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Dick Durbin: Shouldn't we also protect original inventors in the bill?

On the recordMay 6, 2015
Shouldn't we also protect original inventors in the bill?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Senator Durbin questions the exemptions in the patent litigation bill.

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