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Was Leonardo da Vinci's putting "mistakes" in his drawings as a form of IP protection unique? There's a seemingly non-functional element in Antonio Stradivari's instrument design, so I'm curious if this was common practice among Italian craftsmen of those few centuries.

by /u/82364 in /r/AskHistorians

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