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WASHINGTON D.C. – A broad coalition of groups have issued letters and statements expressing opposition to H.R. 9 in its current form, including: Association of American Universities (AAU) America Conservative Union (ACU) Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) Club for Growth Coalition for 21st Century … Letters and Statements from Groups Opposed to H.R. 9

Brian Pomper, Executive Director for Innovation Alliance, was interviewed on 6/9/2015 by Akos and John of My Cool Inventions Radio about why patents matter and how patent legislation could harm inventors. Have a listen. Your browser does not support the audio element.

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“Well I started Masimo, we launched our product and about two years later this company came out with an infringing product. If we were unable to sue the patent infringer, we would have just been out of business. But, the fact that the patent system was as strong as it was, it allowed us to … Quote of the Week: Joe Kiani Founder & CEO, Masimo Corporation

So I think the message that the United States sends when it reduces the the protection afforded intellectual property rights is we send a message to the rest of the world, that they don’t need to adopt rules. It use to be, in my view, what the United States was doing when we were negotiating … Quote of the Week: Deanna Tanner Okun, Former Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission

Never before have we needed to have more incentive for people to innovate, for people to take risks and the most powerful government piece of incentivizing people to take risks and to create new things, whether it’s curing disease or solving environmental problems or energy problems. The only part that the government can hold out … Quote of the Week: Dean Kamen Founder, DEKA Research and Development