06/30/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"If we fail to uphold and strengthen our strong tradition of IP protection in this country, the benefits of American ingenuity will flow out of this country and to our competitors."
"I agree, we need to find a way, working together, to clamp down on abuses."
"The Supreme Court's decisions in Alice and Octane Fitness have already had a dramatic impact, a 40 percent reduction in patent filings."
"There is always a momentary benefit to opening up and making free to the world things previously protected, but there can be long-term costs as well."