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ELON MUSK JOINS VERDICT - PART 2 Verdict Ep. 215

Published March 18, 2025 | Video Starts at 21:34

Yes. At Tesla, we actually open sourced a lot of patents. So we said our patents are. Anyone can use them for free. Really? Yeah. We only do patents at Tesla to avoid patent trolls causing trouble. So we'll try to look ahead, say, okay, patent trolls are going to file patents to block certain things. We'll file patents and then open source patent, make it free. (21:34–21:41)

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