Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Small Businesses Call for Patent Reform
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Small business owners pleaded Thursday for an overhaul of the U.S.
>| patent system they say unfairly favors corporate titans who can
>| afford lengthy approvals time and expensive litigation to protect
>| patents.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| Riley also blamed part of the backlog on tech giants, such as Microsoft
>| and others. He said they face a "litigation crisis" because they focus
>| on making incremental improvements to existing inventions and "stomp
>| all over" the individual inventors and small businesses that are
>| innovating.
> `----
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070329/small_business_patent_reform.html?.v=1
>
Sooner or later, the Americans are going to try to take control of their
governance systems from their corporate masters.
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