Thank you, Mr. Dwyer.
Our task, I think, is clear but not easy, which is to provide relief to small businesses and start-ups that are innocent end users without w...
In my view, strengthening the American patent system begins with ensuring that we provide full funding for the Patent and Trademark Office a...
This is as close to robbery as you can think of.
I urge the Committee to stay focused on that balance.
We are pleased that Chairman Leahy and Senator Lee have introduced legislation to address this problem.
I have heard from an increasing number of businesses in Vermont and across the country that are being targeted by so-called patent trolls.
The Concepcion and Italian Colors decisions stack the deck in favor of corporations and against consumers and workers.
Last Congress, Members of this Committee and the Congress came together and passed common sense, bipartisan--Democrats and Republicans worki...
The bill does not prohibit arbitration. If a consumer or a worker or a small business owner wants to take his claim into arbitration, then b...
No issue is more important to the quality of patents overall and to solving the issues that come before us today than solving that problem.
We are encouraged by the legislation introduced by Senators Leahy and Lee which will increase transparency by shedding light on the patent m...
On December 14, America's heart was broken when 20 young children and 6 dedicated educators were murdered.
A third of the bids, when I read the material this morning, only are a single source bidder.
To me that is a very complex problem to deal with, would you agree with that?
I think we would also agree that the vast majority of people who work with you--and I do believe this--are very honest and would not want to...
I have expressed grave concerns about how a 29-year-old subcontractor can come walking in and that your system of checks and balances and al...
I really feel that our oversight has not been adequate.
