Chapter 135 Patent Law Consultant
The "Ancient Prescription Movement" has made a lot of troubles for the expansion of traditional Chinese medicine, but Professor Mei and others did not take it lightly. For traditional Chinese medicine to truly develop, too many talents are needed.
Liu Hongmin couldn't help with this matter, so he could only let Professor Mei and the others handle it themselves.
The country has decided to implement a management system, but before implementation, a set of relevant laws must be in place. As the initiator of the proposal, Liu Hongmin was also invited to become a patent law consultant.
The first thing he did when he took office was to go to Xiangjiang and obtain the patent laws of Western countries.
For this reason, Liu Hongmin has been working in a patent agency, paying them to collect patent policies and patent catalogs of various countries.
He is so busy every day that even Lan Jieying has no time to find him.
This made Lan Jieying very angry, and she broke up with Liu Hongmin out of anger. She originally thought that Liu Hongmin would coax her.
But in Liu Hongmin's eyes, contributing to the country is the most important thing. If Lan Jieying can't understand, then there is no need for the two of them to continue.
After working hard for a month and spending millions of Hong Kong dollars, I finally got a set of information.
After finishing his work, he called Lan Jieying, but her mother answered the call and hung up immediately when she heard Liu Hongmin's voice. Only after he returned to the company did he find out that Lan Jieying had terminated his contract with the company out of anger.
Liu Hongmin was very disappointed, but he did not force it. I discussed the release of "Chinatown Detective" with Xu Xiaoming, and then returned to the capital with the information.
When Liu Hongmin placed several boxes of information on the conference table, everyone was dumbfounded.
The chairman of the Patent Law Preparatory Committee was Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu stood up and said to everyone: "Let us applaud Comrade Liu Hongmin for his selfless dedication!"
"Wow! Wow——"
Everyone in the committee came to their senses immediately and stood up to applaud. For a moment, thunderous applause resounded throughout the entire conference room.
Liu Hongmin waved her hands quickly, "Everyone is too polite, and I didn't do much. All of this was done by hiring people, I just helped to sort it out."
Mr. Zhu smiled He stood up and said, "Listen, everyone, he is showing off his wealth!"
Everyone laughed, and they were not disgusted with Liu Hongmin's "showing off his wealth". If they are as rich as Liu Hongmin, they may not be as generous as Liu Hongmin.
After the joke, Mr. Zhu said seriously: "The country will not let individuals suffer. No matter how much you spend, the country will replenish you."
Liu Hongmin: "We will talk about this later. Let's talk about these materials first. Through an intermediary company, I sorted out the patent policies of about 30 countries, and there are many similarities among them."
Liu Hongmin opened A box, from which a large number of copied books were taken out and asked to be distributed by the staff.
“These similarities have many merits and are the focus of our research. I think we can start from here. Then there are the differences behind the data. These regulations are desirable There are not many, we need to focus on the discussion. Finally, the patent technology catalog of these countries will be the focus of our discussion. Whether to set up a ban on patent protection technology."
Everyone looked at the few people in front of Liu Hongmin. A box, I couldn't help but swallowed. There are so many patent catalogs. It seems that the heritage of developed countries cannot be underestimated!
Mr. Zhu agreed very much with Liu Hongmin’s words, “Comrade Hongmin is right, so let’s take a look at the information in our hands first.”
He flipped through it and said, “Let’s read it for half an hour. Then we discuss the first part." So everyone started reading. These were all legal regulations, which seemed very boring. Many of the committee members are not legal professionals. If they were not very determined, it would be difficult to watch for half an hour.
Half an hour later, Mr. Zhu first asked legal persons to interpret it, and then everyone discussed it one by one.
For many days, the committee discussed the unified clauses of each country and the different clauses of each country. The regulations that are most suitable for the country were selected and the general framework of the patent law was finally formulated.
After so many days, everyone has a concept of patents, and it is time to discuss banning patent protection technology.
Liu Hongmin was well prepared, and he directly took out medical-related patents.
"Heart-saving pills, liver-protecting tablets..."
Liu Hongmin read hundreds of Japanese patents on Chinese medicine, and then said: "As soon as you hear these patents, you will know they are from us. Regardless of the effectiveness of these prescriptions, let’s just look at the quantity. The Japanese have more than 10,000 Kampo patents, and we don’t know if these prescriptions will be used by us now. Later, the Japanese used these patents to ask us to pay compensation. What should we do?"
Everyone was silent. From the name Liu Hongmin just read, they knew that these prescriptions should be commonly used. Some are even popular Chinese patent medicines on the market today. We have been using these medicines for hundreds or even thousands of years, but now we have to pay patent fees to others?
Mr. Zhu said: "Now we are voting. If you are in favor of establishing a ban on patent protection technology, please raise your hands."
For the first time, almost all members raised their hands high.
Liu Hongmin breathed a sigh of relief, the first step was completed.
Mr. Zhu took a look at the voting results and said, "The proposal is approved. Now let's discuss which technologies should be included in the prohibited patent protection technologies."
Everyone looked at Liu Hongmin, who said: " Then let me shed some light on it. I think that in addition to traditional Chinese medicine technology, our country’s agricultural technology has been developed for thousands of years, and various situations are mentioned in the ancient books I collected. ”
Everyone nodded, even though they had not read the ancient books collected by Liu Hongmin. But they have still heard of some famous ancient agricultural books, such as "Essentials for Elevating the People"! That is an ancient agricultural book that is more than a thousand years old.
"Secondly, it is about patented technologies related to people's livelihood. Nowadays, seed patents are popular abroad, that is, you buy my seeds, but you can't keep the seeds yourself. If you want to plant the next crop, you can only continue to buy my seeds."
When everyone heard this, they immediately started talking.
"How can this be done? Isn't this cutting off the roots of the farmers?"
"It is simply a domineering treaty. This clause cannot be allowed to enter the country."
Mr. Zhu raised Hands, signaling everyone to be quiet.
"Comrade Hongmin, what do you think?"
Liu Hongmin said: "Actually, foreign breeding technology will reduce yields starting from the second generation. After three or five generations, The yield will drop to less than half of the first generation. Generally speaking, no one will save seeds to continue planting. Therefore, even without this clause, the interests of seed merchants will not be damaged. It is just the greed of capital that makes them not want to lose. Make any amount of money.”
“I think there should be a clause specifically for seeds that requires seed merchants to mark the generation reduction range according to actual conditions, allowing farmers to make their own choices.”
I can continue to buy your seeds, but the choice is mine. This is true freedom.
(End of this chapter)