Petitions to US government representatives only have force proportional to the number of US citizens signing the petition.
Good point. Actually, most of the points in this thread are good ones. Yes, the policies of the US patent office have a direct impact on companies and users in the rest of the world. Yes, we Canadians in particular do a lot of business with the US, and so are especially affected.
But yes, US politicians can more easily ignore petitions with a bunch of "foreigner's" names on them.
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Petitions to US government representatives only have force proportional to the number of US citizens signing the petition.
Good point. Actually, most of the points in this thread are good ones. Yes, the policies of the US patent office have a direct impact on companies and users in the rest of the world. Yes, we Canadians in particular do a lot of business with the US, and so are especially affected.
But yes, US politicians can more easily ignore petitions with a bunch of "foreigner's" names on them.