A hungry person is not picky and picky.
I suffered the biggest failure in my life-I went bankrupt. I don't want to talk about that sad speculation. As I am registered as an unlimited liability company, all my property must be used to pay off my debts. Now my situation is worse than bankruptcy. My personal property turned into a negative astronomical figure. Except for the aid, all my income will be used to pay off debts, which will not be finished for hundreds of years. In this society with perfect security system, I should not go hungry. But I soon realized how naive my initial idea was.
That morning, I came out of my shabby apartment and found some odd jobs in the street. It is certainly impossible to expect to pay off my huge debt by doing odd jobs. But I have to find something to do.
There is a fast food restaurant on this street. Since you have to work, you can't have an empty stomach. So I went in.
I ordered the cheapest hamburger, which is one of the foods that my little relief fund can afford.
But the trouble is still coming. My credit card can't pay the meager bill. I swear that there is enough money on that card to buy at least ten such hamburgers. The boss looked at me with puzzled eyes for a while and went to the back. Ten minutes later, he came back to me and said, "You do have some money on your credit card, but I can't sell you this hamburger. I can explain to you why. Because your patent authorization has been cancelled. "
How do the words "patent authorization" and "revocation" have anything to do with me now? I haven't engaged in any commercial activities since I failed in speculation, and I live on social relief.
Do odd jobs occasionally. What does patent authorization have to do with me? I only work with two hands now.
The boss sympathized with me, so he patiently explained to me, "The hamburger you bought is made of improved wheat ground into flour. The patent for improving wheat belongs to Yuanshan Company. So every hamburger you eat is equivalent to using the patented technology of Yuanshan Company. So you have to pay. "
"How is that possible? I know that farmers have to pay the companies with genetic patents to increase production. But I'm not a farmer and I don't grow wheat. My money for hamburgers has included royalties. "
"Not exactly. The cost paid by farmers to increase production has been included in the price of Hamburg. However, some genetic technologies are not entirely aimed at increasing production, but have some special functions. Yuanshan Company thought it inappropriate to collect royalties from farmers, so it changed the charging method. This is their right. "
"That is to say, every time I eat hamburgers, I have to get the consent of the distant mountain company. Because Hamburg uses the technology of their company. "
"It's almost like this. Patent royalties are automatically and regularly transferred from personal credit cards. It may be that Yuanshan Company found that the money in your credit card was not enough to pay the patent use fee, so they cancelled the authorization for your patent use. "
I see. The cost of purchasing patents is outside social insurance. Every penny I earned was used by the bank to pay my debts. Of course, it is impossible for Yuanshan Company to get any money from my credit card. So they canceled my patent authorization and prohibited any fast food restaurant from selling me this hamburger.
"Is there a hamburger without paying? I mean, there is no patent fee?"
The boss bowed his head and pondered for a while, and then he said to me apologetically, "No", not only hamburgers, but also the fruits of Yuanshan Company are used for all the food here. It seems that you have to try your luck in another store. "
I am extremely depressed. The idea of going out to find something to do has already flown outside. I walked in the street all morning, but I couldn't find a fast food restaurant selling hamburgers. All the food contains the research results of Yuanshan company. Without the permission of Yuanshan company, I can't even get any bread crumbs.