Musk has stated that he is taking this action because he wants to prevent big manufacturers from using their ‘massive manufacturing, sales and marketing power’ to dominate the market and yet it is not clear what he is going to do to stop them. Much could rest on his definition of acting in ‘good faith’. It is also likely that licence agreements will need to be forged with Tesla technology adopters, if only to protect those adopters from a potential law suit in the future if Tesla decides to back track. Tesla too may wish to retain some right to enforce their patents in the future, and to protect future inventions using the patent system.