Washington, May 11 -- Congressman Hank Johnson issued the following press release:
Thank you for that introduction and thank you for inviting me here to speak with all of you today. Patent and innovation policy is often viewed by people not in the business of inventing as an esoteric area of the law, meant more for corporations than everyday people like you and me. But America's founders meant for patents to be for the people-not giants. They believed that by rewarding any individual who can meet the standard for a patent, all of us would thrive. But reputations like patent's "sport of kings" can be difficult to overcome. And it's been made worse by two decades of system change that have made it harder to own and enforce a patent.
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