Market share even without patents?

In an interview with the renowned Chinese newspaper “Science and Technology Daily” regarding automobile manufacturing after the release of the Tesla patent and the Chinese Start-up “Youxia Motors”, Grünecker patent attorney Mr Yilin Jin analyses industry trends and the patent prosecution practice in this technological field. Jin concludes that patents provide freedom to act in specific markets, and that first-class R & D and patent protection lead to first-class automobile manufacturing and access to the international market.

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