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Chris Coons: If we make it harder for a small company like yours to enforce your patent rights, they will suffer from less external…

On the recordMarch 18, 2015
If we make it harder for a small company like yours to enforce your patent rights, they will suffer from less external investment and narrow the scope of diseases we could otherwise hope to cure in the next decades.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons emphasizes the importance of patent rights for small companies and future medical advancements.

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