Supporters of Patent Reform

Nearly 400 companies and organizations sent a letter on April 30, 2014, supporting the Senate’s actions on patent reform.

A wide variety of people, organizations, and companies have sent letters supporting the Innovation Act:

If you know of a letter we missed, please let us know.

Here is a list of all of the companies, organizations, and individuals who have publicly supported the bill:

61 University Professors from 26 States and Washington, D.C.
1776
ACCEL Partners
Adobe
ADTRAN
Akamai
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Amazon
AMD
American Association of Advertising Agencies
American Bankers Association
American Consumer Institute
American Gaming Association
American Institute of CPAs
American Public Transportation Association
American Public Power Association
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Tax Reform
AOL
Apple
Application Developers Alliance
ARCH Venture Partners
Association for Competitive Technology
AT&T
Autodesk
Automaticc
Bentley Systems
Bidgely
Blackberry Limited
Bloomenergy
Bluegrass Cellular
Broadcom
BSA | The Software Alliance
CA Technologies
Cellular Properties
Center for Individual Freedom
ChargePoint
Charter Communications
Ciena Corporation
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Coalition for Patent Fairness
Comcast-NBC Universal
Competitive Carriers Association
Computer & Communications Industry Association
Consumer Electronics Association
CNC Software
Covington & Burling LLP
CTIA – The Wireless Association
Craigslist
Credit Union National Association
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Dell
Dewey Square Group
Digital Liberty
DiMA – the Digital Media Association
DIRECTV
Direct Marketing Association
Discovery Institute
DISH Network
Earthlink
eBay, Inc.
eHealth
Elance
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EMC
Encryptics
EnerNOC
Engine Advocacy
Entertainment Software Association
EtaGen
F5
Facebook
FloDesign
Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America
Ford Motor Company
Foursquare
Generation Opportunity
Gilead
GlobalFoundries
GM – General Motors
Goodwin Procter
Google
Hattery
Hewlett-Packard
IBM Corporation
Illinois Valley Cellular
Independent Community Bankers of America
Information Technology Industry Council
Intel Corporation
International Franchise Association
International Trademark Association
The Internet Association
Internet Infrastructure Coalition
Intuit, Inc.
Juniper Networks
Kaspersky Lab North America
KPCB
Lee & Hayes
Lenovo
Let Freedom Ring
LinkedIn
LiveOps
Lucid
Madrona Venture Group
Marvell
The MathWorks
McAfee
MHR International
Micron
Microsoft Corporation
MIND Research Institute
Minitab
Mobile Marketing Association
Motion Picture Association of America
Motorola Mobility
MPA – The Association of Magazine Media
MyWebGrocer.com
Nasdaq OMX
National Association of Broadcasters
National Association of Realtors
National Council of Chain Restaurants
National Grocers Association
National Restaurant Association
National Retail Federation
NCTA – The National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Netflix
Newegg
Newspaper Association of America
Northwest Cellular
NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association
Online Publishers Association
Oracle
Overstock.com
Plateau Wireless
PTC
Pokeware
Point B
Public Knowledge
The R Street Institute
Rackspace
Reboot Partners
Red Hat, Inc.
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Rockwell Automation
Rosetta Stone
Sabre
Salesforce.com
Samsung
SAS Institute, Inc.
Semiconductor Industry Association
Silver Spring Networks
Smartsheet
Software and Information Industry Association
SouthernLINC
SpiderOak
Spokeo
Sprint
SV Angel
SVB Financial Group
Symantec
Synopsys
T-Mobile
TechNet
TechNexus
Teradata Corporation
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner, Inc.
Toyota
TravelTech
TripAdvisor
Twentieth Century Fox
Twitter, Inc.
United Technologies
Union Telephone
U.S. Travel Association
USTelecom Association
Velleros
Verizon Communications, Inc.
Viacom, Inc.
VIZIO, Inc.
VISA
The Walt Disney Company
Whataburger
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
XO Communications
Yahoo, Inc.
Yelp, Inc.

Printing Industries of America

Printing Industries Association, Inc. of Southern California
Printing Industries Association of San Diego, Inc.
The Printing Industry of the Carolinas, Inc.
Printing Industries of Arizona/New Mexico
Printing Association of Florida, Inc.
Printing & Imaging Association of Georgia, Inc.
Printing & Graphics Association MidAtlantic PINE (Printing Industries of New England)
Printing Industries of Michigan, Inc.
Printing Industry Midwest
Print Media Association
Printing Industries Alliance
Printing Industries of Ohio
N. Kentucky Graphic Arts Association
Printing Industry Association of the South, Inc.
Printing & Imaging Association of MidAmerica
Printing Industries of America Mountain States
Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast
Printing Industries of Utah Pacific
Printing Industries Association Great Lakes Graphics Association
Visual Media Alliance

American Hotel & Lodging Association

Alaska Hotel & Lodging Association
Arkansas Hospitality Association
Arizona Lodging & Tourism Association
California Hotel & Lodging Association
Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association
Connecticut Lodging Association
Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association
Georgia Hotel & Lodging Association
Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association
Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association
Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association
Louisiana Hotel & Lodging Association
Maine Innkeepers Association
Maryland Hotel & Lodging Association
Massachusetts Lodging Association
Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association
Nebraska Hotel & Motel Association
New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association
New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association
North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association
Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association
Oklahoma Hotel and Lodging Association
Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association
Rhode Island Hospitality Association
South Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association
Tennessee Hospitality Association
Texas Hotel & Lodging Association
Utah Hotel & Lodging Association
Virginia Hospitality & Travel Association
Washington Lodging Association
Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association
Wyoming Lodging and Restaurant Association

Small Businesses & Towns

Ann Adair, Co-founder of Thinkamingo, Tampa, FL
Wayne Beekman, Co-founder of Information Concepts, Herndon, VA
Cale Bruckner, Vice President of Concentricsky, Eugene, OR
Miguel Castro, Founder of SteelBlue Solutions, Haledon, NJ
Luke Chung, President of FMS, Vienna, VA
Pete Erickson, Founder of MoDev, Arlington, VA
Andrew Glover, CTO of App47, Reston, VA
Loren Goodman, CTO of InRule Technology, St. Louis, MO
Sandra Gualtieri, VP of Compliance, Kiz Studios, Cumming, GA
Jeff Hadfield, CXO of Developer Media, Salt Lake City, UT
Shaun Hainey, Founder of Northern Link, Pike, MN
Emilie Hersch, CEO of Interknowlogy, Carlsbad, CA
Joe Homnick, Co-owner of Homnick Systems, Boca Raton, FL
Maureen Homnick, Co-owner of Homnick Systems, Boca Raton, FL
Patrick Hynds, President of Critical Sites, Nashua, NH
Pete Johnson, CEO of Apollo Matrix, Inc., Washington, DC
Harry Lalor, EVP of Business Development, SheerID, Inc., Arlington, VA
Douglas McDowell, CEO (North America) of SolidQ, Maryland
Dave Noderer, Founder of Computer Ways, Deerfield Beach, FL
Mike Sax, Founder of Sax.net, Eugene, OR
Jake Weatherly, CEO of SheerID, Inc., Eugene, OR
M. Jackson Wilkinson, Founder of Kinsights, San Francisco, CA
Sze Wong, CEO of Zerion Software, Inc., Herndon, VA
David Bain, CEO of TM Technologies, Arlington, VA
Harry Brelsford, CEO of SMB Nation, Whidbey Island, WA
Steven Hall, President of District Computers, Washington, DC
Marc Hoppers, Managing Partner and Founder of Cogent Company, Dallas, TX & OKC, OK
Melanie Gass, President of CenterPoint Solution, LLC, South Orange, NJ
Shahin Kohan, President of AIMS360, Los Angeles, CA
Ryan Nam, Founder of Namkour, Virginia
Jon Sastre, President of Conquest Technology, Miami, FL
Josh Youngblood, CEO of Kumo Technology, Beverly Hills, CA
Christopher Eyhorn, Executive Vice President of Telerik, Austin, TX
Steve Russell, President and Owner of Blue Fire Mobile, Mobile, AL
Robert Hahnemann, Chief Executive Officer of MotionMobs, LLC, Birmingham, AL
Brandon Hill, President of Fusion Advisory Services, Birmingham, AL
Brian Hilson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Birmingham Business Alliance, Birmingham, AL
Jennifer Skjellum, President of TechBirmingham, Birmingham, AL
Ryan Pessah, Capitol Knesset, Sacramento, CA
Jason Hoyt, Manager of Hoyt Enterprises, LLC, Windermere, FL
Chester Just, Attorney at Law, Coral Springs, FL
Robert Mayersohn, President of GR Enterprises, Parkland, FL
Rick Ruiz, Attorneys at Law, Coral Gables, FL
Fred Segal, President of Broward County Farm Bureau, Margate, FL
Nicholas Steffens, Nicholas T. Steffens & Associates, PA, Coconut Creek, FL
Grace Carrington, President of G.C. Notary & Consulting, Inc., Coral Springs, FL
Jonathan De Vera, President of Tech-MD, Inc., Miami, FL
Joel Aaron Foster, State Communications Director of Americans for Prosperity Georgia, Atlanta, GA
John Bass, President of Bass Business Solutions, Elm City, NC
Christy Shaffer, Ph.D., Managing Director of Hatteras Venture Partners, Durham, NC
Sheila Ogle, The Matthews House, Cary, NC
Dragana Mendel, President, Managing Director of ANAGARD, LLC, Raleigh, NC
Randi Thompson, Vice President of Amplify Relations, Reno, NV
Steve Trollope, Chief Financial Officer of CoGen Power Solutions, LLC, Reno, NV
Nate Ashley, BHeard, Inc., Reno, NV
Joseph Dutra, President of Kimmie Candy, Co., Reno, NV
Kenneth Shaprio, Managing Partner of Wilson Elser, LLP, Albany, NY
Jeff Longstreth, Executive Director of Ohio Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, Columbus, OH
Jeff Myers, CEO of Chepri, LLC, Columbus, OH
Vince Galko, Former Executive Director of Republican Party of Pennsylvania, Roaring Brook, PA
Matt Balazik, Managing Director of PACAN, Gettysburg, PA
Larry Stange, Jr., President/CEO of Red Stag Enterprises, Inc., Peckville, PA
Naomi Moneypenny, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of ManyWorlds, Inc., Houston, TX
Anne L. Holmes, Co-Founder and Business Development of i2i, Inc., Dallas, TX
Joshua Weedy, Co-Founder, Director of Sales and Marketing of GoKube.com, Irving, TX
Le Huu Hanh, President of LBM International, LLC, Houston, TX
Ronna Johnson, President of Georgetown High School PTSA, Georgetown, TX
Ahmad Khan, Executive Vice President of Ascendon Group, Houston, TX
H. Frank Chou, Ph.D., Director, Texas Operations of Clear Air Task Force, Houston, TX
Bob Mitchell, President of Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, Houston, TX
Thomas Hsu, Professor of University of Houston, Houston, TX
David Kirkham, President of Kirkham Motorsports, Provo, UT
David Cindrich, President of Cindrich Boards, Provo, UT
Brian Morrow, President of Rhino Rock, Provo, UT
Jay Poole, Principal of Common Sense Strategies, LLC, Glen Allen, VA
Patrick Henderson, Director of Government Affairs of Quad/Graphics, Inc., Sussex, WI
Brian Landry, Director of Technology Council of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Baton Rouge, LA
Dorothy Rothrock, Vice President, Government Relations of California Manufacturers & Technology Association, Sacramento, CA

Other Entrepreneurs and Organizations

Cari Colangelo, Owner of Max Bibo’s Delicatessan, Wethersfield, CT
Jonathan Glenney, Physical Therapist of Middlesex Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Middletown, CT
Thomas Villanova, CEO & President of Litchfield Bancorp, Litchfield, CT
Daniel Adams, Executive Chairman of Protein Sciences, Meriden, CT
Stanely Moraski, DDS, Torrington, CT
Hugh Keogh, President Emeritus of Virginia Chamber, Richmond, VA
Mary Huffard Kegley, Director of Government Relations, Virginia Retail Federation & Virginia Retail Merchants Association, Richmond, VA

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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America