Land of the Blind -- One Eyed Man is King

“IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND
THE ONE EYED MAN IS KING”

By George Margolin -- an American Inventor

The American Patent system is the only one in the world that has even one working eye. Patent “reform” legislation, like H.R.1908/S1145 is designed to gouge out that one good eye so we are as blind as the sponsoring countries and companies they control.

America’s patent system may not be absolutely perfect, but it IS the most perfect and the BEST in the world! It has permitted -- no -- nurtured and encouraged -- American inventors to be the best and most productive in the world. Our patent system and our inventors gave us Airplanes, Telephones, Transistors, semiconductors, integrated circuits, electric lights, the phonograph, motion pictures, magnetic recording, alternating current, fiber optics, the laser, the MRI, the Heart Pacemaker THE INTERNET and much more than you or I can imagine.

If you don’t believe that our patent system is crucial to our well being -- look around you. Just imagine living without your phones and your lights, beepers, and the marvelous medical inventions -- creations of American Inventors -- that have saved many, if not all of our lives.

Some of our greatest American inventors, like Nikola Tesla, had to leave their ancestral homes to be free to invent. But when they arrived here -- they were able to use their great abilities and contribute enormously to our nation and the world -- aided by our nurturing patent system.

That ability to invent -- that spirit of creation -- is what we are talking about.. THAT is what foreign governments and the multi-national corporations that are their shills, are working to destroy. Do we really want to let them -- or worse -- help them do this? I don’t believe we do. But to avoid doing this, we have to recognize that they really ARE trying to destroy the American Patent System -- for their benefit -- not for America’s good. And that’s why Congress’ resolution, H.R.1908/S.1145 is only their most recent vehicle of destruction -- their Trojan horse, their block busting, dam busting bomb..

Believing that someone is trying to destroy us when the really ARE trying to destroy us, is NOT Paranoia. It is good survival instinct and good sense. Let us be sensible now. Or -- as Andy Grove, Intel’s chief wrote, “Only the Paranoid Survive.”

America’s patent system may not be perfect -- but it is the most perfect in the world -- by far. It is also the Best in the world. It is the fairest, the least expensive and it is absolutely the most effective patent system in the world! It has made America the most technologically creative and successful country the world has ever known. It fits our national personality and it has helped DEFINE our national personality, our sense of individual worth. And it has also made us the most successful and envied nation in the world. Do we want to let the envy and greed of others destroy what our insightful forefathers created?

Our creative and technological success makes us The “one eyed man” mentioned in the old parable, “In the Land of the Blind -- the one eyed man is king.” The H.R.1908/S.1145Legislation, which was just rammed through Congress via “suspension of the rules as Congressman Dana Rohrabacher himself said -- in a “heavy handed” and deceptive manner -- is designed to gouge out America’s one good eye!!!

A horrible thought, isn’t it? But that REALLY IS what is happening.
All the other countries have known of our CONSTITUTIONALLY defined, marvelously effective, patent system -- FOR TWO CENTURIES -- yet they chose not to use our clear model, but to build their own patent systems to maintain the status quo. So their inventors are NOT encouraged or rewarded. And because of that, no other country has independent inventors as we have in America. Is that OUR FAULT? Or their choice. Should we GUT our patent system because theirs are gutted? Should we gouge out OUR EYE because THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO BE BLIND!? THAT -- is what Congress just voted for us to do. Are we going to let it happen? It’s up to YOU!

The proponents of H.R.1908/S.1145 have not given us any reason to adopt it. They have given us no proof or even a clue of HOW it would be good for America., or WHY it would be good for America. Where’s the proof? What is the REAL purpose of this bill? It certainly isn’t to help America!

Our proof is abundant and definable. We have 2018 years of proof that our current, evolved, system Works. Otherwise, why would outsiders spend so much money and effort to try to crush the system that brought us to the top of the heap?

First Do No Harm

And they certainly have given us NO rational reason to RISK our 218 year old patent system and economy, with changes we’ll not be able to control or correct or even understand, for many DECADES. To vote for H.R.1908 or its Senate equivalent S.1145, IS TO VOTE FOR UNLIMITED RISK AND TO DO IRREPERABLE HARM TO OUR COUNTRY.

To vote AGAINST H.R.1908/S.1145 -- IS TO DO NO HARM -- TO OUR COUNTRY OR OURSELVES!

George Margolin, An American Inventor