And it wasn't just patents. The US was notorious for not respecting UK copyrights for most of the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_P

And it wasn't just patents. The US was notorious for not respecting UK copyrights for most of the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Penzance#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Penzance#Backgr...