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No--all IP developed is free to the world, so we wouldn't be able to use it defensively.
No--all IP developed is free to the world, so we wouldn't be able to use it defensively.
It is possible to structure it as "patent granted to everyone, but expires the moment they bring up a lawsuit against us or any of our licensees" to do doubly good for the world.
Well, everyone would be able to use YC Research's public outputs defensively as prior art.