Political Quotes

“That is also true once we have gotten a patent, Mr. Chairman. In other words, if there are people out there who are determined to use their superior resources and their access to lawyers to infringe on and chip away at and take the benefit from our patent, they can do that whether it has been published or not once it is patented. Yes, anybody in this society, I guess, who might be in difficulty is at more of a disadvantage if they do not have a lawyer handy than if they do. There might be other cases when people might consider it a disadvantage to be too near a lawyer, but in the case of a dispute, it is probably helpful. But that is true whether the patent is issued or not, whether or not there are people out there after us. The point I would make is that publication, particularly with the safeguards we have, does not weaken either our legal position nor the disadvantage we might be at because of a lack of access to attorneys.”