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Chris Coons: If we were to adopt all the provisions that are in the House bill--fee shifting, discovery limitations, customer…

On the recordDecember 16, 2013
If we were to adopt all the provisions that are in the House bill--fee shifting, discovery limitations, customer stays--in your view, for your company, the ability to the raise the capital to continue with innovation would be significantly harmed
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons highlights potential negative impacts of proposed patent legislation on innovation funding.

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