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Anling City's Court sent a courier?

Lin Chuan froze for a moment, becoming mostly awake, his face filled with confusion.

"What's wrong?"

Beside him, the Little Landlady also woke up.

"There's a courier, from the court." Lin Chuan sat up, getting dressed.

"A courier from the court, our company hasn't sued anyone, so it must be someone suing us and now they're sending us a summons!" The Little Landlady had been managing the company for a long time and knew quite a bit about this.

Lin Chuan nodded, "I don't know which cute little darling has sued me, I'll go get the courier and see what's going on."

After dressing and washing up briefly.

Lin Chuan went downstairs to receive the courier from the court.

Sure enough!

It was a court summons.

The ways to serve a court summons include: direct service, retained service, electronic service, commission and mail service, public notice service, transfer service, etc.

Lin Chuan returned home, his eyes falling on the court summons.

The court summons was a piece of A4 paper.

At the top, it read 'People's Court of Anling City Summons.'

Further down—

[Case Number: (2024) Criminal First Instance No. ***]

[Case Reason: Patent Infringement of Scientific Achievements]

[Summoned: Lin Chuan]

[Service Address: Linjiang Mansion, Qingxiu District, Anling City]

[Reason for Summons: Trial]

[Required Arrival Time: December 20, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.]

[Required Location: People's Court of Anling City]

[Notes: 1. The summoned person must arrive on time at the specified location. 2. This summons must be carried by the summoned person to report to this court. 3. The summoned person must sign or stamp the delivery receipt after receiving the summons...]

In the lower left corner of the summons was today's date, December 6, along with the court's official seal.

"Patent infringement of scientific achievements?"

Lin Chuan muttered softly, somewhat perplexed.

The Little Landlady, hovering nearby, was equally bewildered, "Whose patent did we infringe?"

"I also don't know."

As for being the defendant, this was Lin Chuan's first time.

He had imagined many possible occurrences.

But he had never thought that he would be sued over the patent infringement of scientific achievements.

If the police station was his familiar second home, then, the court was somewhat beyond his understanding.

His only previous experience had been when he and Shen Qianqian attended Yu Keke's trial.

He truly didn't understand much.

However, the Little Landlady seemed prepared, her eyebrows slightly raised, "We have people who can inquire about it."

Lin Chuan said in surprise, "Who do we know at the court?"

The Little Landlady chuckled and then dialed Shen Qianqian's phone: "Hello, Sister Qianqian, there's some long-awaited good news; do you want to hear it?"

Lin Chuan twitched the corners of his mouth.

Goodness.

Your chairman was sued, with the court summons even delivered to his home, and you call this good news?
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On the couch, Lin Chuan pulled the Little Landlady into his arms, ready to administer a little household reprimand to enforce his familial authority!

"Ouch!"

The Little Landlady groaned softly, but since the phone was connecting, she pursed her lips silent, glancing angrily at Lin Chuan with her eyes.

"What good news, was Lin Chuan arrested? I'll immediately ask my team to let me interrogate!" Shen Qianqian's voice on the phone sounded somewhat excited.

Hmm, and a bit thrilled.

Lin Chuan's mouth twitched fiercely twice.

Clearly, the Little Landlady and Shen Qianqian had discussed this privately, jokingly, as Shen Qianqian seemed very eager to interrogate Lin Chuan in a dark room.

The Little Landlady explained, "He's fine, not arrested."

"Not arrested, huh."

Shen Qianqian sounded somewhat disappointed, as if doused with cold water, God knows how much she wanted to interrogate Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan had not been in trouble or arrested for a long time, and she always felt something was missing in her heart.

"But he was sued!"

The Little Landlady said while observing Lin Chuan's expression.

Lin Chuan was caught between laughter and tears.

If they weren't on a call, he would definitely lift the Little Landlady horizontally, throw her into bed, and let her experience the ancient punishment of whipping!

Absolutely outrageous!

"Lin Chuan was sued?" Shen Qianqian's tone was somewhat surprised, "What was the reason for the lawsuit?"

The Little Landlady glanced at the court summons and replied, "The 'Case Reason' on the summons reads: Patent Infringement of Scientific Achievements."

Shen Qianqian, being a professional police officer, who knew quite a bit about legal matters, pondered briefly and then said, "That's too bad."

The corners of the Little Landlady's mouth involuntarily curled up in a smile, "So it's nothing serious?"

"The patents for Lin Chuan's scientific achievements were managed by Qingqing and me, and reviewed by the National Patent Office, generally, there should be no issues. The plaintiff suing Lin Chuan like this—the submission materials from the National Patent Office can still testify for Lin Chuan." Shen Qianqian explained.

"That relieves me," the Little Landlady nodded.

"Do you know who sued you?"

Behind the jokes was the main issue; Shen Qianqian got serious.

After all, both of them did not want anything bad to happen to Lin Chuan.

Patent infringement of scientific achievements could be either big or small.

Infringement of scientific achievements, belonging to intellectual property infringement, constitutes a civil violation and may also constitute a criminal violation, requiring criminal liability.

To put it plainly, if found guilty, imprisonment was possible.

—Depending on the severity.

The Little Landlady and Lin Chuan exchanged glances and shook their heads, "We don't know yet."

"Then I'll ask around for you; I know a few people at the court."

Shen Qianqian immediately understood.

"Alright, then I'll trouble Sister Qianqian," the Little Landlady said with a smile.

"No thanks needed; your business is my business!" Shen Qianqian declared generously.