Wednesday, January 21, 2009

What happens to the Big Three's intellectual property

*If *the 'Big Three' go out of business, what will happen to their patents, parts stock, research and development information, market research, ect?

I wonder who will buy their patents, like battery and electric motor technology, research and development information, ect.

Will their properties be bought up by Oil/gas companies (the only people with money to buy things and never use them, just to kill competition)
Perhaps another auto maker will but the whole Volt project, for example (and then make it look better too :P).

Just some food for thought.
Feel free to post some thoughts in the comments.