Aren't TESLA's patents all openly available anyways? https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/blog/all-our-pa

Aren't TESLA's patents all openly available anyways? https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-y... I mean maybe some research espionage might steal a technology from them before they patent it - but if they wait until AFTER then they can use it.