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G. K. Butterfield: Patents are designed to spur innovation and stimulate commerce, but more frequently the system is being manipulated to…

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
Patents are designed to spur innovation and stimulate commerce, but more frequently the system is being manipulated to impede progress.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

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Butterfield critiques the manipulation of the patent system that hinders innovation.

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