Startup Archive(@StartupArchive_):Elon Musk: “Patents are for the weak” “We don’t really patent things. Patents are for the weak.. The problem is patents are generally used as a blocking technique. They’re like using landmines in warfare. They don’t actually help advance things. They just stop others from following you. And most patents are BS.” Source: @CNBCAmbition (Sep 2022)

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Elon Musk: “Patents are for the weak” “We don’t really patent things. Patents are for the weak.. The problem is patents are generally used as a blocking technique. They’re like using landmines in warfare. They don’t actually help advance things. They just stop others from following you. And most patents are BS.” Source: @CNBCAmbition (Sep 2022)