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Vienna, Austria's new energy power company's recent business has increased a lot, especially the commercial sector is very busy.

Since Vienna has become a city that never sleeps, the company's headquarters has always been invited by major cities, so it is natural to talk about business.

There is no commercial value now, does not mean that there will be no commercial value in the future.Electricity is the vent in this era, and the era of blowouts is coming.

Power companies may lose money, but monopoly power companies can never lose money.Even if the government will restrict prices in the future, it is impossible to leave a reasonable profit.

Having mastered the power supply of a city, you are now mastering the right to speak, especially in industrial cities.

If you want to crack down on your competitors, it is enough to give them a wave every three or five times during the peak period of electricity consumption, and it is still speechless.

The future world is inseparable from electricity, and whoever has control of power will have control over this era.By the end of the 19th century, almost every consortium had its own power company.

The Austrian New Energy Power Company appears to come from a system, which is actually a subsidiary under the Royal Consortium, but this company will become a new consortium because of practical needs.

No matter how it changes, the ultimate controller is the royal family.Of course, on the bright side, there is no direct relationship between the two, and it seems that the shares invested by the royal family are also less than 10%.

This stock will continue to be diluted once it is listed, and most of the company's shares are held by various institutions.If you want to check carefully, there are institutions behind the institutions, and the cross-holding of shares between the institutions, the equity is enough to be dazzling.

This can't be concealed from intentional people, as long as ordinary people can't see it.It can be seen that all are smart people, and things that have no evidence will not talk at all.

This is a legitimate business, and even if it is said, the impact will be very limited.But the price of nonsense is probably that you can never speak.

No one cares about the issue of equity, at least until the Austrian New Energy Power Company goes public.

Elksen is the manager of the business department of the Austrian New Energy Power Company. His most recent job is to return the telegram, and then send representatives to negotiate with the government.

The target of the negotiation is not limited to Austria, many European cities are his customers.Some cities need cooperation, and some cities need pure patent authorization.

Although patent management is not very strict in this era, but basically all countries in Europe have patent laws, it does not matter that small companies and individuals violate, as the government obviously cannot take the lead in violating.

If the government takes the lead in violating the Patent Act, if it is passed on, it will not only be a loss of face, but also a large sum of money in a lawsuit.

Most European countries advertise judicial notarization, so many judicial systems are independent.In such cases, the court is willing to set up a model of judicial notarization.

Of course, this is only for the government. When faced with individuals or private companies, the deterrent effect is not so great.

It is a common thing not to pay royalties, or to pay less.How much can be collected depends on the patience of the patent owner.

The government wants to face, and fear of getting into this must-have lawsuit does not mean that companies will also be afraid.Usually everyone will open a vest, in case of losing the lawsuit and directly declare bankruptcy, change to a new vest and continue to battle.

In this respect, Austrian New Energy Power Company is lucky.This power system belongs to the public infrastructure. The customers are mainly local governments, and they all need to pay attention to eating.

Customers should pay attention to eating, and even the power companies engaged in this business must also pay attention to eating. It is impossible to win the bid without obtaining patent authorization.

Of course, this is also the reason why the Austrian New Energy Power Company does not charge a lot of patent fees. Otherwise, someone else will start a new stove and start a system to avoid patent barriers.

Not much money, naturally no need to re-develop.There are so many patented technologies involved, and the cost required to bypass the patent system can be much higher.

After working for more than two months, Elkson produced the first result and knocked on the door of President Mark Oliver's office.

"Please come in!"

Mark Oliver's voice sounded.

Elkson walked into the office and reported: "President, we have completed the preliminary judgment with the representative of Paris Power Company. The two parties have basically reached agreement on the issue of patent licensing. The only trouble is that they need exclusive licensing."

No surprises, the first to reach a preliminary intention is the French.After all, they are arrogant enough, just need patent authorization, and did not invite Austrian new energy power companies to invest.

No investment is needed, so it's easy to talk.No one can live with the money, the Austrian New Energy Power Company now also needs money to expand the scale.

Instead, investment was invited, and the Ministry of Commerce had to use procrastination.The contract can be signed in advance, and when to start construction needs to be considered.

After all, now that the cost hasn't come down, the construction will start immediately, and that is to make losses.Unless the local government is willing to pay, the Austrian New Energy Power Company can't afford to play.

It is enough to have advertising in Vienna. With the advertisement of “Night City”, the patent licensing fee that can be collected is enough to recover the previous investment.

Mark Oliver tapped the table with his right index finger, which was his habit of thinking about problems.After being silent for a while, he slowly said, "Tell the French that if they are willing to pay more than 1 million Aegis' patent licensing fees, they will be granted an exclusive license."

The patent licensing fee of Austrian New Energy Power Company is not high, and there are different standards according to different countries, for example: the patent licensing fee in France is 300,000 AED, and residents use electricity to pay the patent at the rate of 0.2 AED per user per year For the cost, each factory and enterprise is charged at 100 AED per year, and each city's lighting system is at 50,000 AED per million per year ...

This standard is not high, which also includes related technology transfer fees.For example: large generator production technology, power transmission related technology, etc.

The R & D cost of these technologies will not be lower than 300,000 Aegis.The following patent fee collection standards seem to be many, and in fact there is not much money.After all, patented technology has a time limit, and there is simply no era of full popularity.

For example, according to the calculation of 10% of the population of France, the electricity consumption of residents is more than 4.5 million people. Considering that there are more Dingkou in this era, there are 500,000 or 600,000 households.

In fact, it is difficult to make statistics when it is settled. Basically, it is estimated. The specific data is still in French.

As long as the gap is not too great, it is impossible for Austrian New Energy Power Company to send someone to investigate, the cost of this investigation is too high.

It is even more difficult to count industrial power consumption. It is very difficult to check if several factories are counted as one.

This is also the reason why the patent fees for equipment production do not appear. The main reason is that it is impossible to count how much is produced, and the other party will not receive much money to play tricks.

The only guarantee is the authorization fee for each city, which is Paris in a short time, and other cities have to wait.Maybe it will not be adopted by ten cities until the end of the patent period.

Not every local government is so wealthy, poor ghost cities are still the mainstream of this era, and it is normal to have no money to pay for the power supply system.

This patent protection time is determined by the French law, the urban power supply network system is only eight years, and other related patented technologies are the longest but only thirty years.

Each patent technology protection time is up, the corresponding cost will be deducted.How much the final gain can be is still unknown.

Without exclusive licensing, you just want to charge a few more licensing fees.After all, the money you get is your own, and the potential benefits may not be available.

If the price is high enough, a one-time buyout is not impossible.No one knows how fast the development of electric power technology will be in the future, otherwise the French are very likely to buy out the technology directly.

In theory, this set of patents is still very valuable. You can charge millions of Aegis for royalties every year. In fact, no one knows.

It is estimated that there are always 1.8 million every year. Anyway, it is also a set of electric power system. Although a little is missed, it is also high-tech in this era.

In this regard, British talent is the hegemony. As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, they have the most patented technology.

However, because of time constraints, most of the patented technologies have expired, otherwise they now charge at least tens of millions of pounds every year.

Obviously, the British patent fee is only collected locally.When the industrial revolution broke out in other European countries, most of their technologies had already passed the patent protection period.

The patented technology of the Austrian New Energy Power Company can be said to be in tears.No way, who made their technology immature?

The current authorization is actually pitting people.After you buy it, you will find that these technologies have a bright future, and you will not make money in the short term.

Without profitable technology, it is naturally impossible to sell high prices.In addition to Paris and London to keep up with the scalp in order to face, other cities are not so arrogant.

As long as the time slows down, even if it only takes two or three years, this cost may drop by 20% to 30%.

Paris and London are now bustling, and there is no lack of Austrian new energy power companies, buying newspapers to promote the "Electricity Age", "Lighting Revolution", "Paris is behind", "London is behind" ...

If it is not enough for the people of Paris, the patented technology of the Austrian New Energy Power Company cannot be sold yet.

There is no way, if you want to keep the technology confidential, you can't register the patent; if you don't register the patent, you will be preempted by others, and the previous investment will be sloppy.

The Austrian Patent Office will keep them secret, but patent offices in countries such as Britain and France will not have such an international spirit.Multinational patented technology, from the moment of registration, has become an open secret technology.

Since it can't be kept secret, it is not sold yet. Do you still expect competitors to follow the rules and not steal technology?

Everyone's scientific research level is basically at the same level.With these technologies, English and French can be copied in up to half a year, and it may be improved.

Unlike the technology of later generations, technology has developed to a certain extent. Even if high-tech technology discloses data, it is not so easy to decipher.

When you apply for a patent, you can set up a little obstacle, and you can basically keep it confidential.Today's technology, everyone is just a gap in thinking.

Certain technologies can be reversed by seeing the product casing.

This is why everyone has no technical barriers in this era and can buy them as long as they have money.It's not that everyone doesn't know the importance of technological secrecy, but it simply can't keep secrets.

Austria's new energy power company is also the same, in the case of technical confidentiality, naturally benefit should be maximized.

It is difficult to promote the patented technology in the future without selling it out.It is an irresistible temptation to set industry standards.