It's funny about that. I listened to an interview with Bourla where he said both that they need the patents for a return on investment/protect their IP and tha

It's funny about that. I listened to an interview with Bourla where he said both that they need the patents for a return on investment/protect their IP and that it would take over a year for a competitor to scale up and release the product after they have released it so it's tricky. Cake and eat it.