INVENTORS FORUM

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Hello, John.

Today is momentous. Do you realize the overwhelming odds against America winning her independence from England?

Only a third of the colonists were even for the Revolution. Those fighting for our future were so minimally supported by the colonies that 2,000 of the 12,000 Continental troops died of frostbite or other illnesses from malnutrition. There were justified mutinies that George Washington, himself, stopped by sheer will.

Considering these conditions, and a string of defeats, lesser men could have considered themselves beaten. Not George Washington. He continued on, kept his goal in mind, and figured out how to win.

In his next revolutionary action, George Washington fired a shot across the bow of global aristocracies by granting the common person the exclusive right of ownership to his or her discoveries (Patent Act of 1790). This upstart, America, suddenly became the place where the common person had real opportunity, and the American Dream was born.

This key element of America, which made her so different than the rest of the world and enabled her leadership in innovation for 200 years, has been under attack. Big Tech got a law passed that created a new administrative court they and others can use to invalidate patents they're accused of infringing (Patent Trial and Appeal Board – PTAB).

That our lawmakers were so hoodwinked is one thing, but what came next is truly outrageous. Google got their former head of patent strategy appointed as Director of the US Patent Office (Michelle Lee). Ms. Lee was the person who set up the new administrative court, hired the judges, made the rules, and basically weaponized it. 84% of the patents that get reviewed by the PTAB now get invalidated. The patents invalidated aren't just tech patents, they're any patent on any invention with real value that a large entity wants to take (see USInventor.org).

Considering how basic inventors and patent-based startups are to America and the American Dream, wouldn't an effort to destroy them by multi-national corporations be akin to an act of war? Looks that way to me. Our fight to restore these key rights of American inventors and startups could be considered the Second American Revolution.

Before, it was the American Colonies being oppressed by England. Now it's American inventors and startups being oppressed by Big Tech. But US Inventor has been on the march and we are taking ground.

Join us! You don't have to pick up a musket, just call the offices of your US Representatives and Senators and tell them to co-sponsor and support Thomas Massie's Restoration of America's Leadership in Innovation Act, HR 5874.

If you're able to pledge some fortune, please do because we do need it to support our troops and our growing effort.

Have a great 4^th of July and know that US Inventor is totally committed to the fight to restore our rights as American inventors and patent-based startups. I'm convinced that this is the most important cause of our time. We will not be stopped. Like General Washington, we will find and seize opportunities for success. Failure is not an option.

Thank you for your efforts and your support. Please forward this message to anyone you know who cares about the future of this great nation.

Best,

Randy Landreneau, President
US Inventor, Inc.

https://usinventor.org/