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Article: Patent Expert Says House Bill Adopted Today Weakens U.S. Patent System and Hurts Entrepreneurs.
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- September 7, 2007
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NEW YORK -- General Patent Corporation Chairman Alexander Poltorak, a national expert on the U.S. patent system and author of two books on intellectual property, condemned the House of Representatives' passage this afternoon of the patent reform legislation.
"The passage of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 in the House of Representatives is a severe threat to our entire patent system," Poltorak said. "As a whole it means weaker protection for universities, small inventors and entrepreneurs across America."
"The bill undercuts domestic industry and hurts independent inventors - the very backbone of American ingenuity," said Poltorak, whose company has helped ...