property, and that you should hand over the technical patent to me.

"When faced with such behavior, I can only look at them as if they are idiots. If patents could really be obtained like that, what meaning would patent protection law even have?

"Here, I advise Zhisu Technology's boss, Su Da: those who commit many injustices will bring about their own destruction!

"In my view, if an enterprise wants to rise and become a famous major company, it must ultimately rely on real strength.

"It needs to continuously innovate technologically, invent and manufacture better products, and constantly optimize its products and services to meet market demand.

"At the same time, it needs to establish a healthy corporate culture, attract and retain outstanding talent, and formulate and execute effective market strategies...

"Your attempt to rise rapidly by relying on improper means and seizing the technical patent achievements of others is inherently doomed to fail. You will never rise, because you do not have the heart of the strong!

"Furthermore, Xingtu Technology submitted an application for a patent infringement lawsuit to Zhan Cheng Court as early as November 2. In the next few days, Zhisu Technology should receive notice that you are being sued.

"The fact that you illegally infringed upon more than eighty of our technical patents for profit will ultimately not escape the judge's righteous judgment. You had better behave yourselves!"