[kriro]

The OP describes competition teardown and learning from what they do, essentially reverse engineering their processes and also applying things from other domains to your own domains. I think seeking patent protection for your own processes when you actively recommend tearing down processes of your competition is a bit odd.

"""borrowing a proven approach from a parallel industry"""

I've translated that to copy+improve. I mean what if that approach was patent protected? How would you go about borrowing that proven approach?

[coldtea]

>I've translated that to copy+improve. I mean what if that approach was patent protected? How would you go about borrowing that proven approach?

That's why he talks about borrowing it from ANOTHER domain, where even if its patented, it doesn't apply to yours.