Patent Power

July 2024
1min read

I especially enjoyed reading about Mr. Ford’s battle with the automobile manufacturers who were frightened by the Seiden patent. Everyone knows the outcome of the struggle, but now, through “The Power of Patents,” a portion of Ford Motor Company History is revealed to the world from another perspective.

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