A... very ordinary celebration.

No big surprises, but no disappointments either, it's good enough for the socially inclined.

With so many big names in attendance, any invitee could feel elevated by taking part in the celebration.

Originally, Lynch planned to go to York State with Mr. Douglas in two days. On the way, they had a lot of time to talk about topics they were interested in, but at this moment, Momo called him.

The name of the magazine "Pioneer" has already been registered.

If the name "Pioneer" has not been publicized, if the cover of this magazine has not been finalized, it is possible that Lynch will consider changing the name, just thinking about it.

He likes the name "Pioneer" very much, and hopes that his magazine will be called "Pioneer", but the problem is that the name of this magazine has already been registered.

This means that he will use "Pioneer" as his magazine name to publish, which will infringe on the rights of "Pioneer" rights holders, which is a crime!

Momo had never dealt with this kind of thing before, she seemed a little flustered, and an assistant that Lynch found was not quite sure how far Lynch was willing to go, so she didn't express her opinion.

In the end, Lynch decided to go back to Bu Paine to deal with the matter first. As for the private meeting with Mr. Douglas, they will have plenty of time in the future.

There will be no problems in York State. He will communicate with Mr. Adelaide. Presumably the other party will understand why he cannot go to the celebration.

The next day, he bid farewell to Ms. Tracy and embarked on a journey back to Bu Pain.

Bu Pain, who arrived in the middle of the night, had a rest all night, and it was already the next morning when he saw Momo and the staff of the publishing house.

At 9:30 in the morning, Lynch was already sitting in the meeting room, and he was flipping through the materials he had sorted out.

The "Pioneer" magazine was founded four years ago and was distributed in the state next to Bu Paine, but when the magazine name and trademark were registered, the registration was of a federal nature.

The magazine's circulation is very average, with less than 10,000 copies per issue. Today, when paper media is still the mainstream, this kind of circulation can be said to be the end of the magazine.

The fact is true, if not for the unfulfilled contracts of some subscribers and some advertisers who are willing to spend some money, the publishing house would have stopped it long ago.

But it is such a magazine that barely maintains, and there are times when it sees spring.

When Lynch established Blackstone Media Company and some wholly-owned subsidiaries, and wanted to launch a publication, the news spread very quickly throughout the federal publishing industry.

The publishing industry also has its own industry rules and internal communication methods.

When the publisher of this half-dead magazine heard that Lynch's magazine was also going to be called "Pioneer", it suddenly became excited.

They sent a lawyer's letter to Momo, which roughly meant that "Pioneer" was a registered trademark and was protected by the federal trademark law.

At the same time, they said that they heard rumors that the magazine Lynch's publishing house was going to publish was also called "Pioneer", so they reminded them not to infringe on the copyright.

That's probably what it means.

After reading the materials and the lawyer's letter, Lynch looked at an assistant beside Momo, "What do you think?"

The assistant pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "Mr. Lynch, I think they mean they want to sell this trademark to us..." He emphasized his tone, "...Sell it for a big price!"

Lynch nodded slightly, he also thought so, first reminded himself not to infringe, and then sent an email to talk about acquisitions or cooperation.

There are indeed people who play this way in Bupain.

There are some trademark dealers who will look for some well-known local companies in various parts of the Federation. If these companies are not perfect in terms of trademarks, they will rush to register trademarks and then sue these people.

These gameplays have actually existed for many years, since the emergence of the "Trademark Law", but there are always some people who ignore some things when making money, so that until today, this group of people still has the soil to survive.

Momo also frowned. The first contact with management made her realize that it is not an easy task to turn behind the scenes.

There is so much to learn.

"There's a phone here, call and ask how much they plan to ask for." Lynch threw the document on the table and pointed to the footer of the last page, which had a series of numbers on it.

He said and looked at Momo, who took a deep breath, picked up the phone, and dialed the number in front of Lynch and his assistant.

After brief mutual introductions, the call was transferred to someone who was said to be the president.

"Ms. Momo, I'm very sorry. I also heard from my friends that there is a magazine that is about to be published by the Federation that collides with our magazine, so I can only ask the lawyer to remind you."

"I apologize if this has caused some distress to you."

Soft way to say it, but when Lynch sees through his disguise, it's disgusting.

Momo didn't talk too much nonsense, and faced the topic directly, "If I want to buy your trademark, how much should I pay for it?"

"Buy?" The voice on the phone was full of surprise, "No, no, Ms. Momo, you misunderstood. This trademark is not for sale, and we will not sell it."

"It is the dream of me and all my colleagues, no matter what, we will not sell our dream!"

The current sound transmission effect of the Federation is quite good, Lynch actually heard the warm emotion from the recovered voice.

But... feelings are worthless.

"We are very sincere, you can make a price..." Momo made a further test and gave the other party the right to make a price.

The president on the other end of the phone seemed to bite this point to death, "I said that we will not sell our trademarks, but we still have a way to cooperate..."

Momo glanced at Lynch, who had a sneer on his face, and nodded slightly to let the call continue.

In fact, he probably guessed what the other party was going to do without continuing. If Lynch could use the trademark in his hand without selling it, then what is the solution?

Of course, it is Lynch's best cooperation method. They authorize Lynch to use the trademark, and then get benefits. According to the percentage, they even take away the pure profit.

It cannot be said that the other party has too much appetite, nor can it be said that they are too greedy. This is precisely the most primitive and original face of capital.

As long as there is an opportunity, capital must earn the greatest rate of return.

Not to mention that now that they have all the advantages, they will naturally get more!

For this magazine, it doesn't matter even if Lynch doesn't use the name "Pioneer", they just need to follow up the hype, and the trademark can still sell for a good price.

It doesn't even need to be sold, it's possible to get the magazine back into business just by getting it back in business!

Sure enough, after Momo asked the other party to state the conditions, the other party proposed their cooperation method.

"We can use the trademark for you, but you need to pay us 30% of the sales license fee, and we also have the priority to decide on advertising..."

Among the series of conditions, there is no need to leave them with a certain number of pages, give them a column, etc., in short, it is very excessive.

After listening, Momo said "we will consider it", and hung up the phone under Lynch's instructions.

She looked at Lynch, "These demands are too much."

Lynch nodded, "Yes, they are too greedy."

"Then we..."

Lynch shook his finger and picked up the phone. It didn't take long for the legal counsel from the partnership firm of the group company to come over.

A very professional and well-known lawyer. In addition to the ace lawyer of the firm, there are also two lawyers who specialize in trademark cases.

These lawyers are proficient in the trademark laws of various federal states, which is why their fees are expensive. They can provide customers with the best legal business support in the shortest possible time.

"They don't sell us the trademark, how can we get the trademark back?"

The first sentence made Momo and her assistant sitting aside widen their eyes, unable to turn their minds around for a while.

Is this... the vision of a big capitalist?

If you can't buy it and you don't want to cooperate, just grab it completely?

The ace lawyer of the law firm was not surprised or laughed, he did a lot of similar work.

Wealth is indeed very respected in the Commonwealth, but more or less there are some people with very hard bones who just don't want to bow to wealth.

At this time, lawyers can play their role. They will use legal means to force those who are unwilling to bow to wealth to be forced to bow their heads.

He looked at the materials in his hand for a while, then nodded and said, "Of course, Mr. Lynch, it's not difficult at all. We just need to transfer the trademark to someone who is willing to sell it to us."

Lynch motioned him to continue, then lit a cigarette.

"This is a small and medium-sized publishing house. They have a total of five periodic publications, and they will also sign some books to print and distribute."

"I noticed that its business situation can only be described as mediocre~ lightnovelpub.net~ The failure of periodic publications has put their business in a kind of trouble."

"It also means that they don't have much liquidity. If they are caught in various lawsuits, it doesn't need to be too long, as long as it is highly intensive..."

Lawyer Ace looked at Lynch with a smile, "It may be a bit complicated to say, I mean, as long as he goes bankrupt, the bank will help us solve these problems."

"And what we have to do is to find a way to make him bankrupt!"

Lynch applauded Ace Lawyer's quick solution. Sometimes professional things have to be done by professional people.

In fact, Lynch has more ways, he just showed Momo a means of capital.

We are never afraid of opponents, because we can eliminate them anytime and anywhere!

And legal, reasonable, reasonable!

This is the real federation!