A novel based on the real case of patent litigation between Robert kerns and Ford 12, inventors of intermittent wiper. Kerns invented the wiper in 1963. Although he applied for a patent, it was stolen by Ford's design. After more than 20 years, he devoted himself to defending patent rights, involving automobile giants such as Ford, Chrysler, General Motors and Mercedes-Benz.
In order to make his family live a rich life, he changed from a university lecturer to an inventor and manufacturer, and invented and planned to manufacture intermittent wipers. Shortly after the patent infringement lawsuit began, he had to divorce his wife with six children and devote the rest of his life to patent infringement lawsuit. In the course of more than ten years' litigation, Ford repeatedly asked for a private settlement with generous compensation benefits, which was always rejected by Corns.
In the United States, big companies are unscrupulous and regard individual rights as dirt. They stole other people's patents and gave them nothing. Later, they really failed. They took a sum of money as so-called compensation. In the eyes of Americans, they often make peace with this kind of compensation. His friends, his colleagues and his wife all advised him to stop fooling around, and his children didn't understand him, so they had a lot of complaints about his stubborn behavior. They think that since Ford gave the money, they should take it away, and there is no need to ask Ford to apologize. After all, the arm can't twist the thigh. Ford is the largest car company. They have money, power and time. As a university professor, there is no way to fight with him. Later, the hero's friends left him, and so did his most supportive wife. no one help him. He is alone and unemployed. There is a hero in the film who wants to go to Washington to find the vice president, hoping to get justice there, but he was found by the police and put in a mental hospital until he said he would stop looking for trouble. This is really like petitioning here, and there is something wrong with the spirit. Finally, he insisted on being the protagonist for more than ten years, taught himself countless legal provisions, and became his own lawyer. Through my own efforts, I finally won the lawsuit and won the compensation of10 million US dollars.