Ilon Musk will open all Tesla Motors patents
This week, Ilon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors, at a shareholders meeting hinted that the company is considering transferring corporate patents for public use. Experts assumed that we are talking only about some patents on individual functional units. But no, Musk managed to surprise the public a second time. In the corporate blog, he explained: we are talking about all patents .
“Just yesterday, Tesla patents held a wall in the lobby of the headquarters in Palo Alto. No more. They were removed, in the spirit of the open source movement, to promote the technology of electric cars, ”writes Ilon Musk.
Many IT companies are in favor of patent reform and against patent wars, but refrain from transferring patents to the public domain. Ilon Mask showed how to fight for real.
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Any automaker or individual can freely use the intellectual property of Tesla Motors. If at the same time standards of decency are observed (fair use), then Tesla Motors promises not to sue.
Ilon Musk further explained the policy change. Previously, the company sought to patent unique technology to protect against competition from large automakers. It was assumed that they, too, will begin to massively produce electric cars. “We could not be more wrong,” admits Musk. As reality has shown, concerns are generally not very interested in promoting this technology. Until now, hydrocarbon fuel machines make up 99% or more of the sales of any large group.
In other words, big companies are not responsive to real, revolutionary innovations. They are too focused on business as usual. Ilon Musk realized that Tesla Motors business is threatened not so much by competition from other electric vehicles, as by the absence of this competition, that is, too many gasoline vehicles coming off the conveyors.
“Just yesterday, Tesla patents held a wall in the lobby of the headquarters in Palo Alto. No more. They were removed, in the spirit of the open source movement, to promote the technology of electric cars, ”writes Ilon Musk.
Many IT companies are in favor of patent reform and against patent wars, but refrain from transferring patents to the public domain. Ilon Mask showed how to fight for real.
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Any automaker or individual can freely use the intellectual property of Tesla Motors. If at the same time standards of decency are observed (fair use), then Tesla Motors promises not to sue.
Ilon Musk further explained the policy change. Previously, the company sought to patent unique technology to protect against competition from large automakers. It was assumed that they, too, will begin to massively produce electric cars. “We could not be more wrong,” admits Musk. As reality has shown, concerns are generally not very interested in promoting this technology. Until now, hydrocarbon fuel machines make up 99% or more of the sales of any large group.
In other words, big companies are not responsive to real, revolutionary innovations. They are too focused on business as usual. Ilon Musk realized that Tesla Motors business is threatened not so much by competition from other electric vehicles, as by the absence of this competition, that is, too many gasoline vehicles coming off the conveyors.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/226131/
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