MADISON â?? The overhaul of the patent system now working its way through Congress would hamper innovation, hurt inventors, crimp small biotech companies and cost the University of Wisconsin, the head of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) warned today.
â??If this law passes, there will be every incentive for people to infringe on patents and not license,â? said Carl Gulbrandsen, WARFâ??s managing director, speaking today at a Wisconsin Innovation Network luncheon.