ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following statement is attributed to Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM, formerly Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, regarding Thursday\'s Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (SBC) hearing entitled, "An Examination of Changes to the U.S. Patent System & Impacts on America\'s Small Businesses": "Patent trolls engage in legalized extortion, costing small businesses jobs and sometimes even forcin
For more information, please visit
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20[...]Protect-Small-Businesses-Legal