Chapter 160 Senior Brother Invited
Domestic scientific researchers generally do not need to pay attention to intellectual property issues.
In public scientific research institutions such as universities and scientific research institutes, scientific researchers will sign intellectual property agreements before launching projects. The patent sharing between scientific researchers and institutions is also stipulated in contracts.
In actual operation, the patent sharing ratio between researchers and institutions will also vary from project to project, depending on the negotiating power of the parties and the specific terms of the cooperation agreement.
Some institutions may formulate internal regulations or policies to clarify the distribution principles and proportions of patent conversion income among scientific researchers and institutions.
But basically, there won’t be a big gap in the sharing ratio of public institutions, and there won’t be much room for negotiation. This can be regarded as an unspoken rule.
If you are an enterprise, you may have more requirements for the ownership of patents. Of course, if you engage in R&D in an enterprise, the bonuses will be much more generous than in public scientific research institutes.
Generally speaking, scientific researchers are backed by big trees, so they can focus on scientific research and do not need to bargain for intellectual property benefits. Even if they want to bargain, there is no such big environment.
Foreign scientific researchers have to spend more time on intellectual property rights.
Because many foreign scientific research projects are private projects, the project leader has to find funds to attract sponsorship. If the sponsor is willing to pay, it is also for the income from intellectual property rights. The share of intellectual property rights between the two parties, Often a penny has to be spent.
Sometimes when encountering a relatively unscrupulous sponsor, they will even kick out the project leader when the project is about to succeed, and then replace them with their own people to continue the work. After the results are achieved, the patent will be taken away.
Although domestic scientific researchers do not need to consider intellectual property issues, the management of the institution must consider intellectual property rights.
As a manager, Principal Gu thought of intellectual property rights at this time.
Top universities like Tsinghua University produce so many research results every year, so of course they will not fail to pay attention to intellectual property rights. Therefore, Tsinghua University has a dedicated intellectual property department, which is the Intellectual Property Service Center.
The person responsible for this part of the intellectual property business is a professor from Tsinghua University Law School. For example, Professor Ma, whom President Gu hired, is an expert in the field of intellectual property.
Professor Ma came to President Gu's office and listened to the introduction of nucleoside modification technology and mRNA vaccines.
"Lao Ma, what do you think? Is it necessary to apply for a patent for this scientific research result?" Principal Gu asked.
“Of course it is necessary!” Professor Ma said without hesitation.
"Then how much do you think the patent would be worth if you applied for a patent?" Principal Gu continued to ask.
Professor Ma thought for a while and replied: "The patent value of a vaccine is not only related to its technological innovation and practicality, but also to market demand, production costs, sales channels, competition landscape, policies and regulations, and the public's Cognition and acceptance are related to various factors.
Therefore, to determine a reasonable price, you need to comprehensively consider all the above factors and conduct in-depth analysis and research. So I can't give you an exact answer. If you insist on a number, then I can only say that it is possible from hundreds of thousands of dollars to billions of dollars! "
"Hundreds of thousands to several billions, Professor Ma, your span is a bit big! "Meng Heming said from the side.
Professor Ma then introduced: "I am talking about the patent value of the vaccine. What we have now is only this nucleoside modification technology, not the real mRNA vaccine technology, so the price cannot be so high.
If it is only used as a key core technology for the development of mRNA vaccine technology, the patent fees for this nucleoside modification technology will probably range from hundreds of thousands of dollars to several million dollars. This mainly depends on the buyer's willingness to purchase. "
"Shrinking from billions to millions, Professor Ma, you shrunk thousands of times in one breath! ”
As a professor of science, Meng Heming obviously couldn't stand the inaccurate expression of numbers in liberal arts.
“A few million dollars? That’s pretty good!” Principal Gu looked satisfied, and then began to assign tasks:
“Lao Meng, I’ll contact Shi Yi later. Sir, ask him to help review the paper, and you will be responsible for following up on the publication of the paper.
Lao Ma, you first prepare the materials for patent application, and communicate with Lao Meng in time about the time for patent application. It’s not too early or too late. It’s best to apply for a patent a few days before the paper is published!”
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Patent applications for scientific research results are very time-sensitive.
If you apply for a patent too early, it is very likely that the results of the research will be exposed in advance. If others see this patent and notice the research direction, they will most likely also produce results and be the first to do so. Publish papers.
It does not work if the patent application is too late. It must be at the same time as the publication of the paper at the latest. If the paper is published first and then the patent is applied for, the patent will lose its creativity and novelty.
Some people must have had this idea. If someone else publishes a certain scientific research result in a paper, and I use this scientific research result to register a patent, then the patent will be mine! In the future, you can make a lot of money just by collecting patent fees.
But in fact, you can’t make a penny from this kind of operation.
If a patent wants to make money, there are two major elements, namely creativity and novelty.
Inventiveness is easy to understand, that is, compared with existing technologies, your patent must have outstanding substantive features and significant progress.
If your patent is just a new skin and has no progress compared with the previous technology, no one will waste money to buy this patent.
Novelty means that before the date of patent application, the technology has not been published in journals, has not been used publicly, and has not been known to the public in other ways. If the patent does not contain novelty, there will be no claim for infringement.
For example, if you sue someone for infringing your patent and ask the other party to pay compensation, the other party will come up with a paper and say, I used the technology introduced in the paper, and the paper was published later than the time you applied for the patent. Early, so I am not infringing your patent.
If the patent application time is earlier than the paper publication time, this situation does not exist, because the patent is applied for first and the paper is published later. Even if the other party produces the paper, it will infringe on your patent rights.
So usually, a patent application is submitted close to the publication of the paper. This can prevent someone from rushing to publish a paper and prevent someone from rushing to register a patent.
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Principal Gu personally contacted Shi Yigong and sent the paper. Professor Ma started busy preparing materials to apply for a patent.
Zhang Wei, who completed the project, was not idle. He uploaded the modified new version of the DOTA map to Blizzard's official forum.
The Yangdao version of the DOTA map has not been updated recently, mainly because World of Warcraft was launched in the United States, and Yangdao was busy updating copies, and even lost contact for a time.
At this time, a DOTA map suddenly appeared under the banner of official certification, which naturally attracted many players to download it.
At the same time, Zhang Wei also released the Chinese version of this map in several domestic communities. After all, China has a large player base and a lot of people playing World of Warcraft, so it will definitely become DOTA's largest market.
In this version, Zhang Wei has added two new representative heroes, Shadow Demon and Butcher. The Butcher, in particular, is definitely one of the most enduring heroes in DOTA. Even in DOTA2, he is still the most common hero.
The appearance of two representative heroes immediately aroused discussion among players. Several new tactics using the Butcher have appeared in Blizzard's official forum.
On this day, Zhang Wei was sitting in front of the computer, checking the players' evaluations of the new heroes. The phone rang suddenly. It was Du Zhiqiang, the director of the computer department.
"Director Du, what are your instructions?" Zhang Wei answered the phone.
"Zhang Wei, are you in school? If you are, come to the computer department! Let me introduce you to a senior fellow student!" Du Zhiqiang said.
"Okay, I'll be there right away. But can you first reveal who this great master is?" Zhang Wei then asked.
Du Zhiqiang said: "When you went to the United States as an exchange student, did you win a game championship?"
"Yes! Do you know about this?"
"I just found out today. Let me just say, you are very talented in computers. You should really come to our computer department!"
"Does playing games count as computer talents? Director Du, you Don’t be ridiculous, if your words get out, those students’ parents will definitely hate you! But what does this have to do with the senior brother you want to introduce?”
“This senior brother of yours is just doing this. The game guy, his name is Li Qing, have you heard of Zulong Studio?" Du Zhiqiang said.
"Zulong? There seems to be some impression." Zhang Wei thought for a while, then asked: "Is it the Zulong Studio of Perfect World?"
"You are quite well-informed! Perfect World was just established this year. , you will know!”
“Perfect World was established just this year! I thought it had been established for several years!”
“The founder of Perfect World is Hong En Education. Boss, he is also a graduate of our Tsinghua University. There is a teaching software called "Ci Tian Pi Di", you know, it is made by Hongen Education. "
"I was impressed when you mentioned "Ci Tian Pi Di"! There are so many talented people coming to our Qingdao University, and I can be considered a senior fellow all over the world! Just tell Senior Brother Li to wait for me, and I’ll be there right away.”
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Zulong Studio was founded in 1997 and is definitely a pioneer among Chinese game development teams. The biggest feature of this studio is its 3D game engine with independent intellectual property rights. At that time, this 3D game engine was even ahead of South Korea's level.
In 2004, Perfect World Company was established, and Zulong Studio joined Perfect World and developed "Perfect World". At that time, this game was called the most beautiful game in China, and was even promoted as a benchmark against Blizzard's World of Warcraft because its 3D effects were so good.
After that, Zulong Studio produced popular game works such as "Perfect World International Edition", "Zhu Xian", "Hot Dance Party", "Pocket Journey to the West", "Dream Zhu Xian", and "The Continent of Gods and Demons" .
In 2014, Zulong Studio became independent from Perfection and established Zulong Entertainment, and its work focus also shifted to mobile games. Later, Zulong Entertainment reached a cooperation with Tencent, and Tencent provided financing for Zulong Entertainment. In 2020, Zulong Entertainment was also successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Li Qing, the founder of Zulong Studio, did not major in computer science, but graduated from the Engineering Physics Department of Tsinghua University. While running Zulong Studio, he also studied for a master's degree at the Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology of Tsinghua University.
This also illustrates the greatness of Li Qing. A person who was not a computer major and was not working full-time could actually make the best 3D engine in China at that time.
Although Zhang Wei had never met this senior brother Li Qing, when he came to the reception of the Computer Department, he recognized him at a glance.
Entrepreneurs who are programmers have a special temperament. It’s so obvious!
(End of this chapter)