American comics: You're asked to fish, but you catch a Superman template?

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David Shanov's words made Vladimir Svarodkin frown.

He probably wouldn't have been too worried about this period of time if it had happened before the Daily Courier article came out.

However, although the Messenger's news lingered on and on, when the American Broadcasting Corporation launched television a few months later, it was clear that the original protagonist was no longer there, and by then everyone would have thought that Fellowes Farnsworth was the inventor of television.

Although this will be the mother of all facts.

But this is clearly not a fact that American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) wants to admit. Moreover, if ABC were to admit this, it would have to pay royalties to Ferro Farnsworth for all television sets it subsequently produced.

The losses behind this are beyond what the company's president, Vladimir Sfulokin, can afford.

Therefore, he had to find a way to stop further developments.

Otherwise, he would have done his job as president. American Radio invested heavily in television development, which was no easy feat during the Great Depression.

"Perhaps we could try to contact Ferro Farnsworth?"

A gaze fell on Ferro in the newspaper, and David Chanoff made a suggestion.

"What should we do? Pay royalties for his television shows?"

Since American Radio Corporation stole Fellowes's invention through Zollison, it naturally wouldn't consider paying royalties as a way out.

"Furthermore, the situation is that even if we were willing to cooperate with Fellowes-Fathworth, they might not agree."

Vladimir pointed out that a report in the Daily Courier clearly stated that Xu Fu and Fello-Fassworth had met and collaborated.

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"And what about Xu Fu?"

David glanced at the report Vladimir was pointing at and instinctively swore.

But he quickly realized that his words were purely wishful thinking.

"When things get to this point, the only way is through legal means."

After a long while, Vladimir Svorodin sighed and said...

"...A legal way?"

David Shanov was puzzled by Vladimir Svarokin's actions.

"But we don't have any television patents yet, so if we rush into litigation, we might lose."

The probability, as David Shanoff put it, remains a euphemism, implying that, under the current circumstances, American Broadcasting has no second chance to lose its patent lawsuit against Ferro Farnsworth.

“I never thought I would win this case,” said Shuai.

Naturally, Vladimir Sferodin was well aware of this outcome.

"The purpose of the lawsuit is to muddy the waters, so that when the case goes to litigation, we can use it to claim that American radio is the actual owner of the television patents."

"Furthermore, once the trial began, Ferro Farnsworth didn't have much time to focus on his television invention (good thing), which gave us time to develop it. If we could develop it, even just a prototype, we would have an advantage in the media, since most people don't pay much attention to the outcome of the trial."

Although the lawsuit was initially a last resort for Vladimir Svorodin, as he analyzed the situation, he gradually realized that it might not be a bad idea at all.

Vladimir Sfrokhin's approach was essentially the same as the process that led to the television patent dispute between American Radio and Ferro Farnsworth.

However, the accuser at the time was Ferro Farnsworth, the patent holder for the television set.

Instead, it became the Beautiful Country Radio Company.

"Arrange for lawyers to collect relevant information and immediately file a case against Fellowes Fasworth. I hope he spends the rest of his life in litigation."

Chapter 782 The Media of Offense and Defense

"Patent litigation?"

In Brooklyn, Xu Fu was looking for a new factory to manufacture television sets when he received news that American Radio Corporation was suing Fellowes Farnsworth for patent infringement.

According to RFA, the imaging technology patent obtained by Zollison in 1923, which served as the prototype for television, was used by them. RFA obtained this patent long before Fellowes Farnsworth obtained his television patent, thus making RFA the de facto inventor of television.

The lawsuit filed by American Radio Corporation against Ferro Farnsworth was only discovered by Xu Fu's side after receiving Ferro's letter.

Prior to this, American radio stations had launched an early propaganda campaign.

Almost on the same day the lawsuit was filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, US radio stations announced the news through the media.

In the newspapers, American Radio Corporation attempted to portray its owner, Zollison, as the true inventor of television, while depicting Fellowes-Farnsworth and Hoffman as 213 thieves who dishonestly obtained the patent for television and appropriated it for themselves.

If he hadn't known the reality behind it, Xu Fu might have been fooled by the claims made by the American radio station.

The American radio station's overreaction is clearly malicious.

Even CBS inquired about the matter; after all, their previous conversations with William Paley indicated their interest in collaborating on television, but CBS's cross-promotion introduced a slight twist to what had been a smooth negotiation.

As the de facto owner of the radio patents, American Radio Corporation must be cautious even with CBS radio.

To this end, Xu Fu also made a long-distance phone call and had a brief conversation with Fello-Farnsworth about the trial.

Fello-Fainsworth was somewhat worried, but overall not too badly affected, as these issues had already been discussed when Xu Fu and he met earlier. They both knew that RCA would not allow television patents to be given away so easily.

Of course, the main reason why Ferro Farnsworth was not uneasy was the assurance that Xu Fu gave him.

As an ordinary person, Fellowes was naturally not suited for a large company like Radio America, but if Xu Fu and the Messenger newspaper behind him were added, it would be a different story.

As a leading figure in an influential New York newspaper, Xu Fu was not afraid of the public relations efforts of American radio stations when it came to media warfare.

The day after American radio station filed its lawsuit, The Daily Messenger launched a counterattack on its front page.

The report clearly outlines the entire process of Ferro Farnsworth's invention of the television patent, including his teacher's testimony that Ferro conceived the principles of television while still in high school, and the patent certificates published in the report that prove he was the actual owner of the television patent.

The retraction of the article not only became news in the newspapers, but Xu Fu also made a similarly provocative response in his book "Superman," published on the same day.

In the final part of the story, the King of Pranks strikes again.

This time, the supervillain has once again shown his sinister side.

Through a series of legal means, this villain actually obtained a patent for the Superman image, and then sued Superman, claiming that his image infringed on his rights and that Superman could no longer appear in Metropolis in his current form, or he would have to go to jail.

Even Superman was powerless against the Joker's shameless behavior.

To openly mock Superman, the Joker even made a costume identical to Superman's and wore it himself to showcase his patented Superman image.

Because of the King of Mischief's actions, Superman had to change his costume and transform into other characters to uphold justice.

However, at the same time, the King of Mischief uses his patented Superman image to do evil, thereby damaging Superman's superhero status.

At one point during the operation, the King of Pranks officially announced that he was hosting a striptease party as Superman.

Seeing his carefully cultivated superhero image damaged, Superman realized he couldn't let this continue. He began suing the pranksters over their patents, claiming that they obtained them illegally.

In a subsequent comic, Superman and the Prankster engage in an amusing legal battle, with neither able to stop the other.

Just then, Superman suddenly remembered a loophole in the trick patent that could defeat his opponent in one fell swoop.

Superman, citing his foreign status, claimed that the prankster's patent law applied to humans and not to him. He then called on Lewis to testify that he had seen Superman's image long before the prankster applied for the patent, and that the Messenger newspaper had also published a report about Superman at the time.

With these two pieces of evidence in his favor, the judge ultimately ruled that the Joker was not entitled to a patent for the Superman image, which should have belonged to Superman himself.

The new serialized story is one of the few where Superman doesn't have any special battle scenes.

However, the legal battle between Superman and the King of Mischief is a new experience for readers. As the comic's plot unfolds, readers sometimes worry about the loss of Superman's image and whether they will ever see this superhero in his red suit again, but they are also amazed by the constant changes in Superman's suit.

In particular, one set depicting Superman wearing armor resembling medieval armor became the subject of various comic books and movies in the following years, dedicated to him.

The story ends with Superman winning his patent lawsuit, much to the relief of readers sitting in front of the newspaper.

Although the result did not surprise them.

However, the twists and turns of the comic's plot still touched the hearts of readers.

Meanwhile, some astute readers responded that while this issue's story ostensibly revolves around Superman fighting for a patent on his image, it is actually a veiled reference to the recent television patent controversy surrounding Radio America and Superman himself.

In the story, Xu Fu even uses Superman's mouth to satirize the American radio company.

Superman mentioned this during his legal battle with the prankster.

The Joker knows better than he does who owns Superman's patent; after all, the patent was even applied for in his name.

Chapter 783 is more topical.

The final installment, featuring the story of Superman's patented image, generated a huge response throughout New York City.

Thanks to a report in the Daily Courier, all of New York now knows about the television patent case between Ferro Farnsworth and his backer, Bellevue, and RCA.

New Yorkers were more concerned with the legal battle between the two sides than with the invention of the television and the potential future of such a machine.

The Messenger is one of the largest-circulation newspapers in New York today, and Xu Fu himself is a very influential public figure.

In particular, his identity as the creator of Superman makes him more newsworthy than the average newspaper owner.

Thanks to newspaper and media reports, more and more people throughout New York City became aware of his existence.

In the past, they could simply focus on The Messenger and the Superman stories published in its pages.

However, they are now quite worried about Xu Fu's relentless pressure.

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Xu Fu has started to understand what it means to be a public figure these days.

As the media war between The Messenger and American radio intensifies, Xu Fu himself is receiving more and more attention.