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Chapter 677 - 677 664 Patent Leaked

677: Chapter 664: Patent Leaked 677: Chapter 664: Patent Leaked Besides, there was also Hall L, divided into L1, L2, and L3, which were not inside the main exhibition area but were huge tents built outside!

Hall N mainly housed top domestic fishing tackle brands.

In comparison, the environment in Hall L was slightly inferior.

“Let’s take a stroll and then check out Hall L,” he said as they left the exhibition hall and headed for the large tents on either side.

Entering Hall L, the environment was significantly stronger than Yue Feng had expected, resembling an indoor market, divided into countless consistently sized spaces that were also all set up!

Compared to Hall N, the prestige here was a bit lacking, mostly featuring second- or third-tier domestic fishing tackle brands, from tiny fish hooks and other small accessories to fishing rods and fishing boxes, everything was available.

After wandering around Hall L, Yue Feng went to N2 Hall.

He had just started down one street and was not done strolling when he stopped at a booth.

The booth’s setup was already prepared, with various samples basically arranged in place now.

A trolley case in a conspicuous place caught Yue Feng’s attention.

Looking up, he saw that the fishing tackle company’s brand was Mingyue Fishing Tackle.

Yue Feng frowned and thought for a moment.

He had no recollection of this company, but the trolley case was etched in his memory.

In his previous life, trolley cases only appeared after the substantial development of Black Pit, but in this parallel world, they had not emerged.

Yue Feng noticed it because he had introduced the trolley case as a new product at this spring’s show; however, now, there was a product clash.

Clearly, there was a problem somewhere!

“???”

“What is this?

A Fishing Box?

It doesn’t look like it!”

“Does Brother Feng find this interesting?

Who knows what this is for?”

Yue Feng shook his head at the live broadcast room, “This is called a trolley case, everyone stop talking; let’s go in and take a look!”

The exhibition hall staff was nearing the end of their setup when Yue Feng entered and immediately caught everyone’s attention.

“Hello, what can I do for you?

Our Mingyue Fishing Tackle isn’t finished setting up yet!

We are not open to the public at the moment!” A middle-aged man around forty, wearing rimless glasses, said to Yue Feng.

Yue Feng nodded: “Hello, I’m Yue Feng.

I was just passing by and saw your booth and took the liberty to come in and ask!”

“You’re last year’s Fishing King winner, Yue Feng?

Hello, Mr.

Yue, it’s great to meet you!” The middle-aged man recognized Yue Feng after he introduced himself and shook hands with him enthusiastically.

“Yes, that’s me!

May I know how to address you, sir?

I have a small question to ask!

Is this trolley case an original design?” Yue Feng asked politely.

“I’m Zhou Quan.

I’ve been in Hall L in the past years, just moved to Hall N this year.

This is our brand’s new product launch!

Are you interested, Mr.

Yue?” Zhou Quan, hearing Yue Feng’s question, confidently introduced his product.

“A new product launch!

May I take a look at it?” Yue Feng didn’t reveal his intentions but continued to inquire.

“Of course, you may.

If you’re interested, leave me your address, and I can send you one after the show ends, no problem at all!” Zhou Quan generously picked up the trolley case from the display.

Yue Feng looked it over carefully, checked the location of the handle, and examined the details inside and out, his frown deepening.

Seeing this, Yue Feng felt something was amiss and asked curiously, “The design patent for this trolley case is in my possession.

Could you tell me how your product came about?”

“Impossible!” Zhou Quan shook his head vehemently after hearing this.

Without arguing, Yue Feng took out his phone and made a call to an employee at his company, asking them to bring another trolley case over to their location in Hall N2.

A few minutes later, a young man, out of breath, delivered a trolley case.

Yue Feng opened the packaging box and placed the two trolley cases side by side.

Now, Zhou Quan was dumbfounded.

The main parts of both trolley cases were nearly identical in all their dimensions; the only difference was the fabric material used.

The trolley case Yue Feng had delivered was made of higher quality and thicker material, hence more costly.

“How can this be!

I bought this trolley case design from a guy in research and development.

I paid him tens of thousands!” Zhou Quan explained with an uncomfortable expression.

Hearing this, Yue Feng continued to ask, “What’s the name of that person?”

“Wang Xiaofei!

He said he urgently needed money for a house so he could get married and then sold me this trolley case design!

I studied it and realized it was still a market gap, so we started production.

Our factory makes Rod Bags, so this was right up our alley!”

“Did he sell you a utility patent or just the design?” Yue Feng continued the questioning.

“A patent!

He said it was his, even showed me a photocopy!

We signed a buyout licensing agreement!” Zhou Quan took out his phone and started looking for it, quickly finding a saved photo.

Yue Feng looked it over and shook his head: “You’ve been duped!

This patent is in the hands of our Yuefeng Fishing Tackle.

The original certificate is in the car if you don’t believe me, I can show it to you later!”

Hearing this, Zhou Quan felt even worse.

Although patents are often nominal in the domestic fishing tackle circle with many occurring copying and modeling cases, Zhou Quan was an honest man, not one to take “shortcuts.” Now that the rightful owner had appeared, there was definitely a problem!

“I’ll call him right now and see what’s going on!” Zhou Quan’s hands trembled as he found the phone number and dialed, but the line was unreachable.

He tried to look up the contact on WeChat, only to find it more astonishing; he was outright deleted as a friend!

Zhou Quan was dumbfounded as the guy who had duped him had disappeared from the face of the earth.

“Can’t find him, right?” Yue Feng asked.

“Yeah, his phone’s off, and he’s deleted me as a friend on WeChat!

This son of a bitch, so damn sneaky!

When I find him, see how I’ll deal with him!

Since you mentioned the patent is in your possession, then it’s nine out of ten that I was duped by him!”

Yue Feng: “This trolley case is our company’s new product for the spring season!

Your current situation has infringed upon our legal rights, and we have grounds to hold you responsible!

Luckily, we discovered this early without causing too much negative impact.

You better not participate in the exhibition tomorrow; I can forgo holding you accountable!”

“This…” Zhou Quan, upon hearing this, did not look pleased but instead appeared distressed.

“Any other problems?”

“I have a large stock of these trolley cases, at least five thousand units.

You could say my life savings are all invested in this!”

To prepare for the spring order at the trade show, Zhou Quan had stocked up five thousand trolley cases well in advance; the material and labor costs alone amounted to a few hundred thousand.

If there were issues, the impact on him would be catastrophic.