The Tesla Motors Patent Wall — I got a photo of it before its demolishment.
All Tesla Patents are now open source. The perfect summary: “Technology leadership is not defined by patents, which history has repeatedly shown to be small protection indeed against a determined competitor, but rather by the ability of a company to attract and motivate the world’s most talented engineers.” from
http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you
The capacity to innovate is more important than any one innovation.

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