Joy ride
I think we can gather that you are better versed than most of us on the patents business.
AFAIK although some payments were made to the Wrights by the U.K., for example, those pioneers in Germany and France largely ignored the transatlantic patent hullabaloo and just got on with further advancing the progress of their aviation sectors.
Again "airplane" versus "aeroplane" camps.
I ,for one, would very much value any further comments you might consider to add on this issue.