ByeByeJohnny
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This one is a head scratcher. Companies choose to not use Tesla's patents because they don't want to give up theirs as well? Like what are they afraid of, Tesla going to find out how you make all the panels gapless? Or perhaps Tesla will look at that "technology" and find you are not better than they are?
Just a guess but doesn't patents have a value in the annual report? Intellectual property or something? Like some GM patent for their engines is booked at $XX millions. So to give them away would result in a paper loss for them.
I would be very surprised if they are not considered having some value. For some companies (medicine comes to mind) most of their value can come from patents.
Tesla gave away their patents so early that they had little value at the time.