Conservatives Bash Patent Bill
Sixteen leading conservative groups sent a letter to Senate and House leaders on Thursday condemning a pair of patent bills currently moving through the chambers.
Signatories included Phyllis Schlafly, founder of the Eagle Forum; Kevin Kearns, president of the U.S. Business and Industry Council; J. William Lauderback of the American Conservative Union; Jim Backlin of the Christian Coalition of America and others.
The bills, H.R. 1908 and S. 1145, will "severely hamper U.S. competitiveness and threaten American businesses -- along with the jobs they create -- by undermining intellectual property rights," they wrote. The measures "will cripple most of America's smaller inventors and even the larger industrial firms that depend on patents, as well as research universities."
Overseas interests, which are "trying to slow America's innovation engine… will be happy with the proposed changes," they said. That’s why, for example, Chinese computer giant Lenovo, backs the bill, the letter stated.
No word on whether major liberal organzations are getting fired up over this legislation...
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