If they'd been less strict with their patents then lots of other companies would've been able to innovate in the space. See comments about 3D printer from abov

If they'd been less strict with their patents then lots of other companies would've been able to innovate in the space. See comments about 3D printer from above in the thread: > Don’t forget 3D printing that also only really started when patents expired. > Between 2007-2009, 80+ Stratasys patents expired. Think about this - a single company holding back the world in advancing forward in 3D printing.