Two years ago Congresswoman Lofgren proposed a truly elegant solution to the problem: Allow the car companies the right to patent parts for the purposes of protecting their designs from being copied by competing car companies, but also allow the independent production of such parts when they are used solely as replacement repair parts.
Lofgren suggested a balanced approach to patenting car parts to protect consumers.
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