Antonio, Most of the time, a new design or a new invention is not intellectual property of one company only, instead they fund a certain research group to get the required technology. The invention or research is still an intellectual property of the research group or scientist with special license for the company that funded the research. They might not allow other companies to get the designs for a few months or a year, so that they can market it first but eventually other companies pay for the license and produce a product.

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