How many of you knew this?...
Every single patent Musk came up with for his Tesla operation...HE OPEN SOURCED THE PATENTS......
OPEN SOURCE...
........In that, HE DOES NOT OWN THEM. They are PUBLIC.
THIS is the guy that just bought Twitter.
You know what? If he says he's gonna open source Twitter, I am leaning towards believing him.
There is no secrecy when you file for a patent. That becomes a public record. And if anyone uses what you've patented while the patent is in force, you can sue them and win in court.
If what you patented was kept secret, then that wouldn't do anything to dissuade others from using that technology.