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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by ben_w on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @05:56PM (#48577462)
If they want to do business in German* jurisdiction, they operate in Germany*. Doesn't matter where the HQ is, as Musk learned the hard way with the also-dramatic-but-less-so case in Brazil.

If they don't want to do business in Germany*, they don't get to file a patent in Germany*, they don't get to sue Germany* for ignoring a patent that was geographically limited to not include Germany*.

* might be "EU", I have not checked.

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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by irishcoffee on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @06:23PM (#48577793)
Germany does not have the global influence you seem to imply.
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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by ben_w on Thursday June 18, 2026 @02:40AM (#48581615)
I'm saying the country doesn't need global influence. None do.

If you sell medicine to me here in Germany, you go through the German government.

If you decide not to, you inherently allow someone else to get the pantent for your tech in Germany.

Costs of medicine will get absorbed only to the extent they are considered acceptable, this is true for everyone. The biomedical firms know this, which is also why recently it is the US who pays the most for medicines.

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