What's wrong with this lawyer?!

The workers in the capital city are always so busy; the metro is crowded, the buses are packed, and taking a taxi is a daily traffic jam.

That's why old Tang booked a hotel near the Supreme Court back then, so if there was ever an emergency, he could just walk over.

If he ever ended up late because of traffic, it would be utterly embarrassing.

At this moment in the courtroom of the Intellectual Property Tribunal at the Supreme Court, Cui Zhengyu resumed his speech on technical issues.

There are altogether eighteen patents involved, and now it's about proving that the opposing party's production line infringed on these patents.

If it were a normal lawsuit, each would need to be compared, like during the first and second trials of this case.

The technical features of these eighteen patents need to be compared with those of the opposing production line to see if they are similar.

But now it's simpler; just proving these eighteen patents are trade secrets of Tengfei Company is enough.

No need for a detailed comparison because it has already been determined to be a trade secret infringement case.

This is the advantage of handling the case step by step; you can directly use the verdicts from related cases.

Proving it is simple too, after all, Tengfei produced the patent themselves, so the evidence isn't in question.

Even so, the hearing still took more than three, nearly four hours.

In the end, everyone in the courtroom, including seven judges, was exhausted. Lawyer Du was especially parched, looking all sorts of weary.

Only old Tang was full of energy, as if to say, "I haven't even begun, and you're all down."

Many major case hearings are divided into several sessions because they can't be completed in one go; everyone is human, and meals, bathroom breaks, and rest are necessary.

A single case can involve hundreds of pieces of evidence, and just presenting and cross-examining could take several hours.

There was even once a joke, a hearing was slow, it was almost noon, and the Judge, feeling hypoglycemic, was dizzy and shaking.

Fortunately, the plaintiff's agent, a young woman, habitually carried snacks in her bag.

At that moment, she had a few packs of egg yolk pies and quickly handed them to the Judge, who recovered after eating.

The defendant's lawyer was not happy, claiming the plaintiff's agent bribed the Judge and wanted to report it and request the Judge's recusal!

The Judge, with no choice, adjourned the trial, got a different Judge, and reconvened, sentencing the defendant to lose.

Afterward, the defendant's lawyer told the client, "This is the court's revenge..."

So, if you're not a fast-track Judge, you need to be in good health to last through a hearing and have the capability to knock out an opponent with a gavel in danger.

No matter how the law is, everyone is equal in this regard; if you're hit, you die, so whatever you're doing, you must be in good health.

Luckily, the case was almost wrapped up; the Judgment Chief announced a recess, and old Tang grabbed his bag and left with Cui Zhengyu.

At the door, Cui Zhengyu hesitated before speaking, "Director Tang, now that this case is about to be judged, what exactly do you mean by the big deal?"

"To be honest, I've thought a lot before, but no matter how much I try, I just can't figure it out."

Cui Zhengyu had come this far, and he was equally confident that he was smart.

Excelling in technology requires a high IQ, after all.

He had also watched old Tang's videos and could roughly guess that the other party's "big deal" likely involved criminal elements.

But looking at his company's situation, it seemed impossible to bring it up to a criminal level.

Similarly, when confirming the court's investigation results from back then, Du Lawyer from Dajin didn't notice anything.

It's not that Lawyer Du, as a professional, lacked occupational sensitivity; fundamentally, false testimony in civil lawsuits is indeed complex!

There's significant debate in theoretical circles about this issue, and the practical field has significant disputes, too.

First of all, there's the matter of perjury that many people talk about.

According to Article 305 of the "Criminal Law":

In criminal litigation, if witnesses, appraisers, recorders, or interpreters intentionally give false testimony on significant matters related to the case...they face up to three years of imprisonment or detention; in severe cases, more than three to seven years imprisonment.

From the first sentence, it's clear that the restriction applies to criminal litigation, and there's no perjury in civil litigation.

Criminal law has a very clear principle called "No crime without explicit law."

So that's one of the reasons why Lawyer Du didn't think much more about it.

As for other reasons, it's just that in civil litigation, situations of false statements, fake evidence, and so on are indeed too many.

Court staff have conducted investigations on court online, and there are just too many, so many lawyers and even some judges have become accustomed to it.

When fake evidence is found, they simply exclude it, because whether the punishment is a fine or detention or something else, it's all troublesome.

So it's not that they lack sensitivity but because nothing has happened so far, so they simply don't take it seriously.

Therefore, Cui Zhengyu couldn't find the appropriate charge.

Old Tang smiled and said, "Chief Engineer Cui, you're going directly to the law to confirm the charge."

This is a sign of not having systematically studied jurisprudence, encountering an issue, and applying it directly to the criminal law provisions.

At this point, you'll have multiple outcomes, one being finding a damn lot of crimes warranting execution!

Or discovering that these charges don't fit at all, wondering what the heck the law drafters thought, and how is it that only I found this huge loophole in the system!