I see my Tesla bit confused some. In my personal view Tesla still drives the market, as they do not patent any of their solutions.
You can of course believe whatever you want, that doesn’t make it correct.
This is of course wrong on all levels. Tesla does hold thousands of patents, and the actual “idea” that Musk was perpetuating was nothing more than a marketing stunt, designed in such bad faith that not a single car maker even contemplated looking at the patents.
I’d suggest you read into the actual “idea” of Musk. Because i can almost guarantee that you have not.
Tesla’s agreement not to sue a party for patent infringement extends only “for so long as such party is acting in good faith.” The Pledge goes on to state that a party is acting in good faith as long as they have not:
asserted, helped others assert or had a financial stake in any assertion of (i) any patent or other intellectual property right against Tesla or (ii) any patent right against a third party for its use of technologies relating to electric vehicles or related equipment;
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Glos Guy seems to have a legal knack, he should be able to understand what this means and why no company would even remotely contemplate that pledge, after just the first of three obligations.
It means that if you use a Tesla patent, any other car maker (not just Tesla) is allowed to use any of your patents without repercussion. Even better: Tesla also gets to use all of your intellectual property, too.
Here’s a good summary as to why this “all our patents are belong to you” is a complete non-starter. And i mean, they’d laugh you out of the door if you suggested even looking at this in a board meeting. And then probably fire you, too.
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