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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
All patents are in the public domain. The worst thing to do if you want to protect your IP is get a patent for it, because it then becomes public knowledge. Everyone knows this. It's why Coke Cola has never patented the formula for Coke, they keep it a trade secret. If Elon wanted to keep patent infringement lawsuits, then he could of simply just licensed the IP.
I wonder how the stock will do...
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His intent is not to protect their IP as that would be impossible at this point. I'm betting the Chinese have been reverse engineering Teslas for some time now. He's creating competition to drive the technology in that sector to get past the current 'choke point' which is batteries. Also, that's a very narrow viewpoint you have. Many companies (like Apple) do quite well with patents and infringement lawsuits.