Author: Erzi Congzhou

Zhou Zhi's approach is to do the opposite, taking advantage of the national trademark management department's unfamiliarity with local products and names to register a customary local name as his own exclusive trademark. If this mine was really planted for him,

If you wait until the country's laws are improved before jumping into a naming rights lawsuit with others, you may be able to gain a lot of "unjust gains", and at least you can create some advertising effects.

Although the "snowflake powder" incident has not happened yet, my father discovered something wrong based on his intuition from many years of work.

If you call bran vinegar, what should you do if you ask another vinegar factory? Therefore, the two words "bran vinegar" can only be labeled with a name like "qujiu". It does not have trademark attributes and cannot be used as a trademark alone.

Zhou Zhi spread his hands: "But we have already registered a trademark? If we want to cancel our trademark, this is an administrative dispute and requires administrative litigation and administrative reconsideration. It is no longer something you, dad, have the final say."

Dad suddenly felt his scalp tightening, and then sneered: "Do you think you can win this lawsuit?"

Zhou Zhi smiled: "We don't need to win the battle, we just need to let the people of the whole country know about this matter and discuss it. Even if we have to admit defeat in the end, at least we will get a 'correction'

It’s just a gimmick, but it doesn’t mean you’re too completely defeated, right?”

"Ah, this..." Dad finally understood. What this kid did was clearly because he wanted free advertising!

"I've thought about it, and there are actually many benefits to doing this." Zhou Zhi said: "First of all, we promoted 'bran vinegar', a unique vinegar-making process in Sichuan, and then we promoted our own products. Thirdly, we also helped the country.

It has promoted trademark law and raised legal awareness among citizens, achieving multiple goals with one stone."

"If there is no explicit prohibition in the law, it is permission." Zhou Zhi looked at his father and asked sincerely: "Dad, you are an old businessman. When the company does not violate laws and disciplines and is operating normally, can't the management department be rude?

Interfere with the normal activities of the enterprise, including trademark application and use?”

"Hmm..." This is the fine tradition of the old Zhou family. You can give in and take action, but you can't coerce or induce. Dad thought for a while: "The absence of explicit prohibitions in the law means permission. It talks about the bottom line, not the upper limit. Otherwise

If so, the law doesn’t prohibit you from falling in love with several girls at the same time, so can you just do that?”

Zhou Zhi was almost frightened to death, and Jiang Shuyi's face turned pale. What did dad see?

He quickly waved his hand: "Dad is right! The law is the bottom line, not the upper limit. Not only can we not violate the law, we can't violate morality!"

Dad looked like I can't control you: "So as an outstanding entrepreneur with a sense of social responsibility, you should consider the social impact and not let yourself become a negative example. 'If you are criticized by a thousand people, you will die without a disease', this is the truth

.”

"But when it comes to this specific matter, whether it can be done or not has nothing to do with morality." Zhou Zhi said: "Then just follow what the old man said, cross the river by feeling for the stones, and let's discuss it together under the framework of procedural law. Let's

Director of the Legal Department, I believe he will be very happy to discuss this issue with the government."

"Wha... what director of the legal department?" Dad was a little numb: "Do you still have a legal department?"

"That's right." Zhou Zhi nodded: "With the expansion of the scale of Liu Niang Food Co., Ltd., the company is encountering more and more legal problems in various aspects such as finance, customers, business, human recruitment, etc. The general manager of the company, Comrade Wang Xiaojuan, decided to introduce Professional talents use their professional knowledge to handle specific legal affairs for the company."

"This must be your idea again!" Dad said: "This is no small matter! Do you know any legal professionals? Are those retired from Jiachuan Court or those from Jiangyang Law Firm? Their level..."

"We have mentioned professional talents, so they are definitely professionals in the field." Zhou Zhi said: "Why don't I know such a person? Come to think of it, we don't even know each other!"

"No fight, no acquaintance? What do you mean?"

"Dad, do you still remember Professor Lu who filed a lawsuit against cousin An Ran because he locked the security door outside his house and the fire brigade couldn't open it?"

"He..." Dad nodded, and then suddenly got frightened: "...him?!"

"Well, does that count as no acquaintance without fighting?"

Professor Lu is an expert in teaching economic law at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and an authoritative figure in domestic civil law and economic law.

The lawsuit against my cousin that year directly led to the establishment of detailed national standards for security door locks in China. It also made Jinan Group one of the rule makers of national security door standards in China, and it immediately gained the status of an industry leader.

But this was not the battle that made Professor Lu famous. Before that, he had already become famous in the industry because of the "penny lawsuit".

The cause of the matter was that a certain bank had a problem in calculating the number of reserved digits in its program, which resulted in the interest calculation for Professor Lu's deposit being undercounted by one penny. Professor Lu's request to the bank to upgrade the system was rejected, and he was angry and filed a lawsuit.

When the lawsuit reached the bank, the bank was willing to give Professor Lu reasonable compensation, but Professor Lu disagreed and insisted on the bank reforming its system to prevent similar mistakes from harming other consumers.

The bank argued that the possibility of such a calculation error was extremely small, and that the harm would only cause the customer to lose a penny. In order to solve this problem, the bank would need to invest millions of dollars, and asked the court to consider a reasonable ruling.

During the stalemate, the bank encountered a backlash from its peers. After the case attracted attention in the industry, the remaining major banks checked their own systems, and holy shit, they actually had the same problem!

So several major banks secretly upgraded their own systems, and then announced to the outside world that in line with a serious and responsible attitude toward depositors, each bank conducted surprise self-inspections and found that this problem had been properly solved during the previous upgrades. , the systems of several of our banks are safe, reliable, and worthy of the trust of the majority of depositors.

Now the defendant bank could no longer afford to lose money, so it quickly admitted its defeat and upgraded its system in the shortest possible time.

Although it was not widely reported, this incident caused a sensation in the industry. Professor Lu's record of breaking off the entire banking industry for a penny and getting them all to upgrade their systems is legendary.

With such a big shot as Sister Xiaojuan'er's legal advisor, my father somewhat understood the weight of what Zhou Zhi said, "I am willing to discuss corporate rights and interests with the government within the framework of procedural law."

The old man has been working hard to promote and call for the rule of law and administration according to the law all his life, and then he still takes it seriously. He is still a legal authority that cannot be beaten or scolded. He has a great influence and still makes up for it. I am afraid that this lawsuit will have to be broken again.

At this point, Dad was dumbfounded and looked for foreign aid: "Look, Lao Jiang, this is called hard wings..."

At this time, Zhou Zhi's pager rang. Zhou Zhi looked at the pager and said, "Hey, Xin Yi is calling me. Shu Yi, did you tell her that we are back?"

Jiang Shuyi shook her head: "No?"

Zhou Zhi walked to the living room and called back: "Hey Xin Yi... Well, we're back... now? It's nothing, okay, just wait for me."

Zhou Zhi hung up the phone and packed a bag of candies and snacks brought back from Hong Kong and Beijing: "Xin Yi asked me to go to her house."
Chapter completed!