Most of Edison’s lifetime wealth came from his patents. After he was called the King of Inventions, how many people knew that he was a scientist who stole other people’s patents? The most famous electric light patent in his life was not his, but bought by him. It is of course very ironic that such a person who pays attention to patents and makes money from patents steals other people's patents.
At that time, Edison was a particularly prestigious science, and some talented young people who were just starting out naturally came to join Edison's company, hoping that they could be reused and use their talents. . But they didn't expect that their invention would eventually become Edison's invention.
Among them, the one who was tricked the most by Edison was probably Tesla. Tesla was a well-deserved genius. The electricity we use now is the alternating current he invented. After Tesla joined his company, Edison discovered his talent and asked Tesla to help him make some research inventions and give him some benefits afterwards. But when Tesla completed the task, not only did he get no benefits at all, he even found that his invention had been patented by Edison under the name Edison. These patents include 21 DC generator designs, all of which were invented by Tesla. Of course Tesla would not suffer this dumb loss, but when he went to Edison for a theory, he was told that Tesla belonged to the company's employees, so of course the invention belonged to the company.
Edison shamelessly stole the patents of company employees and did not pay for the invention as a matter of course. Such people are sometimes called patent protectors, which is the most ironic thing. Edison was a capitalist self-interested person through and through.