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Patent Scope, Not Invention, Decided the American Telephone Market
Bell had 3,000 telephones around Boston, and a patent. Western Union had $40M and every U.S. state. The patent won.
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Bell had 3,000 telephones around Boston, and a patent. Western Union had $40M and every U.S. state. The patent won.
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The patent Bell filed in 1876 never described a speaking telephone. His lawyers later argued it did.
