Elon has said patents are for the weak and that Tesla's patents are open source, so why does Tesla still patent inventions and why does Tesla still sue companies over patent infringement. To explain this, I'll walk you through patents 101 with a focus on Tesla, including Elon's comments about patents and Tesla's 2014 blog post 'All our Patent are Belong to You.'

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Timeline
00:00 Introduction
01:03 What is a patent?
01:33 Patent Requirements
02:31 The Social Contract of Patents
03:08 The Limits of Patents
07:02 All Our Patents are Belong to You
12:21 Patents are for the Weak
15:09 Summary


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