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On the recordDecember 16, 2013
Small businesses, like the tech start-ups we work with, are forced to settle these challenges out of court.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse discusses the impact of patent trolls on small businesses.

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