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    Not really informative......
    Video has a bunch of mistakes in it.
    Toyota didn't lock up all the hybrid patents. Toyota and Ford cross licensed their hybrids so neither would sue the other for infringement.

    Then there's the patents that Toyota had to Pony up Millions for - infringing on an engineer who had been hybridizing Russian tanks

    The Hybrid Inventor Who Sued Toyota - And Won | WIRED

    Couldn't watch the rest of it