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Andrea Joy Campbell: Let me be very clear. They do not embrace the Rohrabacher substitute; they do not embrace the bill introduced by the…

On the recordApril 17, 1997
Let me be very clear. They do not embrace the Rohrabacher substitute; they do not embrace the bill introduced by the gentleman from North Carolina. It seems they do not want a change. And I cannot blame them for that attitude. If we are going to change such a successful system, does it not cause us concern that the research universities are not here asking us to do it? Oh, the commercializers are. And I do not put any negative spin on that phrase, a commercializer is important, as well as an inventor, but they are different, and the motive of the commercializer is to get available as quickly as possible the information and to use it for commercial purpose as quickly as possible. The inventor loses under House Resolution 400 in order to achieve that objective.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing concerns about changes to the U.S. patent system and its impact on research universities.

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