> for a pretty good reason: protection from foreign competitors How do US patents protect from foreign competitors? Are you referring only to the US market or

> for a pretty good reason: protection from foreign competitors How do US patents protect from foreign competitors? Are you referring only to the US market or otherwise? Depending on the industry outside of the US might be a far larger market so I don't know how successful patents are in this area. I'm curious as to the data about this.