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The difference is that patents for inventions made for Intel by Intel employees go to the US, whether or not that employee is an US person. Those inventions, if made by Germans, could instead help the German - or European - tech sector. That's kind of brain drain without actually leaving your country and sustainably hurts European competitiveness.

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That just kicks the question down the road. It's not like patents don't share the exact same argument. There are US and German patents that only apply in their own countries. What difference does it make where the multinational that owns them receives mail.

Unless you think Intel will refuse to do business with a European company vs a US one.