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Claire McCaskill: “I don't think Edison would have been offended if he would have been asked just to file the letter that he was sending…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2013
I don't think Edison would have been offended if he would have been asked just to file the letter that he was sending that clearly states what patent he's asserting and his bases for doing it.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill suggests transparency in patent assertion to avoid anecdotal evidence.

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