[freeflight]

> In the late 1800s New Britain, Connecticut was known as the Patent Capital of the world because so many patents were issued to those in the vicinity.

Which probably had more to do with the US officially endorsing patent theft and even paying out premiums to people who brought them stolen technology/knowledge.

Not because the US was so respecting of other countries patents, quite the opposite was actually the case [0].

[0] https://apnews.com/article/north-america-us-news-ap-top-news...