If you wanted to make the case that "patents are bad for innovation" the airplane is probably the best case study.
Patent wars between Curtis and the Wright Brothers held back US aviation for more than a decade until the government says "you've got to stop your bickering now because the Europeans have warplanes and we don't!"
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 10.3 ms ] threadPatent wars between Curtis and the Wright Brothers held back US aviation for more than a decade until the government says "you've got to stop your bickering now because the Europeans have warplanes and we don't!"