TITLE:
A Study of Patent Open Source Strategies Based on Open Innovation: The Case of Tesla
AUTHORS:
Jianan Wang, Xiaobao Peng
KEYWORDS:
Patent, Open-Source, Intellectual Property, Technological Standard, New Energy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.7,
July
31,
2020
ABSTRACT: Most
high-tech companies take strict strategies to protect their patents, while
traditional patent protection strategies often need to face the challenges such
as the slow conversion of patented technology. The
patent open source strategy is to free the
patent to the user for free and is
usually with conditions according to certain rules, such as GNU and GPL
contracts, etc. This strategy greatly encourages technology sharing and
innovation, and changes the logic of intellectual property protection. At
present, the patent open source research in the computer field is relatively
common but not yet matured in other high-tech
fields. Tesla is a representative of patent open source strategy in the field
of non-computer high-tech. In addition to analyze Tesla’s
patent open source strategy, this article can also be referenced by other
high-tech fields as well as China’s new
energy vehicle industry, and provides a reference for formulating long-term
development strategies of which.