Chapter 891 Prosecution

The hot sales of Yike Mars mobile phone abroad have laid a good foundation for the domestic team.

In addition, the purchasing cooperation intention that Fang Zhuo personally negotiated with the operator China Unicom also allowed Yike to stand at the starting line where it can compete with international big brands.

However, Yike's domestic team is still the first time to start the mobile phone business...

Fang Zhuo hopes that this first time is correct enough, profound enough, and enough to continue the competitiveness of the product in the future.

He transferred Liu Qiangdong to develop the domestic mobile phone business, and also wanted to observe the performance of senior executives in the process and make changes as appropriate.

This meeting, many explanations, communications or trainings on the design, cost, and operator cooperation of Mars2 are just one part of the observation, and we need to continue to see more performance from everyone in the future.

The meeting lasted for a long time, and after it ended, it took a long time to communicate with Liu Qiangdong and other senior executives separately.

Waiting for the internal cohesion to be slightly consolidated, Fang Zhuo calculated the time and called Chang Zhangmen of China Unicom again to talk about 3G, the Olympics, and Yike's next publicity investment.

He and Chang Zhangmen only had a general communication, and even spent half of the time talking about the situation in the international financial market.

But this kind of phone call can only be like this, and there is no way to discuss in detail the execution level of the mobile phone launch in August. Moreover, even if he can talk about Yike's plan, the leader on the other side may not know China Unicom's plan.

Therefore, Fang Zhuo and Chang Zhangmen went through the process of empty talk to ensure that the consistency of their cooperation is still harmonious.

There are still two months before Yike Mars2's press conference, and more than three months before Mars is launched in China. Yike mobile phones, which have been promoted since this year's Spring Festival Gala, have finally gradually tightened the string in China.

However, Yike is busy in China, and it is not idle abroad. The European and American markets are still working hard for the sales target of Mars, and they also execute the boss's order to sue LG for patents.

On April 21, Yike America formally filed a lawsuit against LG for patent infringement in court.

This is also the second patent lawsuit LG has suffered in the US market after Apple.

At the same time, Yike also filed the same lawsuit with the ITC and asked LG to stop selling infringing models in the US market.

Yike did not make a big fuss, but quietly filed the lawsuit, because according to past experience, patent cases are often long, often taking years, so Fang Zhuo also felt that he just needed to wait for the process to proceed.

Just like Apple and LG, both sides were very calm.

However, Yike USA just filed a lawsuit in New York State, and this move immediately shocked a group of people in LG.

Just one day later, Fang Zhuo received a call from Yu Nanjun, president of LG Electronics (Huaxia) Company, in the office of Hang Lung 23.

Yu Nanjun was 59 years old at the time. He joined LG since he graduated from college. He has worked in North America, Europe, and South Korea. He was transferred to Huaxia in 2006 as president of the Greater Huaxia region. He is indeed a meritorious senior executive of LG.

Of course, Fang Zhuo only learned a little about these after hanging up the phone.

When he received this call, he only knew that the other party introduced himself, and then there was an incredible tone.

"Mr. Fang, LG has always attached importance to the Chinese market and is committed to providing the best products and services to Chinese consumers. Why do you want to sue LG in the United States?" Yu Nanjun asked a question.

Fang Zhuo was very surprised: "Yi Ke sued LG in the United States. This has nothing to do with the Chinese market. The reason for the lawsuit is that you infringed the rights."

"No, Mr. Fang, LG has been cultivating the Chinese market. It not only has a good reputation, but also cultivates talents for the Chinese mobile phone industry. As a Chinese company, I think both parties should consider the overall situation." Yu Nanjun was quite righteous.

Fang Zhuo was quite hesitant when he heard such words. He was not sure whether the other party was the president of LG China. Such communication sounded unclear.

He considered again and again, and said tactfully: "LG has cultivated talents for the Chinese mobile phone industry and brought products to consumers. This is really hard for LG. In the future, such hard work will be left to Yi Ke. Do you have a president in the US region? Is he also so hard? Please tell him that Yi Ke is also willing to help LG in the United States."

Yu Nanjun was speechless.

"LG's touch screen phone is based on the Symbian system and will never infringe on Yike's patents." He said this after several seconds. "Yike's provocation of war is an extremely wrong behavior."

Yu Nanjun mentioned Symbian, and the meaning behind it is self-evident.

Fang Zhuo simply said: "Then you come and correct me."

He didn't say much nonsense, feeling that the two sides were not on the same frequency, and ended the call.

I don't know if Yu Nanjun came to Henglong 23 in person to correct the thoughts of Yike's head, but Wayne, the president of LG Electronics USA, really contacted Fang Zhuo very quickly.

Wayne's phone content was like a normal person.

He said that he knew about Yike's lawsuit, was willing to actively communicate, and was very much looking forward to a sincere meeting with President Fang on this matter.

It should be said or not, Fang Zhuo listened to the comparison of the phone calls before and after, and was much more satisfied with Wayne's attitude.

Then, he regretfully rejected the other party's request for a meeting, thinking that there was a good example in front of this matter, so he would go through the legal procedures like Apple.

Apple was trying to kill its competitors and attack the Symbian system.

In addition to the same purpose and learning from the experience of Korean manufacturers, Yike has another important consideration: the operator cooperating with LG in the US market is the powerful Verizon.

Next month, Yike's six-month exclusive agreement with the US operator T-Mobile will expire, which means that Mars2 will almost have T-Mobile + several small and medium-sized operators that have been contacted in advance as sales channels.

However, small and medium-sized operators combined are not as good as one Verizon.

AT&T has Apple's iPhone, Sprint and Motorola are still actively promoting their 3G standards, and only Verizon has been interested in Mars before, but chose LG because of T-Mobile's exclusivity.

Fang Zhuo hopes that this time he can make Verizon realize who is the better partner in this era.

He doesn't want LG's patent fees, but wants its operators and its market prospects.

This is not something that can be solved with one or two phone calls or one or two consultations, so there is no need to waste more time on it.

Unfortunately, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. After being hung up, LG Huaxia President Yu Nanjun did not stop. On the one hand, he continued to contact Yike Company, and on the other hand, he also put pressure on public opinion.

As a veteran, he pointed out one point more clearly: "Although Android claims to be an open source system, Yike is trying to threaten mobile phone manufacturers to join its PRO Alliance with patents. This is extremely unfriendly and not conducive to long-term development."

This point is quite right, and it is a consensus between Google and Yike.

However, Huaxia has no idea about the PRO Alliance. After hearing this, they have some understanding of such a framework alliance based on cross-patent authorization.

What? Just join and you can enjoy patents for free?

There is such a good thing?

Yike is too kind, right?

This is not Mr. Fang's style!

Before the Zhonglian mobile phone was launched, the PRO Alliance became a small hit among domestic manufacturers, causing a lot of ripples.