Political Quotes

“I guess my point is this. We need to get some running room, some momentum, the opportunity to go out and line up investors before the patent is issued. The point that is made by this patent analyst is very good. He said unless startup businesses can get a strong foothold in the marketplace before infringers appear so that they can afford to assert their rights, that means hire lawyers, these rights will become virtually worthless. It is very easy to spend a lot of money on lawyers early in the process. This early publication takes away their running room and their ability to get a foothold in the investment community and ultimately in the marketplace. That is the problem with early publication. So I strongly endorse Mr. Campbell's amendment that to some degree enlarges publication avoidance rights.”