> This was good for the development of computers, that there was no initial patent thicket/fight. For context, the ENIAC patent [1] was filed in 1947, leading

> This was good for the development of computers, that there was no initial patent thicket/fight. For context, the ENIAC patent [1] was filed in 1947, leading to the six-year Honeywell v. Sperry Rand patent fight [2], ending in the invalidation of the ENIAC patent. [1] https://patents.google.com/patent/US3120606 https://patents.google.com/patent/US3120606 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell,_Inc._v._Sperry_Rand_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell,_Inc._v._Sperry_Rand.... [3] https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/13/archives/a-basic-computer-patent-at-sperry-rand-annulledd-reason-for-ruling.html https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/13/archives/a-basic-computer...