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The greatest point of the article: Patents have become bullshit. Here is the quote: They don’t even file patents, Musk says, because “we try not to provide a r
by ethanpil 15y ago
The greatest point of the article: Patents have become bullshit.
Here is the quote:
They don’t even file patents, Musk says, because “we try not to provide a recipe by which China can copy us and we find our inventions coming right back at us.”
- bfe 15y agoIt's long been standard IP management to weigh between patents and trade secrets based on the specifics of a case.
- nobody31415926 15y agoEspecially if nobody ever gets to see your finished product in one piece - people generally don't file patents on bombs for example. Although ironically the Germans did file a patent on an anti-handling bomb fuse that they subsequently used in WWII