On: Software patent reform just died in the House

[lelandbatey]

I guess that's one perspective. For those that do want a list of the "big" companies, here are the ones that I recognize and thought of as "big names":

    3M
    Adobe Systems
    Boston Scientific
    Dolby Laboratories
    The Dow Chemical Company
    DuPont
    Fairchild Semiconductor
    Fairfield Crystal Technology
    General Electric
    IBM
    IEEE-USA
    Johnson & Johnson
    Microsoft
    Procter & Gamble
    Qualcomm
    Xerox Corporation

This is probably not a complete list, since I am not very tuned in and may not be familiar with the "big names" that others are.

[mayneack → lelandbatey]

Things like "Medical Device Manufacturers Association" probably count in that list as they exist solely as a lobbying group. http://www.medicaldevices.org/

[PeterisP → lelandbatey]

The point is not which big companies have signed the document - the question is which companies have attached $donations$ to their signature.