:CNET News: The Looming Threat to U.S. High Tech's Future
CNET News: The Looming Threat to U.S. High Tech's Future Dec 2, 2004, 02 :30 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (7366 reads) (Other stories by Herb Wamsley)
"Our economic productivity is based on our ability to innovate. That, in turn, is made possible by a rigorous intellectual-property regime that protects inventors but not copycats. A big part of that is our nation's patent system.
"The problem is that our current patent approval system is underfunded and overburdened. That means nothing but trouble for American technology-based companies, entrepreneurs and the American economy..."
