The Great Debate:
FIRST-TO-INVENT vs. FIRST-TO-FILE

Here We Go Again...11 Years Later...

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2005 Legislation

The Patent Reform Act of 2005
H.R. 2795

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. Quoted from "Entrepreneurial Woman" Magazine, Jan/Feb 1992 "Taking Issue - Your Voice Counts" by Janet Harris Lange, co-owner of Branet Investments, Inc. in West Palm Beach, Florida. She is also president of National Association of Women Business Owners

Discussions regarding changing the U.S. patent system are dominated by large corporations, and lack appropriate representation by the small businesses and independent inventors which make up 99% of U.S. firms and which are responsible for 50% of U.S. innovation, which file 45% of all U.S. origin patents, employ 50-70% of the labor force, and contribute 30% of the GNP.

This means you need to ACT INSTANTLY to protest and let your voice be heard.

Your constitutional rights are being infringed upon, and it is critical to voice your concern IMMEDIATELY and stand up. Communicate your concern at the highest levels in Washington right now.

1. Short on time? Send an Instant Email with a Quick 1-2-3 Process in a Few Minutes to Your Two [2] State Senators and House Representatives:

1. Get an instant list of your state representatives.
   Enter your zip code in the "Write to Congress" box above and press "GO".
2. Under the heading "Write Your Elected Officials", press "with one click" .
3. An email template opens up with the email addresses already inserted, all you need to do is fill out the information and press send!

HERE IS A SAMPLE MESSAGE THAT YOU CAN USE OR ADAPT:

I AM AGAINST H.R. 2795 AND "FIRST-TO-FILE". I AM FOR KEEPING THE "FIRST-TO-INVENT" SYSTEM. I BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST-TO-FILE SYSTEM WILL DE-STABILIZE SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH EQUATE TO 99% OF US FIRMS EMPLOYING 50-70% OF THE LABOR FORCE. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 50% INNOVATION AND 45% OF U.S. ORIGIN PATENTS AND 30% OF GNP.

2. For more impact, send this message to the following key influential figures in Washington D.C. [regarding this bill], as well as your state senators and representatives.

For more impact, if possible, write a longer, personal letter addressed to each of the following officials in addition to the instant email [as well as a letter to your state's senators and representatives].

• THE HONORABLE LAMAR S. SMITH
  Chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
  U.S. House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee
  2184 Rayburn, House Office Building
  Washington D.C. 20515-4321
  Phone: (202) 225-4236
  Send an Instant Message Here
  
  
• THE HONORABLE ORRIN G HATCH
  Chairman, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
  U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
  224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
  Washington, D.C. 20510
  Phone: (202) 224-5251 Fax: (202) 224-6331
  Send an Instant Message Here
  
  
• THE HONORABLE JON W. DUDAS
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  Crystal Plz. 3, Rm. 2C02, PO Box 1450
  Alexandria, VA 22313
  Phone: (703) 308-4357
  Email: usptoinfo@uspto.gov
  Send an Instant Message Here
  
  
• THE HONORABLE CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ
  U.S. Secretary of Commerce
  1401 Constitution Ave., N.W.
  Washington, DC 20230
  Phone: (202) 482-2000
  Email: cgutierrez@doc.gov
  Send an Instant Message Here

3. CHAIN PROTEST TELEBLITZ:

Next, become an "email-activist" by emailing ten people you know and asking them to also send an instant email. Your 10 emails can quickly multiply to 100, then 1000, 10,000, 100,000 and so on. This is a positive way to use the chain letter/networking concept for a good cause, and was the successful approach used by our founding fathers.

4. KEEP US INFORMED:

If possible, please send a copy of your correspondence to Stephen Paul Gnass by email at comments@inventorsvoice.com or mail to INVENTORS' VOICE at P.O. Box 931881 Los Angeles, CA 90093. This will help us keep you informed with what's taking place, as well as verify the response.

5. JOIN AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS

YOUR VOICE COUNTS!

Remember, previous meetings have been taking place without proper notification to the public or individuals that would be most affected.

Now is the time to unite and validate that the American people will not sit back and allow our elected officials to blindly cutout the rights of America's most valuable but least recognized resource - the independent inventor. Through this grassroots program, we can let the voice of the inventor be heard loud and clear in Washington D.C. and stop the proposed "First-to-File" change.

For further information on the "First-to-Invent vs. First-to-File" issues and the Patent System Reform, please email comments@inventorsvoice.com. Please take action today.

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