There is no reason that free trade cannot work except for the fact that what we have been sold as free trade was drafted by and for transnational corporations. Their vision for free trade is much like their vision for patent reform and has lined their pockets at the expense of people and small business at both ends of the deal.

What we have is irresponsible trade. We need to replace irresponsible trade which has been sold as free trade with responsible and equitable trade.

Companies promoting free trade are the same ones laying waster to America’s and other developed countries economies. These companies are impoverishing all of us.

Even worse is that those companies are also destroying job creation by stealing American ingenuity and shipping the value of inventors creations out of the country.

Normally an inventor will license their first inventions to generate capital and then they use that capital launch small companies. Unfortunately when those free and irresponsible traders get away with stealing independent, academic and small business inventions we lose jobs which would have been created and oftentimes we lose the subsequent inventions which would have been produced.

Large companies have two trade associations of serial patent thieves which represent the worst players. I believe the most disreputable group is the Coalition for Patent Fairness, better known as the Piracy Coalition. This group is made up of truly despicable bad players whose business model is built on serial infringement. Another slightly less dishonest group calls themselves the Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform. They push HARMonization of America's patent system, an agenda of turning our patent system into a king's sport which will serve their interests at the expense of start up companies.

Two other organizations which deserve special attention are NAM and the US Chamber of Commerce. Both are in my opinion purely big business stooges.

It is small business which creates the vast majority of jobs and invention driven small business based on patent property rights is the only way to create wealth at the rate necessary to sustain America's standard of living.

Ronald J. Riley,

I am speaking only on my own behalf.

Affiliations:

President – http://www.PIAUSA.org – RJR at PIAUSA.org

Executive Director – http://www.InventorEd.org – RJR at InvEd.org

Senior Fellow – http://www.PatentPolicy.org
President – Alliance for American Innovation

Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel

Washington, DC

Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 – 9 am to 8 pm EST.

Again the Sleepy Giant Must Wake Up and do the Right things.

Please explain to me how encouraging American Companies to set up shop in other countries benefits the people.

Most Sincerely,