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Originally Posted by GoWolfpack
They never went through the R&D headaches and dollars that I did--why should they reap the benefits of my own investment?
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...because (in this hypothetical case) THEY are willing to gamble that there are enough people out there that want a NEW W123. If Mercedes is not willing to make that gamble, why should that mean that we never see a new one again?
This is why patents do not give eternal rights.