Patents: Offering Protection or Inviting Lawsuits? Moats are over-rated. I mean, honestly, how many castle lords do you know?
We used to think of patents as good protection. Once, Tesla may have too. But today the entrepreneurial electric car company is open-sourcing is entire patent portfolio. Gratis. Believing this will spur the emerging electric car market.
Tesla founder Elon Musk is frustrated with the slow pace of market development. He would like the electric car market to grow faster. Significantly faster. Electric vehicles remain less than 1% of total vehicle sales.
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