![Inventors Voice [tm] Logo](GRAPHICS/inventorsvoicelogoM.jpg)
SPECIAL SUMMARY REPORT
THE GREAT DEBATE
FIRST-TO-INVENT vs. FIRST-TO-FILE
and the
INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION TREATY
Home
Important
Instructions
for: Duplication,
Distribution, Use of
Information
Introduction
I.
Credits
II.
Foreword
III.
WSJ Article
IV.
Synopsis-Europe
Legislation
V.
Synopsis-U.S.
Legislation
VI.
Key Questions
#5 / #6 / #7 / #8
#9 / #10 / #11 / #12 #13 / #14 / #15
Arguments & Rebuttals
At-A-Glance
VIII.
Closing Comments &
Recommendations
IX.
Notes
|
YOUR VOICE COUNTS:
|
On April 9th, 1992, "BILL H.R. 4978", "The Patent System Harmonization Act of 1992" was introduced in the House of Representatives. The first and most crucial joint meeting between the House and the Senate Subcommittees takes place Thursday, April 30, 1992 with only multi-national corporations represented; and no small businesses, universities, independent inventors represented
URGENT:
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. IF THE SMALLER BUSINESSES AND INVENTORS DO NOT VIGOROUSLY EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS NOW, THEIR TRAGIC DEMISE IS EXTREMELY LIKELY." Admonition received from high official. Name withheld by request.
TAKE INSTANT ACTION AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD NOW! PLEASE READ ENCLOSED INSTRUCTIONS NOW!
- "The First Amendment forbids Congress from passing any laws limiting our freedom to petition the government.
Our government is one by the people and for the people. It is not meant to be a self-contained system. Legislators cannot make up their minds in a vacuum.
If those governed - whether individuals or businesses - do not state their demands to those they elect and whose salaries they pay, they have only themselves to blame when undemocratic decisions are made by a democratic institution.